Togetherall: Peer Support 24/7
The Counselling and Personal Development Service in partnership with Togetherall
An online mental health and wellbeing peer support that gives access to a safe, anonymous and professionally moderated community 24/7/365
What's included?
- 24/7, anonymous support community
- A safe environment
- Instant, free and simple access
- Moderation by trained mental health professionals
- Guided courses on a range of issues with peer-support involvement
- Integration and signposting to your other tools and wellbeing pathways
- Resources and journaling to support self-management
- Self sign up
Take a look at a selection of the courses available below. Just click on the relevant topic to read more.
Anger is not only distressing to experience but is also distressing for those on the receiving end too. This course supports members to become more aware of their anger warning signs, triggers and consequences of angry behaviour. Members will learn to take a step back and manage anger better by learning how to manage angry thoughts and prevent regrettable angry behaviour. Members are encouraged to participate in self-reflective exercises using the Journal and utilise the Course Talk-about to support each other.
Effective communication is key when it comes to relationships, life in the workplace, managing conflict, and respecting the rights of ourselves and others. The course features skills training on how to give and receive criticism and improve communication that is too passive or aggressive so that participants can connect with others more effectively.
This course supports members to cope with the loss of a person or something important in their life. The course covers each stage of the grief process, how to cope with changes in functioning and strategies, and techniques to help members move forward with their lives following a loss.
This course is designed to help participants to cut back on how much they drink or abstain altogether from alcohol. The content within this course is based on the most current evidence supporting an at-home alcohol reduction programme and reflects education and supportive care components found in NICE Guideline CG115, regarding the management of harmful drinking.
This course helps members to gain an understanding of emotions. Members firstly learn how to talk about emotions before going on to explore strategies to identify, manage emotions and grow emotional literacy. Members are encouraged throughout the course to further their learning via setting goals and making journal entries on the platform. They are also provided with a number of worksheets to aid in building skills to manage emotions.
This course is suitable for those who would like to improve their sleep quality or for those who have insomnia and get very little sleep at all. Members are shown a variety of lifestyle tips and sleep hygiene habits, that promote deeper and more restorative sleep. Members are encouraged to self-monitor and put sleep hygiene techniques and strategies into practice by using the Sleep Hygiene Diary.
In this course members are encouraged to explore the meaning of mood and strategies to manage mood. They learn about how to cope with changes between the highs and lows in mood and are talked through the process of developing a coping plan. Members are encouraged to increase exploration of own mood by using a a daily Mood Journal and then given strategies for building skills to cope with mood.
Whether it’s feeling anxious, blue or dealing with situations that trigger panic attacks, this course gives an insight into how to break the panic cycle and manage strong waves of anxiety. The course combines thought strategies which Graded Exposure to relieve the emotional distress caused by panic attacks. The course draws on techniques based on Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Split into two sections, this course supports members to utilise a range of evidence-based techniques and strategies to manage high stress levels and chronic worrying. This includes mindfulness and relaxation techniques, time management skills, sleep hygiene, problem-solving and the Worry Time technique.
When people are feeling anxious or down, or if they have low self-worth, it’s easy to get into the habit of negative thinking. Negative thoughts are draining and hold people back, stopping them from making the most out of their lives. In this course, participants will learn ways to manage negative thoughts and stop them from taking over, to stand back from relative thoughts and re-frame them, and how to use cognitive restructuring to become more curious about their negative thoughts and achieve a more balanced view.
Other courses available: Depression, Health Anxiety, OCD, Phobias, PTSD, Problem-Solving, Self-Harm and My Safety Plan, Social Anxiety, Stop Procrastinating, Quit Smoking and Worry.
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