Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) - FAMILY CONNECTIONS courses
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Community Mental Health Teams & Psychological Therapy Services in AWP Wiltshire are running FAMILY CONNECTIONS courses.
FAMILY CONNECTIONS is a 12-week programme for anyone who is caring for/ has a close relationship with someone (18 years+) who is receiving (or has received) services from AWP and has complex emotional needs or has problems of ‘emotion dysregulation’; in other words, has intense and volatile emotions (such as shame, anger, sadness and anxiety), chaotic relationships, fear of abandonment, or impulsivity and/or engages in self-harm or suicidal behaviour.
It can be very distressing seeing a loved-one struggle with problems of emotion dysregulation. FAMILY CONNECTIONS can help you to minimise your burden of care and can have beneficial effects on the recovery of your loved-one with these extreme emotional difficulties.
The course is designed to help you have a better understanding of your loved one’s experience and behaviour and, most importantly, to develop skills to improve your own well-being in a supportive peer environment.
The course consists of twelve, 2 - hour, weekly classes. These will take place online from 6pm-8pm, start date Tuesday, January 18th 2022 (To be confirmed).
AWP clinicians will lead courses, alongside people/carers who themselves have relatives with emotion dysregulation and have attended a Family Connections course and trained as FAMILY CONNECTIONS Leaders.
For further information on the course, please see attached document (AWP family connections info letter 2022)
If you are interested, please contact:
Joel Conrad at N. Wilts PTS: Tel: 01722 820121 or Email: joel.conrad@nhs.net
Or Chris Eley at Wilts Sarum: Tel: 01722 820250 or Email: chris.eley@nhs.net
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