PV24TK078 Wellbeing I

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Tereza Kimplová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 3. 10. 12:15–17:10 C203, Fri 24. 10. 13:55–17:10 C208
Prerequisites
Experience gained during practice (professional, school).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 13 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 13/13, only registered: 26/13
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The Wellbeing course helps students better understand themselves and strengthen their resilience. Students will learn the basics of health and wellbeing psychology. They will practice mental hygiene techniques, working with emotions and the body, and ways of coping with stress. The course promotes self-awareness and shows how to apply it in burnout prevention and everyday professional practice.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge - after completing the subject, the student demonstrates knowledge:- recognizes basic concepts in the biopsychosocial-spiritual approach to human health- analyzes individual supportive factors- detects the critical amount of stressors for a given individualProfessional skills - after completing the subject, the student demonstrates skills:- actively masters positive techniques of psychosomatic influence- does not engage in destructive mechanisms towards their own health based on knowledge- is able to create a plan to support a healthy lifestyle.
Syllabus
1) Helping professions and the role of the helping professional – motivation to help, risks, self-reflection on strengths and weaknesses; – mapping one's own needs. 2) Stress and strain – physiology of stress, difference between acute and chronic stress; – working with physical signs of stress, breathing diagnostics. 3) Crisis and trauma – psychological and physical dimensions, first aid options in stress and crisis; – practicing "grounding" techniques. 4) Significant stressors of the present – digital stress, economic pressures, environmental anxiety, and quality of life; – reflecting on quality of life through physical expression, awareness of values. 5) Physical manifestations of stress and trauma – in children and adults; working with personal resources to overcome difficulties; – working with body memory (movement, visualization, drawing). 6) Working with the body in helping professions – possibilities and limits, ethical aspects, risks of alternative approaches; – “body boundaries” exercise – awareness of personal space. 7) Psychosomatics I – body communication – the body as a source of information, nonverbal communication, experiential exercises; – "emotional body map" exercise. 8) Psychosomatics II – lifestyle diseases – the relationship between lifestyle, stress, and long-term illnesses; – breathing exercises, relaxation focused on somatic release. 9) Coping Strategies I – theory of coping approaches, difference between adaptive and maladaptive; – Body Schemas – Motor Fields 1. 10) Coping Strategies II – Practice – personal coping profile, working with specific situations, resilience; – Body schemas – motor fields 2. 11) Burnout syndrome and its prevention – stages of burnout, prevention at the personal and organizational level, self-care; – Preparing a wellbeing journal. 12) Relaxation and mental hygiene in practice – relaxation methods, mindfulness, everyday mental hygiene techniques; – combined training – progressive relaxation, conscious movement, voice work, etc.
Literature
    required literature
  • JOCHMANNOVÁ, Leona, ed. a KIMPLOVÁ, Tereza, ed. Psychologie zdraví: biologické, psychosociální, digitální a spirituální aspekty. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2021. 552 stran. ISBN 978-80-271-2569-2.
    recommended literature
  • MAREŠ, Jiří, ed. a KEBZA, Vladimír, ed. Psychologie zdraví. Praha: Grada, 2024. 608 stran. ISBN 978-80-247-4411-7.
    not specified
  • NEDVĚDOVÁ, Daniela. Stres a syndrom vyhoření v profesi porodních asistentek (Stress and burnout in the profession of midwives). Ošetřovatelské perspektivy. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2019, roč. 2, No 2, p. 65-80. ISSN 2571-0702. Available from: https://doi.org/10.25142/osp.2019.015. URL info
  • BLATNÝ, M. Psychologie celoživotního vývoje. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3462-3. info
  • ŽUMÁROVÁ, M. Subjektivní pohoda a kvalita života seniorů. Prešov: Akcent print, 2012. ISBN 978-8089295-43-2. info
  • IRMIŠ, F. Nauč se zvládat stres. Praha: Alternativa, 1996. ISBN 80-7178-303. info
Teaching methods
discussions, project activities, exercises, lecture
Assessment methods
- Given that the subject is conducted in an experiential manner, participation is recommended.- Written processing of the topic: Individual 'Wellbeing plan' including the identification of stressors that the student is exposed to and a description of individual strategies for coping with them.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2024.
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