Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service Anne Pledger Emotional Health & Wellbeing Manager

More than just happiness... overall well-being involves both the mind and the body. Having good self-esteem and self-confidence, feelings of contentment, enjoyment, confidence and engagement with the world Feeling you have the resilience to cope when times are tougher than usual Feeling good and functioning well What is emotional wellbeing?

Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service One to one support: The service offers psycho-education and guided self-help using Cognitive Behavioural Approaches with individuals on a one to one basis with a focus on improving emotional wellbeing Up to eight sessions of structured guided self-help with a Health Trainer for Emotional Health and Wellbeing, covering the following topics:  Initial Assessment  Stress Bucket  Five Ways to Wellbeing  Sleep Hygiene  Breathing Exercises  Relaxation / Mindfulness  Managing Difficult Situations  Problem Solving  Goal Setting

Depression Symptoms include: Low mood Lack of motivation Sleep disturbances Eating too much / too little Difficulty in concentrating Lack of energy

Anxiety Symptoms include: Heart racing, trembling / shaking, feeling breathless, restless, changes in appetite, mind racing / going blank, wanting to run away, avoiding situations

Based on Brabben and Turkington (2002) Overflow Stress Vulnerability Bucket Stress relief / protective factors Poor housing Staying out late clubbing, not getting enough sleep Stress of exams Debts building up *Activity* Think about what is contributing to your stresses currently and how you relieve / put down your stresses

Introducing the Five Ways to Wellbeing

One Minute Meditation

Thank you for listening, any questions?