Self Help
Your mental health needs as much tender loving care as your physical health and well being.
You allow ample time each day to clean your teeth, brush your hair, and wash or bath. You visit the doctor or a physiotherapist or osteopath for your physical aches and pains; you might take medication or apply creams or balm or heat or cold. Mental health and well being needs the same attention.
A cure, immediate or gradual, might not be the be all and end all, you will probably need to carry out ongoing maintenance. Those with addictions often refer to themselves as recovering. The same can be said of physical or mental ailments, a slipped disc can recur if not managed properly. Mental health well being can ebb and flow.
This site is designed to help individuals in the locality find for themselves the appropriate courses of action to help with their own wellbeing. Our contact details are provided in case anyone wishes to speak directly to any of us with a view to finding the best solution. If you know of any solutions additional to those we have identified please let us know using the same address, and we will add them to the list.
Your mental health needs as much tender loving care as your physical health and well being.
You allow ample time each day to clean your teeth, brush your hair, and wash or bath. You visit the doctor or a physiotherapist or osteopath for your physical aches and pains; you might take medication or apply creams or balm or heat or cold. Mental health and well being needs the same attention.
A cure, immediate or gradual, might not be the be all and end all, you will probably need to carry out ongoing maintenance. Those with addictions often refer to themselves as recovering. The same can be said of physical or mental ailments, a slipped disc can recur if not managed properly. Mental health well being can ebb and flow.
This site is designed to help individuals in the locality find for themselves the appropriate courses of action to help with their own wellbeing. Our contact details are provided in case anyone wishes to speak directly to any of us with a view to finding the best solution. If you know of any solutions additional to those we have identified please let us know using the same address, and we will add them to the list.
Initially - depending on your preferences
Try to
A. Cut out or reduce - Drugs including alcohol, caffeine, guilt +
B. Add in - Exercise, music, reading, my-time, meditation, prayer, mindfulness +
C. Maintain - Stay level headed, any in the add list +
and D - Explore getselfhelp.co.uk and its many links.
Try to
A. Cut out or reduce - Drugs including alcohol, caffeine, guilt +
B. Add in - Exercise, music, reading, my-time, meditation, prayer, mindfulness +
C. Maintain - Stay level headed, any in the add list +
and D - Explore getselfhelp.co.uk and its many links.
MoodGYM
(www.moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome) An Australian-based online training program offering cognitive behaviour therapy skills for preventing and coping with depression. |
Getselfhelp.co.uk
(www.getselfhelp.co.uk) Website providing a wide range of self-help worksheets and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tools that can help support you in managing a range of problems such as anxiety, depression and panic. (This site is also accessed via the CPFT Psychological Wellbeing Service – see Local Organisations.) |
Mastering your Worries
(www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/infopax.cfm?Info_ID=46) Series of guides designed to provide some information about chronic worrying and suggested strategies for how to manage worrying and anxiety. It is organised into modules that are designed to be worked through in sequence. Each module includes information, worksheets and suggested exercises or activities. (This site is also accessed via the CPFT Psychological Wellbeing Service – see Local Organisations.) |
Living Life to the Full
(www.llttf.com/index.php) Free online courses covering low mood and stress and all of the common linked problems this causes, written by a Psychiatrist using a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach and also helping people use these skills in everyday life. |