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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 1 x 2-hour 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:
Tuesday 12 November 2024, 10:00am — 12:30pm
Location:
Ivybridge Town Hall, Erme Court, Leonards Road, Ivybridge PL21 0SZ (map)
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Session date and time:
Tuesday 19 November 2024, 10:00am — 12:30pm
Location:
Ernest English House, Buckwell Street, Plymouth PL1 2DA (map)
Please note: registrations will be live on Tuesday 1 October 2024
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Session date and time:
Wednesday 20 November 2024, 10:00am — 12:00 noon
Location:
Online
Please note: registrations will be live on Wednesday 2 October 2024
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Session date and time:
Thursday 28 November 2024, 10:00am — 12:30pm
Location:
Tavistock Library, The Quay, Tavistock PL19 8AB (map)
Please note: registrations will be live on Thursday 10 October 2024
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Session date and time:
Thursday 12 December 2024, 10:00am — 12:30pm
Location:
Ivybridge Town Hall, Erme Court, Leonards Road, Ivybridge PL21 0SZ (map)
Please note: registrations will be live on Thursday 24 October 2024
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Session date and time:
Tuesday 17 December 2024, 10:00am — 12:30pm
Location:
Tavistock Library, The Quay, Tavistock PL19 8AB (map)
Please note: registrations will be live on Tuesday 29 October 2024
Register for this workshop:
You can sign up for any course date starting within the next 6-weeks. If the course date is later than that, please check the dates above for more information about when sign-ups will be going live. Registrations will close 1-week before the workshop start date or sooner when full.
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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.