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Visualisation exercises and goal setting can be very effective strategies to boost your wellbeing, both by helping you to regulate your emotions, as well as promoting feelings of security, positivity, and achievement. Our Visualisation and Goal Setting resource explores the positive impact visualisation can have for supporting our mental health, and also guides you throw … Read more
Physical and mental health are interconnected and equally important. To learn more about how exercising can help to protect and support your mental health and wellbeing, please read our The Benefits of Exercise for our Mental Health resource.
Sometimes, the way we think can keep us trapped in a viscous loop. Download our get Rid of You’re A.N.T.S resource to read our expert guidance on identifying your automatic negative thoughts, Recognising your Triggers and challenging your ANTS.
Our managing low confidence resource aims to help children and young people understand what is meant by confidence and the impact that having low confidence can have. It also features helpful tools that young people can use to boost their self-confidence.
Protecting and supporting our mental health is just as important as looking after our physical health. This resource is a guide to improving your mental wellbeing by identifying and tackling triggers for stress and anxiety and by implementing positive and effective strategies for prioritising your mental health.
Did you know that your brain releases happiness chemicals that help to make you feel good? In our Daily Dose of Happiness resource, we explore the role of each of the four happiness chemicals, how deficiency can impact your wellbeing, and how to utilise practical strategies to naturally increase happy brain chemicals.
Our mental health in the workplace resource outlines our expert advice for recognising and supporting colleagues with mental health difficulties in order to help promote a more positive and productive working environment.
Self-esteem is the opinion we have of ourselves, and having good self-esteem can help you to feel more positive and will boost your overall wellbeing. This resource offers practical suggestions for teenagers to improve their self-esteem.
Our Progressive Muscle Relaxation Activity Sheet shares four different activities aimed at children to help them reduce stress and anxiety in their bodies by tensing and relaxing their muscles.
Anticipatory anxiety refers to the worry and fear that you may feel for an extended period about a future situation or event. Our information sheet highlights how to recognise anticipatory anxiety and provides practical strategies to help tackle it.
Together with Operation Encompass, we have developed the tool ‘Recovery and Resilience Planning’ as a summary to guide education setting staff in their understanding and support, focussing on relationships, emotional wellbeing, engagement and learning.
It is crucial for young people to recognise the effects social media can have on their mental health. This resource identifies how social media can impact young people’s wellbeing and provides tips on how to make the most of social media in a mental health friendly way.
Resources for Adults Samaritans – You can access confidential emotional support at any time from Samaritans either by calling 116 123 or emailing jo@samaritans.org Mental Health Foundation – 10 minute mindfulness practice exercise narrated by Mindfulness expert, Professor Mark Williams, and features a series of breathing and visualisation techniques. https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/podcasts-and-videos/mindfulness-10-minute-practice-exercise Resources for Young People Helplines for Young People: SHOUT- free … Read more
Our Self-Care for Children resource aims to help children understand the importance of looking after their mental health and wellbeing, and provides a variety of effective tips for implementing self-care practices.
Taking a few moments each day to practice mindful breathing is proven to help relax your body, calm your mind, and support your wellbeing. These exercises are also useful methods of self-regulation, which is the way we manage our behaviours, emotions and our thoughts – particularly those emotions that can become disruptive. When we self-regulate, … Read more
Our ‘What is Anxiety?’ resource provides an overview of what anxiety is, how to recognise the emotional and physical symptoms, and the impact it can have on your wellbeing. It also offers key insights in to what you can do to manage and reduce anxiety.
Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present in the moment and paying attention to your thoughts and feelings, and to your environment. We explore the many significant benefits of mindfulness for our mental health and wellbeing, and share practical ideas for incorporating mindfulness techniques in your daily routine.
Understanding, recognising and coping with stress can be difficult for young people. Our Top Tips for Helping Children Understand and Manage Stress resource aims to provide practical strategies and guidance to help you support your child to better understand, minimise and manage stress.
Our What to Expect from Your Child’s Occupational Therapist (OT) resource provides a helpful overview of what your child’s OT will explore with you and your child in order to understand and support your child’s sensory needs, and the process of Occupational Therapy Services at Psychology Associates.
Gratitude is essentially a positive emotion, and involves taking the time to notice what is good in our lives and to notice all the little things we so often take for granted. It can help to transform the lens through which we see the world and our lives, shifting our focus from the negative aspects … Read more
Burnout is the feeling of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion, and can be caused by prolonged experiences of relentless stress without adequate and healthy coping strategies or helpful support. Our Recovering from and Preventing Burnout Resource outlines the key symptoms and impacts of burnout, as well as sharing our guidance for recovering from burnout and … Read more
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