What is the Managing Anxiety Course?
Our Managing Anxiety course consists of 6 weekly sessions. Each session covers a different topic and lasts for two hours including a short comfort break in the middle. The course is designed to provide you will the information and skills needed to effectively manage difficulties such as anxiety, worry and sleep problems.
The course is run by two Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners.
The course will be run remotely so access to a device capable of making video calls (a mobile phone, laptop, tablet, desktop computer with camera) and an internet connection will be required. Resources will be available online and you will be asked to complete a weekly set of questionnaires to help you monitor progress, so access to the internet and a work email address will also be required.
Suitable candidates for the course will be identified at either assessment, during a waiting list review, or at the start of treatment.
Course Overview
Week 1: What is Anxiety? What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
- What anxiety is, including physical symptoms.
- How to understand anxiety using CBT.
- What can make you vulnerable to anxiety.
- How CBT can help you better manage anxiety.
Week 2: Panic, and the Role of Behaviours in Anxiety How the physical sensations of anxiety and panic affect our behaviour.
- How this can lead to avoidance of situations.
- Strategy to reduce avoidance and face what you have been fearing – ‘Exposure’
- The role of ‘Safety Behaviours’.
Week 3: The Role of Thinking in Anxiety
- How the way we think can trigger and maintain anxiety.
- How to recognise unhelpful thinking patterns.
- The Process of Thought Challenging.
- Quickfix Questions’.
- Where ‘worry’ fits in to anxiety.
Week 4: Worry and Problem Solving What is worry and why we do it?
- How to recognise when we are worrying.
- A strategy to help you better manage worry.
- Problem Solving: How to find solutions to practical worries.
Week 5: Assertiveness
- What is assertiveness?
- Communication styles.
- Saying ‘No’
- The importance of recognising strengths and being kind to ourselves.
Week 6: Lifestyle, and Planning for the Future How to deal with sleep problems.
- Lifestyle changes to improve your anxiety.
- How to maintain progress: Relapse prevention.
- Sources of other support and resources.
Post Course Review: If required attendees will be offered a post course review.