MSE Recovery College

• What is Mental Health? What is Recovery?
• Understanding Anxiety, low mood and depression
• The Fight/flight/freeze/fawn responses – Brain and Body Connection
• Neuroscience and the Nervous System
• Going forward with new awareness

• Anxiety Management Tools & Techniques
• Introduction to Self-Compassion and Journaling
• Healthy Sleep Habits
• Introduction to Mindfulness
• Grounding techniques and introduction to Module three – ‘Maintenance’

• Routine, Physical Wellbeing, Food and Mental Health
• Boundaries and Healthy Relationships
• Recognising Strengths and Achievements and Protective Factors
• Resilience and Self Compassion
• Moving Forward – Your Next Steps and What’s in the Community

Join our Co-Production meetings: Get up to date with what’s on at the Recovery College & Trust Links Mental Health Charity. Our monthly co-production meetings are designed to offer you a space where you can bring your ideas and feedback forward. We use this space to consult you on our services, receive your feedback and ensure that we are offering our students a service that is truly influenced by you. Join us if you are keen to get involved in what we do!

Join us and take part in a variety of creative arts & crafts activities. You can expect a supportive environment where people’s voices come together and creative juices overflow.

This course is aimed at boosting your cookery confidence. Every week you will learn a new recipe using easily available, budget-friendly ingredients. The collective learning environment allows members to share tips and learn from each other.

This 10 week course for 17-25 year olds is funded via Active Essex Foundation’s Transition Age project.
This peer-developed course will offer you an opportunity to learn zentangle-inspired art in a calming and relaxing environment. No prior knowledge of drawing or zentangle is required. All materials are provided and all abilities are welcome!

We all experience anxiety at times – that ‘butterflies in your stomach’ feeling when you worry about sitting exams, going for an interview or seeing the dentist. It is a natural feeling and can be useful, as it can help us perform better or warn us when we need to act if in danger. However, anxiety can be
persistent, excessive or over-whelming. It can begin to interfere with many aspects of our life – from confidence, to seeing people, going out and engaging in everyday activities. This workshop introduces students to a variety of techniques and different approaches to build skills & strategies for anxiety management.

Learn about the anger response in our bodies and angry thoughts in our minds, and how they can affect our quality of life. We also look at some practical techniques and different thinking strategies to help you cope.

Covering: What is the difference between self-confidence and self-esteem, what factors have impact on them, and what can we do to start working on improving both?

This workshop is designed to help manage emotional, social and practical challenges that might arise during the busy festive season. Come and learn tips and techniques to explore common Christmas-related challenges and learn healthy coping strategies to take care of yourself.

Covering: Why people have panic attacks, the panic cycle, triggers, thoughts, and feelings, exercises to help during an attack and long-term strategies to help prevent attacks.

Are you struggling with your sleep? Do you want to improve the quality of your sleep? We all need to sleep and there are biological reasons for it. This course explores the relationship with sleep and mental health challenges, providing a better understanding of our sleep habits/routines.

In this workshop we consider what happens physically and emotionally when we do not get good quality sleep, and we provide ideas for changes that can be made to promote better sleep.

Ae you curious about “mindfulness”? Mindfulness-based training is an ancient approach, now recognised scientifically for promoting wellbeing.
Mindfulness is about being present, in the moment, noticing your experience of the now. With mindfulness practices, we learn to recognise and acknowledge what is going on in the mind and body moment by moment, increasing self-awareness of thoughts, emotions and sensations that arise.

This workshop aims to introduce mindfulness for everyday living.

Discover the ancient path of the labyrinth for stress relief and self-reflection, learn a little about the history of the labyrinth and how they are used across the world, and then experience walking the mindful path for yourself!

How can we start thinking more positively? We look at how to recognise our achievements, skills and strengths as well as how to re-evaluate more negative thoughts.

What is resilience and how can you build your resilience muscle?
Learn about the 4 S’s of resilience and how having a new perspective can be helpful as well as build healthy coping mechanisms and routines

A practical and interactive workshop exploring how sensory experiences affect wellbeing, emotions, and daily life. You’ll have the opportunity to discover your unique sensory profile, try a range of sensory tools and resources, and learn strategies that may help with relaxation, focus, emotional regulation, and self-care.