BeWell@StepOne Online Courses
Online Mental Health Support for Individuals and Communities
Step One has been supporting people in Devon with their mental health for over 80 years, working closely with local NHS Trusts, GP surgeries and communities.
The global pandemic is having a major impact on people’s mental health across Devon, with record numbers of people seeking support for their mental health, and NHS services struggling to meet that sharp rise in demand.
BeWell@StepOne plans to provide support to as many people as possible across the county through online courses, support groups and learning opportunities. We aim to use our experience of providing support services to reduce the pressure on our local NHS services and help individuals to manage their own mental health, and through peer groups support others’ in their communities.
Our online courses are free to anyone living in Devon and are run by professional, qualified and supportive tutors with lived experience of mental health conditions.
Our Online Courses
We will be running courses on the following topics:
- H.O.P.E (Help Overcoming Problems Effectively)
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Managing OCD
- Managing Self-Harm
- Resilience and Wellbeing
- Healthy living
Courses will be run in small groups with supportive tutors and will provide a safe arena to explore mental health and wellbeing issues.
Here are the dates for our summer programme of courses!
Upcoming Courses
The H.O.P.E Course
Help Overcoming Problems Effectively
The H.O.P.E course
(Help Overcoming Problems Effectively) is a 6-week online course developed by Torbay
and South Devon NHS Trust designed to help people to cope better with their long-term
health conditions.
Over the six weeks of this course, you will work with trained facilitators to build your confidence and learn ways to
help you better manage your
long-term condition, including mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
Course Starts:
Monday 19th July
1.30pm to 3.30pm for six weeks
Understanding Depression
This 4-week course provides information on depression,
the signs and symptoms of depression, self-help techniques and where to go for further help.
Course Starts:
Tuesday 6th July
2.00pm to 3.30pm each week
Creating a Mental
Health Toolkit
This 4-week course will provide you with the tools and techniques
to help you manage the
symptoms of anxiety.
Course starts:
Monday 6th September
1.30pm to 3.00pm each week
Braving
Bereavement
Braving Bereavement is a 4-week course providing a safe space for you to explore your grief and encourages you to carry the memory of the person you have
lost as you seek to move forward.
Course starts:
Thursday 22nd July
2.00pm to 3.30pm each week
Let's Talk
This 3-week course will help you gain a better understanding of wellbeing, before exploring strategies to help you improve
and maintain good wellbeing.
Course Starts:
Tuesday 7th September
10.00am to 11.30am each week
Resilience, Assertiveness
and Self-Care
This 4-week course will look at the ways you can become more resilient, and help you to
recognise the strengths that you already have so that you can take better care of yourself.
Course starts:
Wednesday 1st September
10.00am to 11.30am each week
Emotional Intelligence
During the four weekly sessions of this course, you will learn to
manage your emotions and use them to guide your thinking
and behaviours.
Course Starts:
Thursday 9th September
2.00pm to 3.30pm each week
We're offering these workshops as part of our summer programme
"Make Time" - How to focus on what's important each day
In this 2-hour workshop, we will discuss how we can make time in the day for the things that matter.
Wednesday 21st July
10.00am to 12.00pm
Understanding Anxiety
This 90-minute workshop will explore anxiety and the many coping strategies that can help reduce the symptoms of anxiety.
Wednesday 28th July
10.00am to 11.30am
Food and Mood
This 90-minute workshop examines the importance of our relationship with food and the effect of certain foods on our mental health.
Wednesday 4th August-10.00am to 11.30am
Thursday 16th September-10.00am to 11.30am
Alternatives to Self-Harm
This 90-minute workshop will explore the topic of
self-harm. We will explore techniques that may serve to discourage someone from self-harming.
Wednesday 11th August
10.00am to 11.30am
Managing Your Anger
In this 90-minute workshop, we will look at identifying different types of anger and how anger can mask
other emotions.
Wednesday 18th August
12.00pm to 1.30pm
Supporting People with their Mental Health
This 90-minute workshop looks at ways of
supporting others with their mental health.
Wednesday 25th August
12.00pm to 1.30pm
Please click below to book a place on any of our workshops
Find out more about our weekly online peer support group
All Welcome Wellbeing - Online Peer Support Group
Nervous about joining?
We understand that people can be nervous about joining online groups and discussing mental health. Our tutors are experienced and supportive, and if you would like to chat about any of our courses before committing to joining, then please do contact us.
Please use the contact form below, and one of our training team will be in touch.
Contact form
If you would like more information, or have any questions about any of our courses, please complete our enquiry form below, and someone will be in touch.
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