Letting go of "perfect"
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Kia Tū Māia Counselling Department will be facilitating our next free whānau workshop for parents and caregivers:Date: Monday 9th March
Time: 6.30 - 8pm in the Wellington High School - Riley Centre
Many young people feel intense pressure to achieve, perform, and “get it right.” Although striving to achieve our goals can be helpful, perfectionism can also create anxiety, self-criticism, and low mood. This workshop will draw from local and international research to build an understanding of how perfectionism develops and how perfectionism is linked to youth wellbeing. We will then focus on different ways perfectionism can show up within young people's lives, including for rangatahi Māori. Lastly, we will explore different ways to reduce unhelpful perfectionistic behaviours, considering how whānau can help foster self-compassion and balanced achievement for their young person.
Dr Kealagh Robinson (she/her) is a Senior Lecturer at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa—Massey University. Her research focuses on understanding the emotional mechanisms underpinning mental health and wellbeing, particularly for young people. Kealagh received her PhD in 2021 from VUW before working for two years in Western Australia on the Australian component of the WHO's World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. She returned home to Aotearoa to join Massey's School of Psychology in 2023, where she leads a team of postgraduate research students and teaches first-year psychology courses.
Dr Ellie Rukuwai (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Tūwharetoa; ia/she/her) is a Lecturer at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of
Wellington. Her research focuses on Māori mental health and wellbeing, and clinical psychology. Ellie's PhD focused on rangatahi Māori experiences and understandings of perfectionism and youth wellbeing, and how these may differ from Western-based definitions of these constructs. In addition to her academic research and teaching, Ellie is currently completing her training in Clinical Psychology.
For queries, please contact counselling@whs.school.nz.
Location
Wellington High School - Library
249, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington Wellington 6011
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Letting go of "perfect"
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