Suffolk Mind are running several fully-funded online courses to support carers and their mental health, including The Mental Health Toolkit’s The Essentials, Sleep Well, Work Well and Keeping Calm.
Why should I do these courses?
- Understand your emotional needs and how to meet them
- Learn a clear approach to mental health
- Support yourself and those around you
- Meet others in similar circumstances as you
All you need is access to a smart phone, tablet or PC. All of these courses run online via Zoom.
To view dates for each session and sign up please visit our events calendar.
These course are part of the mental health toolkit
The Essentials – Online | Half day
The Essentials course is the foundation for mental wellbeing, and it’s at the core of everything we do. This course takes you through the mental health continuum (the spectrum of mental health that we are all on) and introduces you to the Emotional Needs & Resources approach.
Unmet emotional needs trigger symptoms of mental ill health, and understanding how to meet them helps you understand what you need to be well, and enables you to take of yourself and those around you.
The course will help you:
- Undo misconceptions about mental health
- Raise awareness of your emotional needs
- Support yourself and those around you
- Better understanding of sleep and mental health
Sleep Well, Work Well Online | 1.5 hours
This course helps to raise awareness of the importance of sleeping well and the affect this can have on our daily life. Sleep is as important to our health as eating, drinking and breathing. Insomnia and poor quality sleep are linked to physical ill health as well as mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
The course covers:
- Good sleep vs. bad sleep habits
- The role of dream sleep
- How to reduce worrying
- How to wake up refreshed and ready to go
- Practical tools and techniques for improved sleep
Keeping Calm Online | 1 hour
This short course will help you to understand your mind and body and how breathing can help you to manage your emotions and reduce stress.
The course will help you:
- Learn a powerful and practical breathing exercise
- Increase awareness of how the mind-body system works
- Lower stress
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