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South Eastern Trust Recovery College "Autumn Semester Timetable" Page 3 of 3
Promoting: Hope, Control & Opportunity
AUTUMN TIMETABLE (SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER)
"Autumn, the season that teaches us that change can be beautiful". Unknown
Avoidance comes in different forms. We can all identify with times when we have avoided thinking about something, doing something, or feeling a certain way. Developing a pattern of
avoidance can and does create a range of problems for us including increased fear, lower self-esteem and a restricted lifestyle. This course is designed to help us understand how avoidance
impacts on our wellbeing and to look at how we go about changing those patterns of avoidance.
Exploring Self-Compassion for My Recovery:
Being kind to yourself
2 WED, THU: 23, 24 NOV 2:00pm-4:00pm Lisburn: Atlas Women's Centre
Self-compassion involves being aware of our own pain and suffering, and understanding that this is a hard, but normal human experience. Directing feelings of kindness and care towards
ourselves, and focusing our attention and energy on how we might alleviate our pain, are also crucial components of self-compassion. During this course, we will explore and practice a
number of strategies to be more self-compassionate.
Coping with Christmas: Helping support wellness
during the festive period
1 THU: 24 NOV 2:00pm-4:00pm
Newtownards: Ards Community Hospital
Lough House - Room 1
Christmas is a time of year that has come to mean different things to different people but often it's a difficult time. Getting through Christmas is stressful for many of us, with all the money
and people pressures that it can bring. However we feel about Christmas, we are surrounded by it. In this course we will support each other to look at how we may be affected by the
different aspects of this festival. We will work on making our own personal plan to help see us it through.
Talking with Children about Parental Mental Health
(Think Family)
3 WED: 30 NOV & 07, 14 DEC 10:00am-12:30pm
Newtownards: Ards Community Hospital
Lough House Room 1
Discussing your illness with children can help them make sense of changes they notice in you and your family as well as reducing stigma associated with mental health. This course aims to
encourage parents and staff to consider how they can prepare to talk to children about mental health. Talking with children will help them understand and feel empowered about mental
health. This course will explore the benefits of talking to children about mental health, usinga family focused approach and to explore some practical tips for parents and staff when
discussing mental health with children.
To book your place on courses (max of 3), click on the "Click Here" buttons or contact us.
Recovery College
Lough House, Ards Community Hospital, Newtownards
Telephone: (028)9041-3872
Email: recovery.college@setrust.hscni.net Website: recovery-college - rc-page (pagetiger.com)
The Recovery College offers a range of FREE educational courses, information & resources on mental health and wellbeing.
Through supported learning and sharing of stories our focus is centered on RECOVERY! Courses are co-produced and co-delivered by
tutors with experience of mental health challenges and people with learned experience. We offer a wide range of returning and new
courses each semester enabling our students to become experts in their own self-care and recovery. The college is open to EVERYONE -
service users; carers; trust staff; members of the community & volunteer sectors and family members over 18.
*Keep an eye out for our "Spotlight Courses," these are courses that will be run throughout the semester that have not been advertised
on the timetable. We will publicise these courses on our social media sites and send them to our email distribution list.