Berkshire Healthcare is commissioning Together for Mental Wellbeing to deliver the Managing Emotions Programme across Berkshire. The programme is part of a wider project to better support people’s mental health in the community.
The courses are available to people under primary care services, aged 18 and over, who are registered with a GP in Berkshire, who have been identified as having difficulties with regulating and managing their emotions and are low levels of risk to themselves and others.
The Managing Emotions Programme offers psychoeducational group 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
- People aged 18 and over
- People registered with a GP in Berkshire
- People who have been identified as having difficulties with regulating and managing their emotions
- People with 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
- People able to access group interventions (MEP is not offered as a 1-2-1 intervention)
Courses 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
Referrals
Referrals to the Berkshire Managing Emotions Programme need to be made by GPs and other external professional teams registered in Berkshire via our online referral form; https://www.together-uk.org/service-finder/berkshire-managing-emotions-programme
Outreach
Interested in learning more about the Managing Emotions Programme? Reach out to arrange a introductory meeting for you and your team via our email address mep@together-uk.org