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Developing a Resilient Lifestyle in Difficult Times: Skills for Caregivers

In this time of global uncertainty, frontline health-care providers are being confronted with unparalleled challenges, e.g. Remaining positive as others may have thrown in the towel… Caring for my family and myself… Reacting to the uncertainty of another health-care crisis… all-the-while remaining focused on the goal of assisting others.  The results of this uncertainty can inhibit creativity, reinforce rigid thinking, question one’s career future and cause difficulty in juggling the balancing between work and family.  In order to meet the growing demands of the workplace, frontline health-care providers need to develop strategies for professional/personal life enhancement, in order to reach a resilient lifestyle.  

This program is organized around the principle that resiliency is a skill set that can be developed and enhanced. Principles and practices of Positive Psychology is the framework for this action-oriented program.  This program will draw from Roman mythology, the Roman god, Janus, who represented new beginnings, transitions, doorways and passages.  Dr. Battisti will address ways that we can better care for ourselves.  He will lead us in addressing where we have been, what we may choose to do to enjoy a better life and what is it that we want to create for our next chapter.

Focused on maximizing professional and personal performance, this program will introduce participants to strategies that will assist with developing a resilient lifestyle for increased satisfaction. Ingredients of a resilient lifestyle will be explored and outlined.

Following this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify psychological impacts of ongoing crisis and isolation.
• Understand practice principles of Resilience
• Practice life-enhancing strategies.
• Understand how to remove obstacles to reach greater life satisfaction.

Dr. Francis Battisti, Principal, Battisti Management Affiliates 
Noted educator, speaker, psychotherapist, consultant, and author, Dr. Francis L. Battisti, offers individuals and organizations a pathway to explore their potential and move toward desired transformation. His national reputation in the fields of healthy aging, motivation, health enhancement, and conflict disposition is manifest in his work with numerous corporations, major health-care organizations, as well as governmental committees. His presentations have been offered throughout the United States, South America, Europe, Canada and the Caribbean.

Dr. Battisti was the Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer and Full Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at Broome Community College, where he was the 2011 Recipient of the State University of New York Distinguished Professorship for Service and a 1989 Recipient of the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a member of the State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Academy. As a Full Professor he taught courses such as Abnormal Psychology, Counseling Theory and Practice, and Introduction to Social Work and Welfare, which motivated many of his students to continue their studies as Social Workers and Psychologists. 

Dr. Battisti maintained a private psychotherapy practice for over thirty years treating individuals and couples. He also has consulted to long-term care communities throughout the United States. His emphasis now is in community responses to mental health needs and how to address them.