Monday evenings, March 6th – April 17th, 6-8pm We’ve heard from a couple of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy trainees who are running a free stress management group as part of their training. They are welcoming people who are having difficulty with any of the following: anxiety, low mood, panic, sleep problems, stress Venue: Centre of Therapy 8 Newton […]
Archive | February, 2017
Recovery is a bumpy and winding road
Gabby Quinn, tells us what recovery means to her. This blog came from our joint workshop with @SRN_Tweet. It is also published on their website. What does recovery mean to me has been quite an introspective question, and trying to pick just five things that embody recovery to me personally has been quite challenging. Reading […]
Sniper Attack: the moment when you start to feel better after a really bad time #mentalhealth
A poem from our Community Correspondent Tony Rea Sniper Attack – Part 3 First of all; I forgive you Joy so hang around cause this clown ain’t gonna wear one more frown. And pain? HaHaHaHaHaHaHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee – A shout out to you, you ain’t no Cain! You’re just a silly stain and I’m gonna wash you […]
What recovery means to me: watch the video from our workshop
At the end of last year, we worked with the Scottish Recovery Network to put together a workshop on blogging about recovery. We asked a simple question: What does recovery mean to you? We were really quite taken aback by the response to the workshop. We offered 15 places, but twice as many people wanted […]
Five ways to survive Valentine’s Day
A repost from our Project Manager @rosiehopes Do you know what? I don’t know if I’ve ever met someone who likes Valentine’s Day. If you’re single, you feel lonely. If you’re in a relationship, you feel inadequate. If you’ve just broken up… don’t even think about it. Of course, your mental wellbeing can take a […]
Good mental health at work: it all begins with a conversation #timetotalkday
On #timetotalkday, our Community Correspondent Laura McGlinn writes about the importance of talking about mental health at work For a start most of us we spend more time with our co-workers than most people in our life. We all have a life outside of work and within. But, do you really know what is going […]
I honestly feel like writing is saving my life
Angela McCrimmon, author of “Can You Hear Me Now? Finding My Voice In A System That Stole It”, tells us what recovery means to her. I had to stop and still my mind to think of 5 things that recovery means to me. Simply because I can actually think of 500! If I had been […]