Six-week Confidence and Resilience course for adults who are blind or partially sighted
BlindAmbition would like to invite you to join our online 6-week confidence and resilience course starting in February 2023. The course includes six two-hour interactive workshops based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques. ACT aims to help people live a meaningful life while handling pain and stress – an inevitable part of life.
The course has been co-designed with individuals with lived experience of sight loss and is based on feedback received from blind and partially sighted people. You will be part of a small group and learn practical techniques that build your capacity to manage stress, boost your resilience and increase your self-confidence.
The course will cover the following:
How our body responds to fear
How to calm anxiety
Using acceptance and mindfulness to change our relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings
Our values and doing what matters to us
Building self-compassion
Ways to respond to setbacks
Fostering our strengths
Course details:
The course will run online on Zoom on Monday evenings at 7-9pm on the following dates:
6th February 2023
13th February 2023
20th February 2023
27th February 2023
6th March 2023
13th March 2023
To be eligible for the course, you must:
Be able to attend all six sessions
Be over 18 and have a visual impairment
Have access to Zoom
If you are interested in attending the course – please email contact@blindambition.co.uk
Dr Anneka Kumar is a Senior Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) with seven years’ experience working in the NHS and charity sector. Anneka has a particular interest in using therapeutic approaches that are grounded in self-acceptance and compassion. She has worked with individuals of all ages, with a range of difficulties such as stress, low mood, low-self-esteem, anxiety, and major trauma. She is currently working in a specialist service working with individuals experiencing emotional difficulties.
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