Self Care and Developing Resilience
PostgraduateTUA-SDR4042026
Course information for 2026 intake
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 8 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 16 Feb 2026,
- 1 June 2026,
- 14 Sept 2026,
- 2 Nov 2026
- Price from
- $2,700
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Self Care and Developing Resilience
About this subject
By the end of this 12-week subject, you'll be able to:
- Critically reflect on personal strengths and vulnerabilities.
- Demonstrate a self-reflexive understanding of the professional.
- Explain the aetiology and consequences of vicarious trauma.
- Recognise symptoms of burnout and examine how they apply to you as a professional and for your clients.
- Design and justify on a personal self-care strategy to minimise burnout and absenteeism.
- Stress, Empathy, Resilience and Self-care in the Helping Professional
- Identifying Personal Strengths and Vulnerabilities
- Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
- Self-care Strategies and Tools for Building Resilience
- Self-care and Resilience in Theory
- Trauma and Resilience
- Post-traumatic Growth
- Reflexivity and Emotional Intelligence in Practice
- The Person of the Professional
- Vicarious Traumatisation, Self-care and Resilience
- Suicide, Suicidality and the Australian Experience
- The Relationship of Spirituality to Wellbeing and Resilience
Resilience, a quality that allows individuals to recover from times of difficulty and crisis and can be developed through understanding and practice. The subject covers the principles of social, emotional, physical and psychological wellbeing as they relate to health behaviours. Students will analyse the role of capacity building and the promotion of wellbeing through strategies to enhance personal and professional self-care. The impact of vicarious trauma and the effects of burnout for professionals will be explored. Students will be required to critically self-reflect applying theories and practice skills to personal lived experience and history and use this knowledge to develop a cohesive selfcare plan suitable to future industry practice.
- Reflective Journal Part A: Critical Reflection (300 words) (10%)
- Reflective Journal Part B: Reflexive strategy (600 words) (20%)
- Reflective Essay – theoretical and personal exploration of resilience (1800 words) (40%)
- Case Study Written Response - Vicarious trauma scenario (1500 words) (30%)
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- 0.125 EFTSL
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