Student Wellbeing Self-Care Circle for Student Division Members
Student Wellbeing Self-Care Circle for Student Division Members
Hosted by the PsySSA Student Division
Join the PsySSA Student Division for an online Wellbeing Self-Care Circle designed to support students in the healthcare professions who are experiencing rising levels of burnout and compassion fatigue. A gentle space for collective healing, mutual care, and renewed hope.
Workshop Details:
- Date: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Time: 17:30 – 19:00
- Online Via Zoom
Contact Information: psyssastudentchair@gmail.com
Burnout and compassion fatigue of students in the healthcare profession is at an all-time high. The aim of this session is to provide participants with an opportunity to disconnect from their busy schedules, debrief, and hold space for themselves and others to restore personal balance and enhance their wellbeing. Facilitated on The Work That Reconnects spiral model, sharing circles offer safe spaces to destress, reconnect and find hope and gratitude.
This wellbeing connection circle will be facilitated online to support students to centre themselves in times of uncertainty and anxiety and to foster a sense of connectedness (to self, to others, and to our physical and spiritual environment). As we share stories of coping and self-care, we foster mutual care, collective healing and hopeful mindsets.
Note: This session is interactive and participation is required by all those attending, however sharing personal stories is voluntary, and silent reflection is welcome. To respectfully hold a safe space in the sharing circle attendees must ensure they have sufficient connectivity / data to keep videos on for the full session.
Dr Avivit Cherrington
Presenter
Dr. Avivit (Avie) Cherrington is an educational psychologist with expertise in the design and evaluation of community programmes for mental health and social wellbeing. Her research explores the value of integrating hope-enhancing strategies and participatory visual methods to foster personal and collective agency and catalyse meaningful transformative learning and social change. She has written chapters on Hope in various books in the field of positive psychology, including the Oxford Compendium of Hope (2025) and the APA Handbook of Positive Psychology (in press). She served two terms as the Chair of the Community & Social Psychology Division where she is currently the Treasurer, and is an Executive Member of PsySSA. She is also the co-founder of the Hope Table Gathering, an international, interdisciplinary community dedicated to the advancement of hope and a research associate with Nelson Mandela University.
“As a Hope Practitioner I am passionate about working with individuals and communities to shift mindsets and transform lives. I’m on a mission to spark hope and courage in those who have dedicated themselves to serving others.”
