We are all in this together - construing loneliness and social isolation together by playing with Personal Construct Psychology self-help materials

Social isolation and loneliness have increased during and after the pandemic, greatly impacting the general population well-being and mental health, especially of those populations at higher risks such as international college students. To tackle those challenges and foster well-being and adaptation to the new environment, authors have developed and implemented a blended intervention involving international students composed of 8 in presence group activities and 8 online self-help materials, construed ad hoc in light of the PCP. The PCP self-help materials were construed to foster anticipation, construction, socialisation and meaning making on different topics while dealing with a new environment and post-pandemic personal and relational fatigue. The present workshop aims to create a synergic and creative space to explore together the constructs of social isolation and loneliness by playing with the self-help materials. Participants will be actively engaged in elaborating their personal meanings and their patients’ ones while reflecting on clinical implications.