method · all tools
Fostering Resilience
Depth · what it can open●●●○3 — emotional
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedrequired
Participants share real setback experiences and the strategies that got them through — first alone in writing, then in pairs, then harvested with the group — building both a personal repertoire for bouncing back and the discovery that struggle is common ground, not private failure.
Hold with care
- Setback stories range from exam failure to bereavement — participants choose the story and the depth; no prompting for heavier material
Practical
- Time
- 120-180 min
- Group
- 4–28 · individual, pairs, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Whiteboard
- Mechanisms
- narrative-identity, dialogic-encounter, emotional-processing
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Origin & where it lives
Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA) — Resilience education / narrative practice
Instructions: open online
In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox
status: checked · added 2026-08-25