The Managing Emotions Programme

The Managing Emotions Programme offers psychoeducational courses, designed to equip people with a range of tools and skills to enable them to manage emotions more effectively. The courses are codesigned and delivered with people who have lived experience of personality disorder.
Who’s it for?
• People under primary care services
• Aged 18 and over
• Registered with a GP in West Berkshire
• Who have been identified as having difficulties with regulating and managing their emotions
• Have overall routine psychological needs and low levels of risk to themselves or others
• People do not require a diagnosis of personality disorder to be referred to the programme
 
What’s on offer?
Course 1 – Understanding Emotions – an introduction
This single group workshop gives a basic introduction to the function of emotions and some coping skills to help during times of distress.
 
Course 2 – Learning Strategies to manage emotions
Over 4 weeks, we will explore how to better understand and communicate our emotions, as well as various skills to help manage them when they feel too intense or overwhelming.
 
Course 3 – Developing skills to manage and regulate emotions
This 8-week workshop takes an in-depth look at emotional awareness and skills to cope during times of distress.
 
Course for Carers – Supporting someone with emotional difficulties
This 4-week course looks at the knowledge and skills needed to support someone with emotional difficulties while looking after your own wellbeing