Techniques to keep you mentally healthy including a experiential ‘Five Senses Grounding Exercise’

This workshop will cover:

• What is good mental health? Learning to be ourselves compassionately and kindly no matter what our feelings might be & normalising the range of emotional responses.
• The idea of resilience; why It is not necessary to be positive all the time to have good mental health.
• How to know when we aren’t doing so well, self-assessment of our own level of coping.
• Steps we can take to improve our level of functioning.

The Five Senses Grounding Session will cover:

• An experiential exercise, dropping anchor/grounding/mindfulness to the present moment,
• Learning not to attach to our thinking
• A debrief, taking notice of feelings after exercise

About the facilitator: Bronwyn Tough Counselling Psychologist (BPsych, MPsych, MAPS, MACP) Fellow, APS College of Counselling Psychologists

“Bronwyn is a Counselling Psychologist with nearly 20 years experience. She has worked in both the public and private sector, most recently in private practice.

She has helped clients with a range of issues, from anxiety and depression to relationship and workplace issues.

Bronwyn prides herself on a non-judgemental approach and has loved to help people understand themselves better, and grow and change.”