One highlight of UC benefits plans is the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP), which provides several resources for UCOP employees, including voluntary, free and confidential individual counseling, manager consultation and investigation of workplace threats and violence for California-based staff.

Additionally, FSAP offers several wellness webinars throughout the year, available for staff in all locations. Throughout May, several workshops are available to help you build resilience, avoid burnout and focus on keeping yourself healthy. Find out more below and register to join us!

Listings reflect Pacific Time. Select each course name to register.

Working Parents: Strategies for Wellness and Avoiding Burnout
Friday, May 8, 12– 1 p.m.
Join Heike Mitchell, Ph.D., of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program for a practical, solution-focused session to help working parents manage burnout and improve well-being. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:

• Recognize signs and causes of parental burnout
• Discover personal, family and career strategies for prevention and recovery
• Design your own plan to make working parenthood more sustainable
• Access resources for dealing with parental burnout inside and outside your workplace

An Expressive Arts Webinar for Navigating Uncertainty
Thursday, May 14, 12– 1 p.m.
Although we are living in a time of ongoing uncertainty, it is also one of creativity, connection and unexpected joy. Led by Drs. Leanna Reyes, Tina X. Wang and Sabina Brown of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, this webinar invites attendees to explore this tension. We’ll begin with a warm, accessible look at what uncertainty does to our minds and bodies — and why learning to hold mixed emotions is a skill, not a personality trait. Then, we’ll participate in a guided mandala exercise (no artistic experience needed!) followed by a short poetry-writing exercise.

The Psychology of Journaling and Wellbeing
Wednesday, May 20, 12– 1 p.m.
Putting words to the feelings we carry can be powerful. Led by Nicolas Bob, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist and staff psychologist at California College of the Arts, this one-hour journaling workshop will explore the science behind journaling, learn four ways to journal and spend time writing together in a low-pressure, judgment-free space. All are welcome — previous journaling experience is not needed.

Drowning in To-Do Lists: A New Way to Think About Getting Things Done
Thursday, May 28, 12– 1 p.m.
When we feel overwhelmed by to-do lists, it impacts our capacity to manage tasks and find sustainable balance. In this workshop, led by Sophia Sandhu, licensed psychologist at the UC Davis Academic and Staff Assistance Program, we’ll review scientific research on how stress impacts regulation and functioning, barriers to managing stress and functional ways to manage it. This webinar draws on ideas and inspiration from “How to Keep House While Drowning” by KC Davis, LPC.

For questions about the workshops, contact fsap@ucsf.edu.

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