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Gratitude and Hope: Resilience Built in Wellbriety

Joani Alyene Burchett, LPC, LCDC
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Date & Time

Location

  • 2320 Kaliste Saloom Rd
    Lafayette, Louisiana 70508

Description

This course explores how gratitude and hope serve as powerful foundations for resilience in recovery. Through the Wellbriety approach and Indigenous healing principles, participants will learn how cultivating gratitude strengthens emotional wellness, fosters connection, and supports long-term recovery. The course examines the role of hope in overcoming adversity, developing healthy coping skills, and creating a meaningful vision for the future. Participants will engage in reflection, discussion, and practical strategies that promote balance, healing, and personal growth while reinforcing the Wellbriety principles of wellness, community, culture, and purpose.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is for participants to explore how gratitude and hope function as protective factors in recovery and overall wellness and to learn practical Wellbriety-based strategies for cultivating resilience, strengthening emotional well-being, and supporting long-term healing in individuals, families, and communities.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify at least three ways in which historical trauma, adversity, and recovery challenges can impact an individual's sense of hope.

  • Apply at least two Wellbriety principles, including cultural strengths and community connection, to foster resilience in therapeutic sessions.

  • Demonstrate at least three practical interventions or exercises that promote gratitude and hope in therapeutic, recovery, or community settings.

  • Describe the relationship between gratitude practices, hope, and improved mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness.

  • Define gratitude, hope, and resilience within the context of Wellbriety and recovery.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Joani Alyene Burchett, LPC, LCDC
Joani Alyene Burchett, LPC, LCDC, M.A. Joani believes that the benefits of therapeutic work include experiencing wholeness as a person and making vital changes to one’s life in order to live in freedom and peace. After graduating with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology, she went on to complete her M.A. in Counseling. Currently she serves as the Executive Director at Cypress Lake Recovery and also serves as a counselor with the Garth House, an advocacy and counseling center for children and teens who have been the victims of criminal acts. She is a child trauma survivor, and a committed advocate to help people find their voice again.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Cypress Lake Recovery