The aim of this course is to broaden participants' awareness of their emotions (improving emotional self-regulation), patterns of thinking and everyday habits. How to transform unwanted things and work towards positive and healthy coping mechanism and learn to regulate their emotions. The course is designed for people who feel that they would like to change something in their lives in the areas of their well-being, daily functioning, internal development and feeling more contentment and happiness. Participants will also learn the basics of Non-Violent Communication. At the course we work with effective coaching methods and elements of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Framvegis - center for continuing education, organizes the course.

Course registration is made by email namskeidhb@vmst.is. It is important to write the name of the course, name and ID number of the participant.

The aim of this course is to broaden participants' awareness of their emotions (improving emotional self-regulation), patterns of thinking and everyday habits. How to transform unwanted things and work towards positive and healthy coping mechanism and learn to regulate their emotions.

The course is designed for people who feel that they would like to change something in their lives in the areas of their well-being, daily functioning, internal development and feeling more contentment and happiness. Participants will also learn the basics of Non-Violent Communication. At the course we work with effective coaching methods and elements of cognitive behavioral therapy.

From the 5th to the 19th of October

Framvegis - center for continuing education, organizes the course.

Course registration is made by email namskeidhb@vmst.is It is important to write the name of the course, name and ID number of the participant.

The objective of the course is to increase people’s capacity to deal with negative feelings by using the methods of cognitive behavioural therapy in their daily lives and thus change thought and feelings and subsequently maintain their well-being. 

The method is suitable for individuals who feel anxiety, sadness, stress or some other type of distress and want to find ways to improve their well-being.

Participants learn how to identify connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviour which control well-being. They learn how to find ways to break up the vicious cycle of distress and deal with these negative thoughts.

Teaching methods involve lecturing, discussions and working on projects in class as well as work without an instructor. Studying at home is important because students work on various projects which encourage them to acquire the methods of CBT. The course was developed in cooperation with psychologists at Reykjalundur and we use Reykjalundur's CBT handbook in the course.

Framvegis - center for continuing education, organizes the course.

*Note - the course is planned for those who have not finished secondary school.

Course registration is made by email namskeidhb@vmst.is. It is important to write the name of the course, name and ID number of the participant.

This group coaching program, Designing Your Life, is based on one of the most popular courses at Stanford University, USA. It has helped thousands of BA and MA students to find out what to do next. Design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

Ragnhildur Vigfúsdóttir is Iceland´s only Design Your Life certified coach and has run several successful groups for The Directorate of Labour.

The course consists of 5 times 3 hours group coaching and one private session on Zoom where the focus is on strengths.

Homework in between sessions.

Course registration is made by email namskeidhb@vmst.is It is important to write the name of the course, name and ID number of the participant.

In this course we will explore what self-compassion is and how it can increase our psychological wellbeing.

We tend to be overly harsh and judgmental towards ourselves and it has a negative effect on our mental health.

Self-compassion teaches us to treat ourselves in a kinder and more compassionate way and that can make us psychologically healthier and stronger and increase our quality of life.

In this course participants will learn different ways to increase their self-compassion through exercises and methods they can use in their daily life

Hringsjá, organizes the course.

Course registration is made by email namskeidhb@vmst.is It is important to write the name of the course, name and ID number of the participant.

Szkolenie jest dla osób, które są pod wpływem silnego stresu, odczuwają lęk oraz mają depresję lub objawy depresyjne. Podczas kursu uczestnicy mogą nauczyć się skutecznych metod radzenia sobie ze stresem, lepszego rozpoznawania i regulowania własnych emocji i poprawy samopoczucia poprzez konkretne zachowania i działania. Dzięki temu jednostka może poprawić swój dobrostan psychiczny oraz lepiej radzić sobie z wyzwaniami na co dzień.

Kurs prowadzony jest przez internet. Pomiędzy sesjami z prowadzącym uczestnicy mają ćwiczenia i zadania do wykonania, dzięki którym samodzielnie uczą się wcielania skutecznych metod w życie. 

Kurs prowadzony jest przez Framvegis.

Zapisy na kurs pod mailem  namskeidhb@vmst.is. Prosimy o podanie nazwy kursu i kennitali uczestnika.

This is a 4 week self-empowering course which is based on the methods of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)- Positive psychology- Mindfulness and Yoga Nidra deep relaxation.

The course is well suited for individuals who experience a lot of strain, stress, anxiety, depression/sadness or sleep problems.

The objectives of the course are

•To provide participants with education and ways to care for mental and physical health.

• To reduce stress and stress-related symptoms, gain more control of the body’s response to prolonged strain.

• To teach methods of breaking the vicious cycle of negative thinking and be conscious of your way of thinking and behaving.

Course structure:

• Meditation/breathing and light stretching (stress releasing) at the beginning of each  class.

• We will examine the methodology of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) which is based on the theory that our interpretation, expectations and attitudes significantly affect the way we feel. The assumption is that how you think is how you feel.

• The ideology of positive psychology will be introduced, i.e., what is going well in people's lives, strengths and weaknesses examined and the importance of increasing positive feelings and optimism.

• In the part on mindfulness, we are learning how to pause, to notice how we feel and what we are feeling. We are consciously examining our thoughts and feelings without making judgements.

• At the end of each class, participants are invited to deep relaxation with the methods of Yoga Nidra where peace and rest is emphasized in a warm environment. Benefits of the class:

• Increased capacity to deal with stress, anxiety and pressure in your daily life

• To change thought patterns and emotional responses.

Framvegis - center for continuing education, organizes the course.

Course registration is made by email namskeidhb@vmst.is It is important to write the name of the course, name and ID number of the participant.

Do you want to try positive psychology in your life for two weeks? How can positive psychology improve your quality of life and help you find the job of your dreams. What is positive psychology? How can I benefit from positive psychology in my job search and in my everyday life?

The aim of the course is to enhance the participants well-being by encouraging and empower them in their battles and help them get wind in their sails. We will work with tools from positive psychology and organizational psychology to get more courage and well being. We will talk about resilience, strengths, growth mindset and practical aspects of job hunting.

The course is three hours for five days The aim is to:

• be more open minded, se more options
• to get more energy to go on, learn more about my own and others resilience
• to get more knowledge about my own positive feelings
• to get more energy to find a job

Teacher: Hrefna Guðmundsdóttir, MA in Social Psychology and Organizational Psychology. Author of the book ,,Why are Icelanders so Happy? (2018). 

Website: hamingjuvisir.com

Course registration is made by email namskeidhb@vmst.is It is important to write the name of the course, name and ID number of the participant.