Groups and Workshops
Here at Talking Therapies Barking & Dagenham, we have a range of groups on offer to help manage your wellbeing needs. Please call 0300 300 1554 option 3 to book your assessment call and sign up to our groups. Alternatively, you can self-refer online here.
Stress Less Group:
Our Stress Less group is currently being delivered via Zoom (online). It consists of 4 sessions, each session lasting 2 hours.
The topics covered in the course include:
- What stress is, how stress affects us physically and psychologically
- Mindfulness, relaxation techniques
- Identifying good and bad ways of coping
- Self-esteem, assertiveness
- Staying well in future
Self-refer here to sign up
Generalised Anxiety (Worry) Group:
Our Generalised Anxiety (Worry) group is 11 weeks long, each session lasts 2 hours and is delivered via zoom.
In this group, you will learn about the different types and classification of worries, the fight or flight system, intolerance of uncertainty. You will also learn strategies around letting worries go, present moment focus, problem-solving and/or behavioural changes to facilitate a reduction in distress and improve overall functioning.
Self-refer here to sign up
Sleep Group:
Our Sleep Group is 6 weeks long, each session lasts 90 minutes and is delivered via zoom.
During the course you will learn about sleep hygiene, sleep efficiency (including sleep restriction), stimulus control, worry and relaxation, and unhelpful thinking/cognitive restructuring.
Self-refer here to sign up
Changing Moods Group:
Our Changing Moods group is 12 weeks long, each session lasts 2 hours and is delivered via zoom.
The group covers:
- Problem solving
- Increasing activity and managing routine
- Identifying unhelpful thinking styles
- Challenging unhelpful thoughts
- Diffusion techniques
Self-refer here to sign up
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Workshop:
Our Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) workshop is 4 weeks long, each session lasts 90 minutes and is delivered via zoom.
The workshop aims to provide those experiencing PTSD with a better understanding of the symptoms of PTSD and what has caused them to develop these symptoms. It also covers ways of managing these symptoms.
Self-refer here to sign up
Compassion Focused Therapy Group:
Our Compassion Focused Therapy group is 12 weeks long, each session lasts 2 hours and is delivered via zoom.
In this group, you will learn about compassion, regulating our emotions, mindfulness, our inner critic, the emotion of shame, and committing to a life with compassion.