Guided Self-Help Resources

Setting goals can help us to work towards change in line with our values which can often seem overwhelming. One way of achieving this is to set ourselves SMART Goals. Goals can apply to different areas of our lives. Setting goals can help us to manage our well-being, sometimes we can have long-term goals such as booking a holiday or changing our career. Often to achieve these goals we need to set smaller goals such as writing a CV or booking a visit to the travel agent. Watch our video to find out more about what SMART Goals are and how setting them up can help with your well-being.

In this video a TalkPlus clinician talks about Worry for people with a Long Term Condition. All of our videos are based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, known as CBT. To aid accessibility, all our videos have subtitles (click the cc icon). You may have been directed to this page by your therapist or you may have found this website via a search engine. Whichever it is, we hope you find these videos informative and helpful.

We have provided this video to support you with the help you need with your mental wellbeing at any time or day that suits you. To aid accessibility, all our videos have subtitles (click the cc icon). You may have been directed to this page by your therapist or you may have found this website via a search engine. Whichever it is, we hope you find these videos informative and helpful.

When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment.

Mindfulness expert Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn defines “What is mindfulness?” and discusses the hard work and rewards of practicing mindfulness.

An introduction to depression.

What is depression? Feeling low is a common feeling for most of us at some point in our lives.

It can come out of the blue or it may be triggered by a stressful time such as illness, relationship or financial difficulties. At times depressed feelings can become a problem and start to impact on our lives. Severe depression is a serious problem that requires recognition and treatment.

Recognising or acknowledging that we have depression can be difficult.

Chair yoga can be great for seniors or those with limited mobility. These practices are also great for those who just sit all day and need a quick mobility break at their desks. (ie, almost EVERYONE!) The chair is used as an apparatus that can help you feel supported in movement and stretches.

We’re going to look at avoidance and safety behaviours and how they link with anxiety. When we experience anxiety one of the consequences can often be that we start to avoid certain situations and places where we predict our anxiety will occur.

Graded exposure is a CBT technique to help you overcome your fears and tackle avoidance.