Here you can find an outline of the sessions that we offer. They are arranged into categories to make them easier to navigate and relate to each category of the ReQol wellbeing tool, If you would like more information please visit our session list or our timetables.
- Activity.
- Belonging.
- Choice.
- Hope.
- Self-Perception.
- Wellbeing.
Some of the sessions apply to more than one subject area and there is no limit to how many you are able to access.
If you are looking to find the areas that you may want to focus on why not enrol with us via our member’s area and complete our wellbeing scoring tool ReQol.
| Session Title | Session Description | Session Category |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding Depression | After this session you should have a better understanding of the types of depression, some of the causes and symptoms and how you can lessen the burden of depression and ending with some links to useful resources. This session is also an opportunity to share your experience of living with depression or someone you know living with depression if you feel comfortable doing so. | Hope/Self Perception/Wellbeing |
| Counting Sheep (Sleep Hygiene) | Obtaining healthy sleep is vital for our physical and mental health. It helps to boost productivity and our overall quality of life. This course will explore some of the reasons we may have trouble getting to sleep, staying asleep and getting enough sleep. We’ll discuss what insomnia is and develop strategies that may help alleviate individual sleep issues. You will be encouraged to look at your personal sleep hygiene to see how improving environment and lifestyle could help establish better sleep patterns and by sharing our experiences around sleep, we can learn from each other and develop better sleep habits. | Hope/Wellbeing |
| Steps to calmer days | Understanding what calm means to you is an individual journey and can be beneficial during stressful or anxiety provoking situations. It can be hard to find a level of calm when we feel overwhelmed however this session will discuss how we can begin to take steps to our calmer days. This session will cover what may be causing you concern, look at breaking any negative thinking cycles and how we can use some grounding techniques. We will also explore some breathing exercises and cover what calmer days means to you. If you are interested in applying calming exercises to your daily routines have a look at the wellbeing courses we offer at Community Roots. | Self Perception |
| Self-Compassion | Self-compassion involves treating yourself with kindness and understanding when we fail at something, or are hurt. It’s about learning to treat yourself like a ‘good friend’ and this can lead to an increased quality of life and happiness. We will explore self-compassion and its different components, the myths and facts and why practising self- compassion is so important to your mental health. We will discuss the tools which can help you practise self-compassion in your everyday life. We offer a taster session on self-compassion at the LSCFT community Roots and if you want to learn more, you can come our extended 2 part course. | Self Perception |
| Mindful Meditation | Mindfulness is a technique that can be developed to notice what is happening in the present moment. Being mindful is proven to positively impact wellbeing and reduce feelings of stress and anxiety, while building levels of patience, compassion and acceptance towards yourself and others. On this introductory mindfulness session, we will cover sitting with and working on the acceptance of negative thoughts and feelings and discuss techniques such as body scans to help adapt your relationship with ever-passing thoughts and feelings, viewing them with a different perspective. The main aim of this introductory session is to recognize where and when you become overwhelmed and how to better approach this to build your own version of calmness and improve your wellbeing through Community Roots. | Self Perception/Wellbeing |