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Understanding & Coping with Feelings of Anxiety
Exploring tools and tips to help us cope with feelings of anxiety
Workshop overview:
Everyone experiences feelings of anxiety from time to time, but not everyone’s experiences will be exactly the same. Understanding and Coping with Feelings of Anxiety will help you to gain an understanding of what anxiety is and why you might experience these feelings at any particular time — sometimes for no obvious reason.
Throughout this workshop, we will share how we feel when we get anxious, what our symptoms may be, and how these can affect us both physically and mentally. We will try to understand how things have changed since the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact this may have had (and continues to have) on us.
We will also look at how the brain works, how certain responses can be triggered, and how these triggers can affect us emotionally. We will explore thinking traps that can sometimes keep the anxiety loop running over and over in our heads, as well as exploring some tools and tips that may be able to help us cope with our feelings of anxiety. Finally, we will look at some resources that you might want to consider using in the future.
“There was lots of interesting material on this course. I found lots of useful knowledge, like grounding methods and how the primitive brain works. I’m gonna use these in my life. I felt calm here, so I definitely will attend more for the friendly atmosphere.”
Workshop format:
Understanding and Coping with Feelings of Anxiety is a single-session workshop consisting of 1 x 2.5-hour in-person or online session. The workshop is hosted by our Recovery Practitioner staff and Support Volunteers, who will guide attendees through a presentation focused on the core topics above. The in-person session will include elements of group discussion and will allow time for questions. The online format will include discussion through group chat, breakout rooms, text chat, and we will allow time for questions. This workshop is free to attend and registration is required to join.
Upcoming workshop dates:
We are running Understanding and Coping with Feelings of Anxiety on the following dates:
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Session date and time:
Thursday 2 May 2024, 10:00am — 12:30pm
Location:
Barnstaple Pilot Gig Club, Rolle’s Quay, Barnstaple EX31 1JE (map)
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Session date and time:
Tuesday 14 May 2024, 10:00am — 12:30pm
Location:
Ernest English House, Buckwell Street, Plymouth PL1 2DA (map)
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Session date and time:
Tuesday 18 June 2024, 12:30pm — 3:00pm
Location:
Ernest English House, Buckwell Street, Plymouth PL1 2DA (map)
Register for this workshop:
You can sign up for any workshop date starting within the next month. If the workshop date is later than that, you can instead register your interest — signups will officially open a month before the start date, at which point we will let you know and invite you to secure your place.
Please note: Registering your interest for a specific workshop date does not guarantee you a place on that workshop. However, those who register their interest for a specific workshop date will be informed by email of signups opening before this is shared more widely on our communication channels.
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Frequently asked questions:
Check out the answers to some common questions below. If you want to ask something else, please contact us.
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Understanding & Coping with Feelings of Anxiety is free to attend. Register to secure your place on the workshop.
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Anyone in Devon aged 18 years or over is welcome to register for the workshop.
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Attendance varies, but to keep everyone comfortable we aim for a group size of up to 12. At times this may be slightly less or more dependent on various factors, including room size, available facilitators, and demand for the workshop.
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Any future dates for this workshop will be added to this webpage as soon as they are confirmed. We also recommend signing up to our email newsletter and following us on social media to keep up with new course and workshop dates!
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Yes, all locations we use for our courses are accessible for wheelchair users. Please indicate on your registration form if you require wheelchair access so that we can ensure we make your arrival as easy as possible.