20/08/2026
🧠 Day 2: Strengthening Mental Health Support & Caregiver Resilience! 💙✨
Yesterday marked Day 2 of our joint workshop with Help Lesotho, focusing on two crucial pillars of psychosocial care: Stress Management for frontline workers and Active Case Management & Interventions for beneficiaries.
Here are some key takeaways from our sessions:
🌱 Managing Workplace Stress & Secondary Trauma
Led by 'M'e Felleng, our morning session explored how stress impacts cognition and behavior (Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Face). We discussed moving away from unhealthy coping mechanisms and adopting proactive strategies: identifying root causes, taking time to understand stress before acting, seeking help, and building long-term emotional resilience. As reminded during the session: "Broken crayons still color the same"—taking care of ourselves allows us to keep showing up for others.
💡 Active Case Management & Therapeutic Interventions
Led by Ntate Motopi, our afternoon focused on empowering beneficiaries to take ownership of their own healing journey:
Active vs. Passive Support: Prioritizing active listening, life skills training, and empowering community members to drive their own solutions rather than creating dependency.
Core Principles: Protecting human rights, fostering participation, applying evidence-based best practices, and maintaining dignity at every step.
Targeted Approaches: Utilizing Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to focus on future goals, active listening, and building rapport.
By equipping our staff with effective stress management tools and evidence-based intervention methods, we ensure our community support remains grounded, compassionate, and sustainable. 🇱🇸
