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We are so excited to tell you about a new 12-week course that our sister charity the Aplastic Anaemia Trust are running in collaboration with Maggie's for people affected by aplastic anaemia (AA) entitled “Managing Stress and Living with Uncertainty.”
If you're living with AA, whether you have AA yourself, are concerned about future risk of AA or you're supporting a close family member, you will likely be dealing with a lot of stress and uncertainty. This course is designed to help you to deal with the emotional burden of living with AA, whether you're in current treatment, on watch and wait, or finding it difficult to return to "normal life".
What does it involve?
This course will help you learn techniques to help you face the challenges of living with aplastic anaemia. There are six weeks of learning sessions, followed by six weeks of supported sessions where you and encouraged to try out the techniques you have learned in your day-to-day life. The course uses ACT, an evidence-based therapeutic approach, that people say makes immediate sense. The strategies are straightforward and easy to build into your day.
Topics include understanding stress and uncertainty, learning how to respond to difficult thoughts and emotions, how to use everyday mindfulness, and how to live life in the way that matters to you despite. stress and uncertainty.
When is it?
'Managing Stress and Living with Uncertainty' learning sessions
Session 1 - 2nd August 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 2 - 9th August 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 3 - 16th August 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 4 - 23rd August 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 5 - 30th August 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 6 - 13th September 2022 – 5-6pm
'Putting what you’ve learned into practice' supported sessions and workshop
Session 7 - 27th September 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 8 - 4th October 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 9 - 11th October 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 10 - 18th October 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 11 - 1st November 2022 – 5-6pm
Session 12 - 8th November 2022 – 5-6pm
Where is it?
Online via Zoom - simply click on the link below, sign up and we will send you the link to join each meeting. Once you've registered we will also add you to a WhatsApp group for further information
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Anything else I should know?
The course is limited to 20 places so don't delay as it will be first come, first served.
About Lesley Howells
Lesley is Research Lead for the Maggie’s network of twenty-one centres across the UK (maggiescentres.org), Hong Kong and Tokyo. She is also Centre Head for Maggie’s Dundee and the Maggie’s Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Scotland, where she develops Maggie's support programme, trains their staff and manages a research portfolio.
Lesley worked as a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS for 18 years before joining Maggie’s. She specialised in working with people juggling the demands of chronic physical health problems such as cancer, diabetes and cystic fibrosis.
She is an NHS Accredited Trainer in Advanced Communication, Accredited Mindfulness Teacher and has specialist expertise in the teaching and supervision of NHS Specialist Palliative Care professionals. Since qualifying in 1991 her research and clinical focus has been families, individuals and couples facing life-changing trauma and transitions, primarily those prompted by changes in physical health.
"The group helps you to deal with the fact that your plans from before the disease go away and you need to collect the pieces. I also learned how to deal with feelings of guilt and to understand that you come first. I became so much more confident...you feel that you are valid and it is normal to feel in a certain way."
- Feedback from Lesley's previous aplastic anaemia support sessions.
