The 4Ds Model for Dealing with Distress (Staff Wellbeing)
Supporting the people supporting children
A dedicated staff wellbeing session introducing a simple framework for understanding and managing stress. Delivered online and suitable for large teams.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: $1,200
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The 4Ds Model for Dealing with Distress was created in recognition of the demands and impact of stress experienced by people doing important work. This model is designed specifically to support staff wellbeing, and is delivered in an online format that can be easily delivered to large teams. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn a diverse range of ways to cope with stress, organised into one framework – the 4Ds pyramid.
Developed by Dr Louise Mansell colleagues, school and health staff, the session introduces a model of wellbeing not often seen before – one that holds deep respect for people’s own resourcefulness, while also helping to make sense of the ways we manage distress in everyday life.
Participants are supported to understand both the short-term and longer-term ways we all cope with stress, and why we can sometimes become overly reliant on short-term strategies. This can help explain why people may feel exhausted from trying to cope, without feeling better at times.
Participants will engage in live experiential exercises, including both short- and long-term strategies drawn from research and evidence, shaped for real life. The session offers an opportunity to reflect on current coping strategies, understand personal patterns, and explore alternative approaches in a supportive and engaging way – with no requirement for self-disclosure, and from the comfort of your own home or office.
In brief, 4Ds describes a pyramid of strategies that are grounded in science and developed in practice alongside the people it serves:
Distract, Dilute, Develop and Discover
For further information on 4Ds, see https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-feel-less-stressed
Session format and cost
Online 1.5 hours: $1,200 + GST
Delivered by Dr Louise Mansell Clinical Child Psychologist & Creator of Tedology
Dr Louise Mansell is a Clinical Child Psychologist with over 15 years’ experience supporting children, families, educators and organisations. She is a recognised trainer and consultant known for making complex psychological concepts understandable and practical in real settings.
Louise previously led a Children in Care team within the NHS and later co-founded a social enterprise delivering trauma-informed school approaches across whole education systems. Her work combines research, clinical experience and lived understanding of how children develop emotional regulation and resilience.
Her sessions are engaging, reflective and practical, focusing on what educators can actually do tomorrow - not just theory.
Meet Teddy
While the Tedology Bear may look like a teddy bear, it is actually an emotional wellbeing kit designed to help children talk about feelings, feel calmer, and manage big emotions through connection and play.
Developed by renown Clinical Child Psychologist, Dr Louise Mansell, who has more than 15 years' experience supporting children, families, educators and organisations across Australia and the UK.
At the centre is a comforting multi-sensory teddy with fidget-friendly paws, a lightly weighted body, sensory tags, and a simple press-button voice box. Each press of the tummy guides children through playful activities that support emotional understanding, calming, confidence, transitions, and worries.
The Tedology Bear also comes with an Emotional Regulation & Resilience Toolkit, including feelings cards, a children’s activity workbook, adult companion guides, videos and live termly webinar support, making it easier to help children understand and talk about feelings, regulate emotions, and build confidence and resilience at home, in education and in professional settings.
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