Hope as Possibility NEW!

All sessions are live-hosted, screen-to-screen 1.5 hour Continuing Education Sessions (CES) with PRI Trainers. All sessions will be presented via Zoom. PRI is unable to award hours for sessions previously attended.  

Please note that participants are responsible for ensuring online PRI sessions and the number of hours earned fulfill your system's requirements. Credentialing requirements for online sessions stipulate all participants must (1) individually register, and (2) log into the online session on their own device to received credit/hours for attending. Learners who participate in an online session via shared login will not receive a certificate. Learners are also required to attend sessions in full for credit hours to be awarded.  Participants will receive a survey email after the session and will receive a certificate once the survey has been submitted. The link to the surveys are also available on the instructor site under "My Trainings." Note, participants must attend the entire session. 

PRI supports low risk driving choices. Therefore, we will remove anyone who is driving on a Zoom call hosted by our team. So as to not further distract, we will not chat or verbally ask questions first. You'll be able to join a different Zoom session, from a stationary place, at a later date. 

Description:

Hope matters. It acts as a catalyst for change by inspiring action, enhancing resilience, and promoting mental well-being. Indeed, Barbara Frederikson (2009) notes it is the only positive emotion that happens in the absence of psychological safety. Bill Miller and Terri Moyers (2021) identify it as one of eight characteristics of effective therapists. But Miller (2024) also notes hope is complicated and identifies eight facets of which we will focus on one: hope as possibility. This session will explore what possibility means for us as practitioners in the work that we do. In this highly engaging session, the trainer will use a dynamic blend of didactic, media, discussion, and exercises to illustrate and communicate ideas.  

Goals: 
Participants will recognize how hope plays a role in well-being across a number of dimensions, explore how it has influenced them in facing a challenge, and then dig into hope theory and how this helps us understand elements of hope. We will also explore the role of hope in trauma and Prime For Life.   

Learning Objectives: 
At the conclusion of the session, participants will:  

• Describe at least one way hope influences well-being.  
• Identify the three elements of hope. 
• Explain at least two ways trauma/adversity can influence the elements of hope.

Dates and Times (EASTERN TIME)

February 13, 2026 3:00 -4:30 AM Eastern Time

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