In recent years, the legal community has placed a heightened focus on attorney mental health and well-being – and for good reason.  Recent research shows that lawyers experience disproportionately high rates of mental health issues and substance use disorders and suggests that those challenges – when left unaddressed – hinder not only lawyers’ health and happiness, but also their professional longevity, performance, and ability to deliver the highest quality legal services to their clients.  An emerging body of research in the field of positive psychology sheds light on this connection, and why the legal community’s efforts to address to address this issue have heretofore largely fallen short.  In this workshop, participants will:

• Learn where and how they can obtain free and confidential treatment and support for mental health challenges and substance use disorders
• Learn how to apply evidence-backed insights from positive psychology (the science of human flourishing) and techniques from professional coaching to effectively manage stress and enhance their effectiveness and satisfaction as attorneys
• Explore the five elements of the PERMA model of well-being (Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Achievement) and learn strategies for increasing their experience of each of them
• Walk away with a toolkit of exercises and an action plan for managing their legal work in a way that supports their own authentic vision of success