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Building Emotional Resilience | Teens

Building Emotional Resilience | Teens

Mental health support designed for youth! A unique space to build a non-judgmental relationship with your emotions and learn skills to work through them. 

Only 3 spots left!

Starts 15th July, 2023

4 Zoom sessions | Every Saturday 12 PM

Confidential | Small group, 6-8 participants

75-minute online video Zoom conversations

Led by therapist Malavika Mirchandani

Program Fee - INR 2500 for India-based participants | INR 3500 for participants outside India

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Goals of the group

The goal of this group is to help adolescents become more emotionally resilient. We will aim at offering a non-judgmental space for the participants to voice the struggles that they may face in expressing and understanding their emotions, thoughts and themselves. From here we will develop healthy ways to stand back up and keep moving ahead.

Who is it for?

This group is designed for adolescents in age range of 12-19. Anyone who wants to who wants to understand and cope with their emotions better. Group work also helps participants increase their capacity for self-expression, positive engagement and emotional assertiveness.

Glimpse of the regime

Session 1: Observing and feeling your emotions

• What does it mean to be emotionally resilient?
• What are the physical, psychological/ mental and social elements of emotional resilience?
• What are the various emotions and feelings?
• Understanding that it is okay to feel the negative emotions as well as the positive emotions
• To reflect on the intensity of one's emotions and understand how to regulate one's emotions

Session 2: Managing emotions through your thoughts

• What is the connection between emotions and thoughts?
• What is a problematic thought?
• Recognize the difference between negative and positive thoughts
• How to replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts

Session 3: Fitness session for social skills

• What are the different kinds of emotions and its impact on relationships (family and friends)
• What is the importance of communication?
• What impact does communication have on one's relationships and how it can be used effectively

Session 4: Self-awareness/ Self-empowerment and Re-visting The Elements of Resilience

• Things one is grateful for
• What are one's strengths?
• Being mindful of ourselves and others
• Having gained a new perspective of understanding emotional resilience, how do we see our emotional strengths now
• Group Check - in

  • It was comforting to hear that other people went through similar things. And hearing what was good, what was bad, and what they would change.

    Adit

    14, Bengaluru

  • I'm a secret introvert and was afraid I'd keep my guard up and not share. But, as folks started to be vulnerable, it made me want to share, and at the end of 75 minutes, I thought, 'That was really fun!'

    Naman

    13, Indore

  • I felt energised and relieved. My group helped me think differently—and clear some hurdles—that I had in my mind.

    Savya

    16, Hyderabad

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Meet your Facilitator

Malavika Mirchandani

Malavika has an M.A. in Psychology (Clinical) (India) and an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental health (UK). She has been working as a School Counsellor in a prominent South Mumbai School (Cathedral and John Connon Middle School).

She specializes in working with children, adolescents, young adults and parents.
Specialist in Child Psychology, Behavioural Psychology for adolescents & young adults.

FAQs

What are SoulUp Groups?

At SoulUp, you'll meet people who get what you're going through and might be living some of the same realities. People looking for extraordinary conversations, just like you.

✔️ Small group, 6-8 people

✔️ Every meeting led by a world-class facilitator

✔️ Weekly 75-minute online video sessions

What happens in a group session?

While the format can vary as per topic, here’s a flow that most sessions follow

Check In. Participants check-in with each others' feelings and answer the prompt given by the facilitator if any.

Conversation. Your facilitator will guide the group in a free-flowing conversation—with the goal of sharing openly, talking honestly, and deep emotional connection.

Check Out. Participants share what they're taking away from the session.

What am I going to get out of this?

Participants say that they feel heard, understood, more in control, and a feeling that you’ve got people rooting for you. By talking about your emotions and what's going on in your life, you'll realise that you're not alone and get ideas for how to improve your situation.

How long has SoulUp been around?

SoulUp was founded in Feb 2022 by Punita Mittal and Mahak Maheshwari - a team of IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay with more than 20 years of combined healthcare experience. SoulUp is redefining mental health through groups that are effective, but also fun, social, and challenging.

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