What is mental health?
Mental health is the mental and emotional state in which we feel able to cope with the normal stresses of everyday life. Mental ill-health can range from being a bit down to anxiety, depression and schizophrenia. The Centre for Mental Health estimates that the total annual cost of mental health problems at work is over £30 billion. It would be to their advantage if employers could encourage better mental health at work yet a 2011 NHS survey found that 43% of people said they would feel uncomfortable talking to their employer about their mental health (down from 50% in 2010).
John Lawton went missing on Sunday 8th April whilst running the Taygetos Challenge in Greece. His son and the search teams have been looking for him since he failed to finish the race on Sunday evening.
John is a runner with a local Sandbach running group and lives in Alsager. The Hope Street Centre are featuring this information to support the effort to extend the range of people who aware that he is missing.
John is an experienced runner and had been looking forward to this race. John is a much loved husband, father, grandfather and friend and everyone wishes the search team well in their search for John. Please comment and post this mesage to your Facebook or Twitter to keep John's profile out there.
You can find a lot of information on the internet about how to write a good CV, but how do you write one that stands out from the rest?
In the current economic climate, whether you’re new to the job market, currently unemployed, seeking a new opportunity or thinking of a career change, the importance of a great CV cannot be underestimated. Your CV is your one opportunity to make that all important first impression, so it makes sense to put the effort in to get it right.
According to the BBC, the average number of job applications per vacancy in the UK in 2012 is 23 (source - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16342072). In more competitive sectors, such as customer services, retail and secretarial, this number rises to as high as 46.
Brightstone Clinic would like to say a warm 'Thank You' to Fragola's in Sandbach, who kindly donated a wide range of freshly baked, delicious food to help the launch. Fragola's owner Ellie heard about the launch and was keen to show support for a local organisation. The donation was widely appreciated and enjoyed by all who attended the launch, and Brightstone will certainly be contacting Fragola's as their first choice for catering at future events.
Fragola's can be contacted on 01270 763 321.
Margaret Seal, a mental health service user and active member of several local support groups, died recently from a heart attack after a long period of illness.
She was actively involved in Central Cheshire Mental Health Forum, the Open Minds groups in Crewe & Nantwich and Congleton, Central and East Cheshire LINk and South Cheshire Community Council. This photograph of her was taken at the Open Minds 2004 event in Sandbach, which she helped to organise.
We have been informed that Margaret's funeral will take place at 11.30am on Monday 5th March at Coppenhall Methodist Chapel, North Street, Crewe followed by a Cremation Service at Crewe Crematorium at 12.40.
“I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.’”
Award-winning author Maya Angelou
“At any time I still expect that the no-talent police will come and arrest me.”
Actor Mike Myers
“[I would] wake up in the morning before going off to a shoot, and think, I can’t do this; I’m a fraud.”
Actor Kate Winslet
In her book ‘The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women’, Dr Valerie Young argues that the Impostor Syndrome is more common in successful women than men. However, it is common to talk to both successful men and women who experience this self limiting belief.
Brightstone Clinic can offer up to 15 placements for students seeing between 1 and 3 clients each. If you are currently training and are looking for a placement, you might wish to consider Brightstone.
Brightstone Clinic offers affordable counselling to individuals in the local community who might normally be excluded from accessing it. The Clinic is a not-for-profit training organisation operating at the premises of The Hope Street Centre in Sandbach. It is supported by The Hope Street Centre but managed independently, and staffed by qualified and experienced therapists and supervisors. Counselling is provided at the Clinic by Counsellors in Training.
What makes a training placement at Brightstone different?
We want to offer a truly safe and ethical service to our clients, as well as good quality training and supervision to our trainees. The benefits of joining Brightstone include:
Counselling (or counseling) is a term which has become very familiar through the media, usually mentioned in the aftermath of disasters ("…the survivors have been offered counselling…"). Although it has been portrayed as a panacea for all emotional distress, the reality is somewhat different.
Jessica Woolliscroft is a Co- Director of Brightstone Community Services CIC (with Maurice Tomkinson), a Director of Brightstone Community Clinic and one of its clinical supervisors.
Jessica started out by working in and then running therapeutic communities for four years from 1983. This was a highly intensive yet satisfying experience in which she acquired a solid grounding in the dynamics and systems of human relationships.
Brightstone Clinic is a new community based service – aimed at making counselling more affordable and accessible. In February, the Clinic opened its doors for the first time.
Maurice explains how Brightstone Clinic came about: “Jessica and I have decades of experience in this field and are aware of how therapeutic services have changed. It can be quite difficult for the general public to access anything other than very brief interventions. The choice of therapies is also becoming restricted. We knew there was a need out there that was not being met for good quality counselling tailored to people’s needs and we were also being approached by counsellors in training looking for a safe place to practice under the supervision of qualified and experienced therapists. So we set up Brightstone Clinic as part of our not for profit Community Interest Company.”
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