In this episode, Wendy is joined by Karen Patterson a very experienced trainer and expert in mental health services. She has trained hundreds of people from a wide range of health settings.

Wendy and Karen discuss how connecting, being active, taking notice, learning, and giving protects your mental health and helps those who already have issues to fully recovery.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Many people who have mental health difficulties do not know that a full recovery is possible.
• People now live with more stress. Some cope OK, others are more vulnerable and become ill.
• Connect and communicate. Find people you trust.
• Peer support works. Patients who speak to someone who has recovered become more open to the help they are offered.
• Learning, exercise and being creative all help.
• Something as simple as colouring in makes you present and gives your mind a break.
• Giving is powerful, even something like putting an elderly neighbour’s bins out.
• Before people can fully recover, they need to feel secure, to have their basic needs met.

BEST MOMENTS

‘The recovery model is about a journey, there will be setbacks, but there is a journey, and we can get there. ´

‘Learning helps with everything…. it opens your mind.’

‘Anything that gets us doing is good for us.’

“You've got to move people to independence, but with support.”

GUEST RESOURCES

Karen has over 35 years of experience and has worked in a variety of settings within the health and social care sector. Karen has worked in various mental health settings, with people with learning disabilities and autism and those living with dementia. Karen is passionate about individuals getting excellent service and feels that interactive training that relates to the workplace plays a vital role in this.

Karen set up KP Social Care Training in 2009 to provide training services across the health and social care sector and has built up a good reputation for providing excellent training in various topics including safeguarding, mental health, mental capacity, learning disabilities and autism as well as other topics that relate to care such as risk assessing, support planning, professional boundaries, please ask for our full list of training topics.

Please contact us at kptraining23@yahoo.co.uk

Or call me directly on 07903 935969

www.kptraining.info

VALUABLE RESOURCES

www.wendycastelino.com

https://www.instagram.com/wendycastelino/

https://www.youtube.com/@wendycastelino798

https://twitter.com/WendyCastelino

ABOUT THE HOST

Wendy Castelino has been working as a psychotherapist for over thirty-five years. As an accredited CBT and EMDR practitioner, she is committed to upholding the rigorous standards required for these accreditations and helping thousands of people reach their full potential.

Wendy currently runs a private practice where her focus is on CBT. Therapy is constantly evolving into developing new techniques, so she studies hard to integrate them into her therapy, to provide a rich and effective experience.

Wendy is aware that working in one-to-one therapy limits the number of people she can see. She has, therefore, created a range of online resources. These resources are designed to be easy to follow and provide clear, step-by-step instructions. This can help the individual to master skills and gain confidence, therefore optimising the therapy sessions. They are also suitable to be used on their own.

Further details are available at: WendyCastelino.com.