April 2021
Workshop: Wellbeing After Baby
This introductory session explores how we can manage our own emotional and mental wellbeing after the birth of a child. A range of topics are covered including stress management and an introduction to anxiety and low mood, as well as exploring effective communication styles and what further support is available from our service. Course aims: Introduction to CBT and the Wiltshire IAPT Service Normalising and exploring the challenges of motherhood Managing our expectations of ourselves and others How anxiety and…
Find out more »Living Well with Chronic Pain
Living with chronic pain can be worrying, frustrating and stressful. This course explores how to manage and live well with chronic pain. The course focuses on understanding chronic pain, what influences it and learning tools and techniques to reduce the impact it has on daily living. This course will run for four weekly sessions held on a Friday between 10:30am and 12:30pm The course covers Understanding chronic pain and its impact Managing stress Values and goals How to manage activities through pacing…
Find out more »Workshop: Think Better! How ‘Cognitive Restructuring’ can help improve how you feel
For: People suffering from low mood or depression who have trouble moving on From an early age negative thoughts – whether protecting us from danger, alerting us to risk, or simply shaping our opinions of particular people, situations or ideas – are essential to our growth as human beings. However, sometimes we become drowned beneath waves of negative thought, preventing us from enjoying our lives as we always fear the worst. With this free two hour workshop you will reflect…
Find out more »Workshop: CALM – An Introduction to Mindfulness
This workshop introduces a range of techniques for relaxing the body, calming the mind and living more fully in the present moment. We can often live our lives on “auto-pilot” and react habitually to situations in unhelpful ways. Mindfulness allows us to be more flexible in our response to the stresses of life, to be less driven and distressed by our thoughts and emotions, and to appreciate each moment of life more fully. Workshop aims: The skills of mindfulness, concentration…
Find out more »May 2021
Workshop: Bettering the Blues – break the cycle of low mood with ‘Behavioural Activation’
For: People suffering from low mood or depression who find life balance difficult Often triggered by changes in our circumstances – relationship break ups, work pressures, financial burdens – low mood can be a crushing weight which makes us feel helpless. In turn that sense of impotence can make it even harder to get back on top of things, creating a cycle of low mood that feeds into itself. This workshop promotes ways of breaking the cycle, and reenergising ourselves.…
Find out more »Workshop: Worry no More – Making your worry work for you
For: People experiencing problematic levels of worry in their day to day lives For most people, most of the time, ‘worry’ is a normal, useful feeling – a response to specific pressures we face, which often helps us better meet the challenge by focusing our attention. But when worry becomes ever-present, we can instead become almost paralysed. This workshop addresses the issues caused by ‘Generalised Anxiety Disorder’ (GAD), and teaches ways of turning worry from something to be feared into…
Find out more »Workshop: Stress Management
This introductory session is aimed at people who are experiencing levels of stress, and who want to understand and learn ways of managing this feeling using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). We recommend attending the full session to gain the maximum benefit from this treatment. Topics covered include: Using CBT to understand how our thoughts, behaviours, physical sensations and emotions all interlink and effect each other Identifying potential triggers and causes of stress Introducing techniques to manage our stress levels Managing…
Find out more »June 2021
Living Well with Diabetes
This course is for anyone with a diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes who is looking to learn tools and techniques to manage their emotional wellbeing. This course will run for three weekly sessions held on a Thursday morning between 10am and 12pm It covers: Exploring the challenges of living with diabetes Managing our expectations of ourselves and others Managing difficult thoughts Techniques to manage our worries How anxiety/ low mood can impact us after a diagnosis of…
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