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The Flourishing Student

Every tutor's guide to promoting mental health, well-being and resilience in Higher Education

By (author) Fabienne Vailes
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Practical Inspiration Publishing, Tadley, United Kingdom
Published: 12th Oct 2017
Dimensions: w 131mm h 220mm d 21mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN-10: 1910056596
ISBN-13: 9781910056592
Barcode No: 9781910056592
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Synopsis
A set of simple strategies to raise mental health awareness, improve knowledge around mental health issues and stress in academia and develop emotional resilience and mental well-being among students.

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'This is a very thoughtful and useful book for those working with third-level students. At a time of student mental health crisis the book gives helpful context to demystify the issues facing students and tutors today, as well as exercises and tips. It also is very significant in not just helping to deal with mental health challenges, but in modelling models of 'flourishing', both for students and tutors.' Catherine O

'Excellent thoughts on supporting undergraduates. Clearly laid out and well referenced. Really enjoyed thinking about how to enable students to flourish rather than languish. Essential reading for those interested in Wellbeing of students and applicable to school leavers in general. Fabienne combines her knowledge across many fields including NLP, mindfulness with her day to day experience including student interviews.' Anna B

'This thoughtful and well-written book will not only be invaluable to university personal tutors, but also to others who support young people in education, such as school counsellors. It gives context to the emotional wellbeing issues currently being managed in various educational institutes internationally, and explores theories in an accessible way, allowing the reader to feel better informed and better able to support their students. It drafts out practical exercises, which many tutors will wish to incorporate into their meetings with tutees. As a mental health and wellbeing professional in the Higher Education sector for 17 years, I would strongly recommend this book to colleagues, as part of their toolbox of supportive techniques, and for their own updating purposes and professional education.'

'This is a much needed book for tutors working in higher education, though secondary school teachers will also find it useful. Part I gives a good background of the state of mental health among students in the UK and makes a case for improving 'mental health literacy' both among students and university staff. Part II introduces readers to the concept of the 'flourishing student', exploring the many different factors that play a role for student health, wellbeing and development - using the needs of a flower as an analogy (see photo). Part III provides a useful toolbox with strategies, tips and tricks for supporting students in the higher education environment. The book is well-referenced, well-argued and clear - and oozes with human warmth and understanding. It's easy to read and contains some useful illustrations. I've learned a lot from reading this book - highly recommended!'

'The Flourishing Student is a very well designed book presenting everything you need to know to understand how to guide your students from languishing to flourishing. The author presents numerous theories and shows how each one is relevant to understanding and guiding students in their journey and then offer a number of exercises that will be relevant to you as well as to your
students. She draws from her research as well as mastery of NLP and mindfulness to guide the reader. A must for HE practitioners!'

'Fabulous book and a must read not only for HE tutors but also any parent who is concerned about the issue of mental health. It explores the current state of confusion re many mental health terms and the increase in self reporting and the opening chapter stating that the reality is that over the past 50 years the epidemiological data states that the incidence of mental health problems has remained steady, had me hooked. It explores the impact of over parenting on students and the importance of resilience so the key message is we all play a part in using the power of our words to ensure our children reach adult hood feeling competent and confident
The book is superbly written and researched and packed with pragmatic tips for HE tutors that I know many parents will also find helpful. And just over 200 pages, it's a joy to read.'

'I found The Flourishing Student to be detailed, well-researched and - most importantly - thought-provoking. The (well-informed) insights and refreshing and challenging perspectives to prevailing attitudes towards mental health set the scene. It tackles some really important contemporary issues in the context of education and the student experience. Having said that, I would recommend for any general reader as it provides truly helpful and practical models and approaches to aid understanding and analysis. It's accessible without at all being 'dumbed-down' and sensitively and intelligently synthesises insights and practical approaches from a spectrum of disciplines which Fabienne is evidently highly skilled in. Highly recommended!'

'A thoroughly researched and well written work, incorporating really useful insights about what makes people tick (or not!), including well woven material from the world of NLP, mindfulness and resilience management. It's sometimes said that life "does not come with a User Guide" about how live a happy and useful life, but this book comes pretty close. Highly recommended reading.'

'I have worked in the field of Health and Wellbeing for 15 years, latterly teaching in a complex adult education setting, so I was curious to see how this book would add to the field. Fabienne's academic rigour gives it credence and her writing style makes it easy to understand and will be really helpful for everyone to apply within their teaching role. This should be on every teacher training course!'