Building Resilience

This self-paced online course provides an interactive learning experience. Written by Dr James Erskine and Dr Linda Perkins-Porras, it is delivered through six sessions made up of short eLearning modules, video content, interactive content and exercises. You will practically apply your learning through a series of Personal Development Activities.

This course will appeal to a wide range of people who face challenges in their lives. Working professionals experiencing stress or burnout. Students coping with academic demands and life transitions. People going through significant life changes – such as bereavement, divorce, or career shifts. Healthcare workers regularly exposed to traumatic situations. Ultimately, resilience training serves anyone looking to develop the mental flexibility and strength needed to bounce back from life’s inevitable setbacks.

The main outcomes will include students feeling more comfortable with themselves, more positive about their abilities, future and life. They will be more able to cope with setbacks and challenges. They will be able to alter their beliefs and values in situations where old habits are preventing them from achieving significant goals in their lives.

Mettleflo was formed in 2022 and is partnered with City St. George’s University of London. Our aim is to enable individuals to optimise their wellbeing, become more resilient and pursue meaningful values and life goals. We use digital technology to develop and deliver online and in person courses, apps and programs. Our courses are informed by our experience of working with students, patients and clients in difficulty and distress. They are evidence based and designed to provide useful, practical learning that can be incorporated into learner’s real lives.

With a 250-year history, City St George’s University of London is the UK’s only university dedicated to medical and health sciences education, training and research. Our distinctiveness is based on this exclusive focus and we strive to bring an innovative and collaborative approach to all we do.

MettleFlo, a spinout of City St. George’s University of London exemplifies innovation. Leveraging cutting-edge research, to deliver new innovative approaches to resilience training to become pioneers in the educational and mental health sectors.

The Learning Rooms is a digital learning services company that helps organisations deliver eLearning, blended learning and tutor-led training solutions. We design, build and deliver engaging online learning experiences that are interactive and multimedia-rich. We also help organisations develop their management talent and build their internal capability to design and build digital learning content.

James Erskine has a research based doctorate in psychology and a second clinical doctorate in counselling psychology. He is senior lecturer at St George’s, University of London. In addition to teaching and conducting psychological research he also sees patients in clinical practice each week with a view to helping them build healthier more satisfying lives. His research interests centre around coping strategies, individual and organisational health and building resilience.

Linda Perkins-Porras has a doctorate in psychology and a PG Dip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She is a senior lecturer in behavioural medicine and psychology in the Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education at St George’s University of London. As well as teaching the undergraduate psychology and behavioural medicine curriculum for the medical and biomedical science courses, she led the personal tutor programme for medical students for 5 years and was responsible for the pastoral support of around 2500 students. Her research interests and publications focus on stress, wellbeing and resilience and she supervises research students interested in this field.