mental health for global travel
by licensed clinical therapists
Safer Travel.
Resilient Participants.
Transformational Growth.
Helping institutions, programs, providers & participants thrive abroad.
Being Well Abroad™ helps organizations and their participants create the foundation for a transformative travel experience and confidently address challenges when they arise.
We train and support institutions and providers to embed mental health-informed structures and resources into all levels of global education programming, meeting a critical need in duty of care and improving outcomes for students, families, communities, and institutions. We also provide participants with pre-departure learning modules to prepare them for the emotional journey of global education and help them create an individualized Wellness Travel Plan.
We are licensed clinical mental health professionals who bring expertise in educational counseling and training, program development, student and family treatment, and vast international experiences studying, living, working, volunteering, or traveling to 70+ countries across 6 continents.
OUR SERVICES
Participant Mini-Course
This asynchronous, on-demand course is meant for participants studying away from home and is based on evidence-based principles to promote psychological resiliency and flexibility.
Our program is fully customizable for your participants. Participants complete the course with a ready-to-go individualized Wellness Travel Plan and a Certificate of Completion. The course has no time limit; it is accessible whenever, wherever—on smartphones, desktops, or tablets—and tips and resources can be accessed again and again.
Toolkit & Curriculum Guide
We’ve developed a120+ page Facilitator Toolkit which covers applied curriculum, reflective practice tools, helpful on-the-ground resources, and actionable strategies. Participants in our trainings can always access a living document that is updated with evidence-based information and materials regularly.
Staff Training & Workshops
Training and consultations are a time for global professionals to focus on what they can control: their own learning and practice in executing effective duty of care. Trainings support on-the-ground facilitators and administrators/leadership to best support the learning and growth of students. We provide research-validated, accessible interventions that non-mental health professionals can effectively and confidently utilize to support students, as well as programming strategies and materials that can scaffold all participants’ experiences. Trainings can be customized by an organization or provider’s needs—and we make open group trainings regularly available too.
Consultation & Debriefing
We provide consultation to integrate mental health-informed, travel-specific content on policy, programming, materials, processes, trainings, approaches, etc. for organizations, institutions, and providers to improve student, community, and staff outcomes.
On occasion, a difficult case or experience presents needs beyond the scope of non-mental health educators or administrators. In addition to providing best practice recommendations prior to travel, we provide support and facilitate reflection, repair, and integration upon return from a difficult experience away.
We believe that well-being and resilience can be cultivated -- perhaps most effectively during global education experiences when the disruption of what is known is a central part of the process. Mental well-being can be learned, taught, and accessed alongside challenge, fear, or discomfort -- as an action: the act of being well.