Caring for the Carers is a week-long webinar series designed to support school staff, counsellors, educators, and parents in supporting children and themselves during an ongoing crisis and disruption to schooling and daily life.

The sessions provide practical psychosocial strategies, emotional support frameworks, and guidance for navigating uncertainty, loss, stress, and disrupted learning environments.

Session 6: Moving Forward with Purpose: Values-Based Goal Setting in Difficult Times

Speaker

Dr. Daniel O’Neill

Target Audience

Parents, educators, counsellors and school staff..

Key Focus

Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles to help individuals move forward with clarity and purpose.

Key Concepts / Goals

•       Introduction to ACT principles.
•       Understanding values and how they guide behaviour.
•       Moving forward despite uncertainty and stress.
•       Aligning goals with personal values.
•       Practical strategies from The Happiness Trap.
•       Creating meaningful goals that support wellbeing and resilience.