The courses have been categorised to help guide students.
Webinars are brief introductions. Zoom and classroom courses are in-depth.
Course feedback and evaluation: if you have attended a course, please complete our online evaluation form . This helps us to recognise what we are doing well and what we can do to improve. All feedback is valued and appreciated.
Each time I do the course it reboots my motivation and I feel I move a bit further forward
You are ready to begin your Recovery College journey.
These introductory courses support your introduction to Recovery and form a good foundation for the other courses.
This is an introductory Webinar about the Recovery College.
It provides all the information you need to know to get started on your Recovery College journey.
There are opportunities to ask questions in an anonymous way.
Course duration: 1 hour
This course is suitable for those wanting to understand how to start overcoming any feelings of shame or guilt that may be creating barriers to a recovery journey. This is a gentle introduction to a topic that can be difficult and looks at how learning to manage any shame can support people to move forward with understanding and compassion.
We look at what shame is and how this connects with guilt and humiliation, exploring some of the reasons why someone may be living with shame. We also look at when shame is helpful - ‘healthy shame’ and when it is not helpful - ‘toxic shame’ and how to recognise the differences and explore some strategies which may help.
Course duration: 2 hours
This Webinar introduces the key drivers of recovery known as CHIME.
They are Connection, Hope, Identity, Meaning and Empowerment.
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Course duration: 1 hour
This Zoom course is a great place to start exploring new ideas about recovery and what drives it along.
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Course duration: 2 hours
This course is suitable for those wanting to build confidence in themselves and for people wanting to support building confidence in others.
We introduce what ‘confidence’ is and how growing it can help recovery. We look at the causes and effects of low self-confidence, and some of the barriers to building self-confidence.
We then explore what things may help build confidence, including: learning to calm and soothe ourselves, finding social support, building our emotional readiness, and growing our resilience for when things don't go as planned. We will also introduce ideas for making the most of the times when things go well as well as offering suggestions for use outside the session.
Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
A Guide to Living Your Best Life is about understanding ourselves including our thoughts, emotions, and feelings and how we do not have to let these things get in the way of us living our best lives. This course looks at exploring what is important to you and looking at what is next on your journey to living your best life.
Course duration: Three sessions of 2 hours
You are now ready to build on your learning.
These courses introduce new ideas, techniques and a toolkit of self-help skills that you can use in your Recovery.
it was really nice to talk with others and just to remember some of the good choices I have previoulsy made and to think about how to encorporate them again
A gentle introduction to the concept of ‘assertiveness’. We explore reasons why assertiveness can be difficult, and the skills involved in developing a more assertive communication style.
The course is suitable for people at any stage of their mental health recovery journey, their friends, carers and supporters, as well as members of staff who would like to increase their confidence and skills in this area.
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Course duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
As we age, we can experience different types of loss.
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Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
There is a Webinar and Zoom/Classroom course with the same name.
The Webinar considers how to use the Five Ways to Wellbeing in your everyday life to support your general personal wellbeing and recovery.
Course duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
The Zoom/Classroom course examines how the research-based actions can improve our physical, mental, and emotional health.
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You are provided with additional worksheets to think about the impact the Five Ways to Wellbeing can have on our lives.
Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
There is a Webinar and Zoom/Classroom course with this name.
The Webinar is a gentle introduction to what we mean by emotions, naming them and identifying how they relate to our behaviours.
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Course duration: 2 hours
The Zoom/Classroom course looks at how emotions help and motivate us in different ways. It goes in more depth than the Webinar, and it looks at how to explore the key elements of emotions and different ways to deal with them.
Course duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
This two-week Zoom course was co-produced in partnership with InsideOut Community and explores how creativity can be beneficial for recovery.
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No previous experience will be necessary. Materials required: Blank paper, coloured pens/pencils.
Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hour and 30 minutes
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Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
The course looks at how to set achievable goals to improve motivation and make positive change.
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Course duration: 2 hours
This course explores what is understood by spirituality and helping students create their own definition of what it means to them.
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Course duration: 2 hours
This course focuses on the importance of physical health and being active.
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Course duration: 2 hours
This course will enable you to complete a Wellness Plan to support your general wellbeing and recovery.
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Course duration: Four sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
These courses offer more detailed understanding on specific areas of interest.
They can also help you understand aspects of the challenges you may be facing
You can complete these alongside our ‘Building’ courses.
I liked being able to share my own personal experiences in a non-judgmental group
Together we will understand how to find our individual values and identifying meaning and purpose when our mental health feels difficult.
Course duration: 45 minutes
This course aims to support understanding and developing skills to live well with personality disorder. Over 3 weeks, we come together to understand the full experience of personality disorder. We will learn ways to navigate emotions, how to guide our actions and acknowledge our relationship with others and ourselves.
Course duration: Three sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
Most of us will have heard of the term ‘ADHD’, but research has found that there are many misconceptions and myths surrounding this common condition. This webinar will help support and offer strategies to those who have ADHD (or individuals who think they may have this condition but not have a diagnosis), supporters and professionals and to understand better this complex condition.
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Course duration: 2 hours
This course provides an insight into the world of Autism. This is led by both lived and learned experts in the field. It offers evidence-based guidance and real-world examples for those currently awaiting their assessment.
This course covers:
▪ Recognising the Autism spectrum
▪ Effective communication strategies
▪ Practical interventions for various settings whether at home, school or in the community.
Course duration: 2 hours
Attend to explore how you can use the Quality Improvement methodology, skills, knowledge, and tools in everyday life to support your recovery and personal growth journey. Learn how Quality Improvement is used in healthcare settings, how to be involved in Quality Improvement projects in NSFT and how using your lived and learned experience of receiving or supporting someone with treatment and services from NSFT can improve quality of care.
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Course Duration: 3 hours and 30 minutes including short breaks
There is a Webinar and Zoom/Classroom course with the same name.
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Course duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
The Zoom/Classroom course looks more in-depth the causes of anxiety and different management mechanisms.
Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
There is a Webinar and Zoom/Classroom course with the same name.
ACT stands for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training.
The Webinar course aims to introduce the ideas behind this approach. Attending this can be the first step before attending the Zoom/Classroom course of the same name.
Course duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
The four week Zoom/Classroom course is a more in-depth exploration of the ACT approach. It aims to explore the ideas behind this approach in a teaching, not therapy, format.
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Course duration: Four sessions of 2 hours
This course would be useful to carers, supporters, service users, professional and employed carers.
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Course duration: Four sessions of 3 hours
The course looks at different people’s experiences of psychosis and how they can be inspired to live fulfilled lives.
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Course duration: 2 hours
Have you ever thought about what it is like to work as a Peer Support Worker or thought about if it is a job you would like to have?
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Course duration: Three sessions of 3 hours
This explores how our eating can impact our mood, mental health, and overall wellbeing.
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Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours
This aims to help and guide people who have experienced mental health challenges to understand their story.
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Course duration: Four sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
This introduces the signs, symptoms and experiences of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and considers different coping and support mechanisms.
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Course duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Explores ways to help men understand their emotional health and develop coping strategies. The course provides a supportive environment in which students are able to share their own experiences of managing their emotional health.
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Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours
This looks at ideas for getting more and better sleep. Most of us recognise the importance of sleeping, but it can be frustratingly hard to sleep well.
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Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours
These courses are designed to help you grow and prepare for the future.
I enjoyed learning about many different tools and techniques to use, but mostly enjoyed being able to write my own safety plan to discuss with my care co-ordinator and implement into my care plan
This course reinforces and builds on the ideas from other Recovery College courses to help students think about change and moving on to a meaningful life beyond services.
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Course duration: 2 hours
This explores what we mean by compassion and gives an opportunity to develop or build your own capacity to be compassionate with yourself.
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Course duration: Three sessions of 2 hours 30 minutes
This explores ways for people who have autism to live well and have a meaningful and purposeful life. Like all our courses at the Recovery College, this course has been co-produced by people with lived experience of autism and people with learned experience of autism.
The course is suitable for people who have a diagnosis of autism, people who suspect they may have autism, supporters and professionals looking to enhance their knowledge further around autism.
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Course duration: Five sessions of 2 hours 30 minutes
This 4-week course has been written for people living alongside bipolar disorder as part of their own lives, or as a supporter, carer, or clinician. We offer a space to explore feelings about bipolar disorder from all these perspectives; this includes reflecting on experiences of living alongside bipolar disorder and to talk about how to manage the impact of bipolar disorder. Students will be invited to better notice what triggers mood changes and to think about a personalised plan to manage mood episodes earlier and more effectively. We will also explore the role of medication.
We hope that by the end of the course students will have had an opportunity to share their experiences with others in a safe and supportive space as well as learning some evidence-based tools to support themselves on their recovery journey.
Course duration: Four sessions of 2 hours 30 minutes
Many of us have heard of Post-Traumatic Stress and understand the devastating impact trauma can have on our lives. Few people, though, are familiar with the idea of Post Traumatic Growth.
Growth from trauma is a step-by-step process and there is no right or wrong way to do it. While we all have to find our own path through difficulties, there are some things that research shows help people who have experienced trauma to live well and thrive.
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This is a 'Growing' level course and we recommend that you complete a range of other courses and have a good understanding of your own recovery before enrolling. If you are unsure whether this course is right for you, please contact Recovery College and request a learning support call.
Course duration: This one-day workshop runs from 10:00 and will finish no later than 15:30. There will be breaks during the morning and afternoon, and 30 minutes for lunch. The course also includes 30 minutes of 'camera off' independent working time.
The course aims to help people understand attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), whether they have a diagnosis, suspect they have ADHD, or are on the waiting list. The course gives an insight and offers tools on how they can manage their journey through recovery.
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Course duration : Four sessions of 2 hours 30 minutes
This four-week course focusses on staying safe.
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Course duration: Four sessions of 2 hours
This is designed for people who want to discover more about their identity and extend their recovery learning.
We advise that you undertake some other Beginning, Building and Understanding courses before you sign up for this one, so that you have a good understanding of your own recovery.
Please contact us and ask for a Course Choices Support Call if you are uncertain if this is the right course for you at this stage of your recovery. As this is a ‘blended learning’ course, which mixes independent and classroom learning, there is an exercise for you to complete before you come to the first classroom session.
Course duration: Three sessions of 2 hours 30 minutes
This course is for anyone who has attended the Recovery College. This blended learning course means you have a booklet to complete in-between sessions. The course is designed to inspire you to research topics that are covered and to implement what you have been learning into your daily life. You are encouraged to be curious about Character Strengths and what yours are or could be.
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Course duration: Two sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes
