1st June, 2018
Please join our colleagues from the Calderdale talking therapies service at a national IAPT webinar on Tuesday, 26 June. The webinar will run from 10.00-11.00am and will include discussion of our Calderdale team’s experience of integrating long-term conditions and talking…
14th May, 2018
This week we are celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week — another great opportunity to talk about our mental health with family, friends, and colleagues! This year’s theme is ‘Stress: are we coping’? Stress is a feeling we can all identify…
9th April, 2018
We are pleased to share our 2018-21 strategic plan for Concern Group, which reflects our values and focuses on strengthening sustainability for the years ahead. We know the commissioning and provider landscape is challenging; it means we will need to…
8th March, 2018
Each year, one in four of us will experience a mental health issue. Talking therapies can help us to understand and work through difficult feelings and develop strategies for coping better. This week, healthcare clinicians from Insight Healthcare, a free…
1st February, 2018
Any day is the perfect time to talk about mental health, but we know that many people feel anxious or ashamed to start that conversation. Despite the great gains that have been made in raising awareness of mental health…
8th November, 2017
In October, we were delighted to welcome a Microsoft film crew to our head office! They had traveled from the US specially to interview Sophie Judy, who works as an apprentice in our IT department. Sophie will…
19th October, 2017
A unique opportunity to learn from the leading expert in OCD Do you find it challenging to work with OCD? Is it difficult to make sense of numerous obsessions and compulsions? Do you struggle to fit everything into a…
10th October, 2017
This article was written by Richard Carlton-Crabtree, Director of Services for Insight Healthcare, for World Mental Health Day. It originally appeared in The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/world-mental-health-day-wellbeing-modern-life-technology-anxiety-depression-illness-stress-a7990296.html Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year is a landmark anniversary….
10th October, 2017
Pictured: Claire Farnell, Director of HR and Organisational Development; and Brendan Hill, Chief Executive To coincide with World Mental Health day, we are proud to announce that Concern Group has signed up to the Time to Change ‘Employer Pledge’. Brendan said:
😟 Worrying about embarrassing yourself in front of others ⪠Replaying things you could have done differently 🚫 Avoiding social settings that overwhelm you These can all be signs of social anxiety. Our free NHS talking therapies can help: http://ow.ly/nTaM50EiLny
â˜ï¸ You're overly worried about becoming seriously ill 😟 You get easily upset about changes to your health ðŸŒ¡ï¸ You often check & monitor for symptoms of serious illness These can be signs of health anxiety. Our free NHS talking therapies can help: https://www.insightiapt.org/how-are-you-feeling/panic-disorder-agoraphobia/
💠Unpleasant thoughts or images pop into your mind without warning 💡Repeatedly checking locks, switches, appliances 🧼 Washing & cleaning obsessively These can all be signs of OCD. Our free NHS talking therapies can help: http://ow.ly/6muk50EiIVe #ItsGoodToTalk #MentalHealth
💗 Pounding heart 🥴 Feeling dizzy or lightheaded ðŸŒªï¸ Rapid breathing or shortness of breath These can all be signs of panic attacks. Our free NHS talking therapies can help, find out more: http://ow.ly/emrC50Eiz2Z #ItsGoodToTalk #MentalHealth
We are excited to announce we are looking to partner with affiliate BPS accredited Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWPs) and qualified, BABCP accredited High Intensity Therapists (HITs). We passionately believe in increasing access to psychological therapy treatments that work and want you to help us provide the best care we can to our patients, ensuring they get the best treatment in the most timely way possible. By joining us as an affiliate; you have the flexibility to fit sessions around your busy life and commitments. You will also have access to our Clinical Learning Hub, Affiliate Portal, supervision, and case management. Our partnership with Umbrella.co.uk means that you are also saved the hassle of setting up as a limited company to be a freelance practitioner. You can download a recruitment pack at https://www.insightiapt.org/work-with-us/vacancies/affiliate-psychological-wellbeing-practitioners-high-intensity-therapists/ #talkingtherapy #counselling #PWPs #HITs #afiliate #IAPT #therapy #Eastmidlands #Kent #Derbyshire #Derby #Medway #nottinghamshire #wirral #newcastleupontyne #nottingham #freelance
💤 Feeling tired a lot â¤ï¸ Tense muscles, heart racing, tight chest, sweating, shaking 🥴 Frequent headaches or stomach issues These can all be signs of stress. Our free NHS talking therapies can help, find out more: http://ow.ly/RDwr50EiyVI #ItsGoodToTalk #MentalHealth
