Time for all sessions: 18:00–20:00 (BST)
Interpreting is more than translation—it’s emotional presence, awareness, and resilience in real time. This CPD series invites you to deepen the internal resources that support your external work. Through four interactive and reflective sessions, we’ll explore the emotional, psychological, and interpersonal aspects of interpreting—how we stay grounded, how we relate, and how we bring more of our full selves into the room without becoming overwhelmed by it. These sessions offer practical tools and gentle insights for interpreters who want to stay resilient, connected, and well.
1. Emotional Intelligence: The Quiet Skill Behind the Work
🗓️ Wednesday 30 July 2025
How do we stay open without being overwhelmed? This session explores emotional intelligence as a practical, embodied skill—tuning in without taking on, noticing emotional tone without losing our own centre, and offering presence without depletion. It's a gentle invitation to deepen the awareness that quietly supports everything we do.
2. Strengths in Action: Staying Grounded While Speaking for Others
🗓️ Tuesday 2 September 2025
What keeps you steady in the middle of complexity? This session invites you to explore your personal strengths as powerful internal resources—not just for self-care, but for navigating professional pressures and emotionally charged situations. We’ll look at how recognising and using your strengths can bring more balance to your interpreting, and how noticing strengths in others can positively shift the energy of a room.
3. Resilience: Holding the Space Without Being Consumed by It
🗓️ Thursday 9 October 2025
Resilience isn’t about toughing it out—it’s about staying responsive and regulated. In this session, we’ll explore how to notice when you’re tipping into overload, how to work with (rather than against) your nervous system, and how to reset effectively. You’ll come away with small, sustainable practices to help you stay present and resourceful before, during, and after your work.
4. Navigating the Environment: Boundaries, Needs, and Psychological Safety
🗓️ Tuesday 25 November 2025
There’s always more going on than what’s said aloud. This session is about reading the room—tuning in to the unspoken roles, expectations, and dynamics that shape each interaction. We’ll explore boundaries as tools for clarity, how to discern what’s yours and what isn’t, and why psychological safety matters not just for others, but for your own wellbeing as an interpreter.
About The Trainer
Lucy is a positive psychology practitioner, coach, and interpreter with a passion for weaving learning into everyday life—so that growth continues well beyond any single intervention. Her work is grounded in lived experience and informed by evidence. She’s especially interested in resilience, emotional intelligence, creativity, positive ageing, and how we think and thrive together as groups.
8 x Structured CPD Points
Trainer: Lucy Airs, Anglia Ruskin University
Language of Instruction: English
Notetaker present: No
Cameras on or off? Attendee choice
Active/Passive Participation? Active - breakout rooms
Recorded? No
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