At Mind Aid, we look together at how living in difficult situations can cause these feelings, and learn ways that might help us manage better in what is often a stressful world. The workshop also offers a space to share with other young people going through the same stuff, but you don’t have to talk if you don’t want to.

You’ll learn how to protect yourself from everyday challenges, how to challenge your thoughts, how to relax and feel safe (a strategy that can also help with sleeplessness!), we’ll also look into how to cope with difficult emotions that sometimes can lead to self-harm and how to use simple techniques to build and maintain good mental health.

Each workshop meets once a week for seven weeks, and each has about 10 young people of a similar age in attendance.

Our online sessions use closed captions and live transcriptions and we encourage those with hearing impairments to take part 

Workshop Overview

Week 1 – Introduction to mind aid
Week 2 – Identifying and coping with emotions and keeping safe
Week 3 – Anxiety and how to keep calm
Week 4 – Low mood and what to do about it
Week 5 – Challenging negative thoughts
Week 6 – Stress and self-care
Week 7 – Next steps