Following on from the INFORM article about the Mental Health Foundation’s self management training courses in the December issue, we can now let you know that we will be running a course in Dowlas on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th April 2010 at the Bessemer Hotel.

To secure a place on this FREE course you need to phone Jane or Catherine on 01633 415435.

Additionally, for this course only, we are paying a £10 travel allowance per day to those attending the course.

All refreshments and lunch are provided.

The self management course is open to anyone over 18 and living with a serious mental health diagnosis, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and personality disorders, etc.  The course helps participants to develop planning and problem solving skills and involves attending a 2 day workshop, six half day follow-up sessions and then people have the opportunity to join a peer support group that meets once a month.

Here’s what one of the participants from a course in South Wales said about what they’d achieved following being on the course;

Liz, 37, from Cardiff, who has schizophrenia, attended a pilot self- management course last year.

She said: “I used to feel quite overwhelmed by the day-to-day business of looking after myself and lived in fear of people coming round to visit. Sitting in chaos, having no clean dishes or food in the fridge exasperates your condition and is very depressing.

Since I went on the self-management course everything feels more peaceful; I can relax more which is helping the anxiety and depression. I’ve tried to change things in the past so I wasn’t expecting the course to help as much as it did. It helps you find your own solutions; it gave me ideas and possibilities and allowed me to see I could develop".

To view the full article click the link.

If you’d like to enrol for a place on the course or if you’d like more information, please phone Jane or Catherine on 01633 415435 or email.

To view the poster click here.