Free course about self-compassion and mental health

About the course

Learn about the importance of self-compassion and how it can be used to improve your emotional and mental wellbeing. Discover new tools to help you learn how to be self-compassionate and use them in your everyday life.

Learning objectives:

To recognise how self-compassion can enhance wellbeing.
To learn how to motivate yourself and practise self-compassion for everyday life

This course takes place over three hours in one session.

Signing up to the self-compassion course was a massive achievement. Going to and completing the course was an even bigger achievement. I didn’t have an ounce of self-compassion, so I turned up at the course with zero hope I would be able to develop it. I had an idea of what I was trying to do, like write a gratitude diary...but I never achieved filling it out as I was always stopped by the negative voice in my head. It wasn’t until months later, when I went on the understanding anxiety course,

Some incredible things happened to me after I took this course. I forgave myself, and others. I was holding on to a lot of anger, and I didn't like who I was for a long time either. But now, I have accepted my situation, who I am and what I can achieve; which I have learned is a lot if I just believe in myself. This course helped me achieve this by giving me time to reflect and teaching me what I was doing to damage my own wellbeing, as well as giving me techniques to be more self-compassionate

Booking a course

We teach our courses in a classroom or online. You can find the venues' locations on the venues page, including travel information and facilities.

Classes online are via the Zoom online platform. If you are still getting familiar with Zoom, visit our using Zoom page for resources, videos and Zoom guides.

We have additional information for people who might need access to IT equipment; please visit our digital skills and inclusion page.

The college strives to provide students with positive experiences and is committed to making the college accessible to all. Please read our code of conduct to learn what we expect of our students when attending courses.

Using Zoom Venues Code of conduct Digital inclusion

What can help

Be inspired and find hope

Read inspiring personal recovery stories and discover informative newsletters, articles and college updates about self-compassion.

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Free me - Helen's story

Read Helen's courageous story of how the will to obtain 'gold stars' and self compassion allowed her to free herself from her own wellbeing prison.

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Upcoming course dates

We are not running this course this term.

No upcoming dates?

Our courses are regularly reviewed and may not appear available every term. If you've just missed the last session or you're waiting for a new release, you can still register your interest in this course. The more interest we receive the greater the chance of the course returning!

About recovery

What does personal recovery mean, and why is it so important?

Read about recovery, why it’s important and how a recovery college can help you with your mental wellbeing.

Further help and support

If you want some help to book this course, or would like to put your name down for a course that's not currently running, please get in touch with us.

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