Teaching Resilience through the Self Acceptance Skills Method

For more than 30 years, educators, youth workers, school counsellors, health workers and therapists have used Sabine Beecher’s Self Acceptance Skills Method© to prevent and counter problems – depression, suicide, anxiety, alcohol and other drug use, self image concerns, bullying behaviour, perfectionism, negative feelings, undue stress.

Sabine is passionate about primary prevention through teaching people the skills of self acceptance that avoid problems of low and high self esteem. Now she has developed Teaching Resilience through Self Acceptance Skills, a teaching pack that makes the tested Self Acceptance Skills Method even easier for teachers, parents, carers, youth workers, counsellors and grassroots workers to use.

The Teaching Pack is designed to teach the practical, definite logical thinking basics that free up our own resilience and strength, calm confidence and ability to recognise, navigate and prevent the challenges and problems of growing up.

Using the ten simple steps, learners gain -

• inner contentment – a deep happiness
• clear, logical objective thinking
• independent judgement that is not controlled by peer pressure
• strength, resilience, motivation, a sense of responsibility
• calm, confident behaviour
• mental, emotional and social well-being

The ten correct-thinking Self Acceptance skills replace ten common wrong-thinking habits that are detrimental to mental, emotional and social well-being.  This method points out how to think – ‘thinkeracy’ – the firm foundation for what we think about. Teaching thinkeracy prevents problems and is as essential as literacy and numeracy.

This unusual, tested cognitive method can save lives.  It is –

• vital for primary prevention
• easy to teach universally
• an essential core subject in schools
• easy for parents, youth workers, welfare organisations to teach informally.

Contents of Teaching Pack

• PowerPoint Presentation and Print-out
• Information and explanations built on years of experience
• Activities to select from
• Blackline Handouts – laminated for easy photocopying
• Blackline Worksheets – laminated for easy photocopying
• A4 Posters ready to copy onto coloured paper and display
• Fun Teaching Props
• Text:  Happiness – It’s up to you .. easy steps to self acceptance and good relationships
• Ongoing Support.

Recommendations

“The Self Acceptance Skills are very powerful tools and the way they were taught is very practical. We shall include these components in all our youth-centred programs and activities.”
– Rey Cabungcal,  Program Officer YMCA, Sydney Olympic Park Lodge

“I did some training with Sabine Beecher way back in 2000 and have used her model extensively ever since. It is rare that the simple model, or parts of it, has not enabled people to make significant insights and as a result positive changes in my experience. The difference between Self Esteem and Self Acceptance is significant and worth exploring for sustainable wellbeing.

In the past I had to adapt the model in her book but now Sabine has FINALLY developed a programme ready use with props, handouts and a powerpoint presentation. The programme is designed for anyone to use, not just therapists, and comes complete with her wonderful book ‘Happiness it’s up to you’. It is widely tested and so easy to use.”    
– Linda Sharman,  Senior Social Worker, Wheatbelt Aboriginal Health Service W.A.

“In a nutshell, I thought the newly written program was excellent. Succinct – logical and easy to read. I’m sure that it will entice lots of people to be interested in the process. So well done!”                                                                                                                 
– Cheryl Campbel,  Counsellor/Psychotherapist/Journey Therapist/NLP/CAPA/AHA/ABNLP