This course looks at how we can take care of ourselves and manage our difficult emotions during challenging times.

 

Over the course of three sessions we will explore Awareness as key to managing our emotions.

 

We will also identify tools and practical ways of supporting our wellness and well-being

 

Healthy relationships are essential to a happy and stable life. People close to us make the hard times more manageable and the good times more meaningful.

Many of us find it much easier to be kind to other people than to ourselves.

 

On this course, we will explore what being kind to yourself means to you and how self-acceptance can help us all on our recovery journeys. We will look at what stops us from being kind to ourselves and how we can change our thinking and behaviour so we can offer ourselves the same kindness and compassion we show to others.

 

This course will introduce students to the concept of "flow", otherwise known as "being in the zone".

 

We will explore together how creative processes and art can lead to a state of flow and wellbeing.

 

This online course is for beginners, with no prior art experience required - we will aim to create a safe and supportive learning environment to explore our creativity.

 

Students will need blank paper and a handful of coloured pens or pencils.

 

The benefits of spending time with others are well understood and as a result it can seem like being alone is a poor second choice.

 

But is being by ourselves always a bad thing - or can it sometimes be beneficial for our mental health? On this course, we will spend time exploring what it means to be alone and if this always has to feel negative. You will have an opportunity to discover what level of being alone feels right for you and how to make the most of this precious time.

 

Our FREE 12-week personal development group, co-facilitated by two UKCP Senior Gestalt trainee psychotherapists, providing you with a supportive environment where you can explore how you relate to others.

Peer support groups are an established and valuable resource for people who experience voices, visions and other unusual sensory perceptions or alternative realities. Groups provide a safe space to share individual viewpoints, support each other, and find ways of making sense of experiences.

 

Colonial Legacies: Healing from White Supremacy at the Intersection of Disability, Class and Culture

Content note for references to sickness, cancer, disability, colonialism, domestic abuse, housing, and oppression

 

We are pleased to welcome Sage M Stephanou as our speaker for this first LHVN Online Network Meeting of the new year!

 

How harm reduction and human rights can be introduced to advocacy for suicidal people

 

Online Workshop

With Caroline Mazel-Carlton & Sera Davidow from Wildflower Alliance in the USA, and Mind in Camden's Fiona Malpass.

 

'Alternatives to Suicide' (Alt2Su) describes a non-coercive approach to suicide that focuses on curiosity and relationship-building among those who are struggling. Alt2Su is distinct from the current systemic paradigm of suicide prevention in a few key dimensions.