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Laughter, Resilience and Wellbeing

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SKU
SC-22
Develop your practice and promote mental health and wellbeing through humour and laughter-related therapies and techniques.
$395.00

Key facts

Course category
Psychology, Counselling and Social Work, Therapies
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Duration
5 weeks
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Prerequisite/s
There are no prerequisites for this short course
Certification
Certificate of Attendance

Why this course?

Become a laughter, resilience and wellbeing facilitator. Learn how to incorporate humour, laughter therapies and positive psychology into your practice in clinical, educational, and training environments. This online program is suitable for health professionals, therapists, and educators.

Why study a short course at La Trobe

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Course content

Become a laughter, resilience and wellbeing facilitator. Learn how to incorporate humour, laughter therapies and positive psychology into your practice in clinical, educational, and training environments.

This online program is suitable for health professionals, therapists, and educators.

You’ll learn:

In this course you will:

  • Explore the history and physiology of laughter and humour and how this positively effects day-to-day personal and professional life
  • Gain insight into the empirical research in humour and non-humour-based laughter therapies as well as Positive Psychology
  • Discover diverse applications of laughter for wellbeing programs in education, training and clinical settings
  • Learn about the two main non-humour-based laughter modes: Laughter Wellness and Laughter Yoga
  • Develop strategies to cultivate a laughter mindset and how this relates to improved health, psychological resilience, increased happiness and client satisfaction
  • Explore how this skillset offers a new dimension to self-care practices including gratitude, mindfulness and self-compassion
  • Complete Laughter, Resilience and Wellbeing (LRW) facilitator training

Your study experience

The course is delivered online over a 6 week period (including assessment time), and the total expected time commitment for this course is up to 80 hours.  

Frequently Asked Questions

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