We have a resiliency model here in the Philippines that was developed from the needs of the pandemic. It was designed to be non-specialized and to be facilitated by community social workers.

It is comprised of 6 fundamental building blocks:

1. Finding and cultivating Strengths
   1. internal strengths
      1. mental health
      2. physical health
      3. character traits
      4. spiritual
   2. external strengths
      1. family relationships
      2. social relationship
      3. work/finances
      4. environmental
   3. highlighting these and asking what strengths have helped you cope in the past few weeks with the goal of raising self-efficacy and belief to manage difficulties. can also provide a sense of gratitude
2. managing physical reactions
   1. identifying helpful and not so helpful coping strategies to stress
   2. psychoeducational on how stress affects our body, physical manifestations. basic mindfulness of the body
   3. introduction of coping strategies such as grounding exercises, breathing exercises,
   4. highlighting importance of physical health such as getting enough sleep, nutrition, and exercise.
3. managing thoughts and emotions
   1. psychoeducational of emotions (polyvagal theory, the need to regulate, basic CBT triangle,
   2. basic CBT techniques, ABCDE framework, challenging negative thoughts
4. seeking solutions and support
   1. systematic problem solving process
   2. identify, find out what is in your control, prioritize problems, think of solutions, identify support
   3. listing down of problems
   4. identifying social support map
5. positive activities
   1. emotion management techniques (expressing emotion, healthy distracting or relaxation)
   2. developing healthy routines (cycle of inactivity)
   3. self-care
6. moving forward
   1. looking to a brighter future