Stress
Wellbeing Group Sessions
Anxiety and Me
Explore what anxiety is and how it affects you. Think about strategies to manage it
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Stress Bucket
A simple and helpful way to think about and manage all the things you have going on.
Box Breathing Technique
A simple technique to help you to manage your breathing, and calm your stress levels or anxiety.
Grounding Techniques
Techniques to manage strong emotions, where you may feel overwhelmed, including stress.
Managing Stress
A short video from BBC explaining stress and some top tips to manage it
Apps
Student Heath
Easy access to more than 900 pages of reliable health information all in one place. The content has been created for university students by NHS doctors and is regularly updated. Use the app to reduce your worries, feel more confident and get the support you need at what can be a challenging time for any student.
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Insight timer
Free app for sleep, anxiety and stress with more than 100k guided meditations led by the best teachers from Great Britain and the world.
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Breathe2Relax
A portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing
Download the appPodcasts and audio resources
Mental Health Foundation - wellbeing podcasts
Free helpful podcasts to help with mindfulness, stress, sleep, anxiety.
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Under Pressure
Too much stress takes its toll on our emotional and physical health. But understanding our own stress patterns and how we respond when we’re under pressure is a good first step towards getting our lives back in control.
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No Guarantees
Whatever's happening in our lives, everything can change in a heartbeat. There are no guarantees, so how do we stop worrying over things we can’t control, and learn to make the best of our lives?
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Slow down and smell the coffee
Are you always in a hurry, impatient in queues and flying off the handle at the slightest thing? Are you driven by a need to succeed and feel stressed out most of the time? Find out how to slow down and enjoy life.
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Six Myths about Stress
Did you know that some stress is good for you? Or that it's not so much how much stress you're under, but how you manage it that counts. We asked the American Psychological Association to dispel six of the most common stress myths.
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Looking after yourself during the coronavirus outbreak
Public discussion of COVID-19 can be distressing, and it’s normal to experience symptoms of stress. The information below explains how to manage your emotional wellbeing if you feel affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, are self-isolating or social distancing.
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Living Life to the Full
The most recommended online course for stress anxiety and depression by IAPT teams and NHS trusts
Go to course
Mental Health UK
this page contains a number of useful downloads, including the stress bucket, a wellbeing action plan and information on managing stress in the workplace (which might be particularly useful if you are on placement
Download resources
Mind A-Z of Mental Health
To print - choose your topic, then click 'view this information as pdf' then print
View the Mind guide to loneliness
Reading for Wellbeing
The Gift of Imperfection by Brenee Brown
letting go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are
Amazon link to the bookIAPT
Stress control - Dave's story
Dave talks about what it was like to get support from IAPT and how it helped
Watch the video