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A deeper look at the Mental Health Spectrum new
This online course with Dr Gareth Hughes brings clarity to the often confusing field of mental health and diagnosis, as well as clear steps we can take to help people recover and flourish…
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A Deeper Look at the Mental Health Spectrum
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CPD Certificate: 2 hours
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Tutor: Dr Gareth Hughes
- Price: £45 per person
Price includes CPD Certificate and life-long access
£45.00
There are increasing concerns about how we differentiate what is normal experience and what is a mental health problem.
Newspaper articles, social media, politicians and commentators have started to question what mental health is and whether we are misunderstanding it in ways that are unhelpful. This confusion can create real problems in society and for individuals experiencing mental health problems.
So, when do normal emotions become a condition? When do schools, universities and workplaces need to provide support? When does something tip over into ‘mental illness’ and what does that mean?
In this online webinar, we explore these questions to better understand the problem and then look at ways to think about mental health that provide a practical, evidence-based way forward that enables us to help each individual. Recovery – from even the most horrendous experiences – is possible.
Why take this course
Social media, the internet and everyday conversations are full of confused and misleading understandings about mental health. This can be distressing to people experiencing mental health problems and can result in people seeking unhelpful ways out and feeling distressed for longer. It can also make it difficult for those who know someone who is unwell, to know what to think. Policy makers can also be confused about what is and is not helpful.
This course is designed to help you navigate this confusion and find ways to think and talk about mental health that make sense, without oversimplifying the very real challenges.
What the course covers
- Is mental health really on a spectrum?
- What is a normal experience and when does something tip into mental illness?
- Helpful ways to think and talk about mental health
- Why nothing is a constant
- Ways we can bring clarity to distress and mental illness, and help avoid people feeling judged
- The development of mental health diagnoses and ‘labels’ and some criticisms of this approach
- When diagnostic labels can be helpful
- Why it can be difficult to predict who is at risk
- Different debates in mental health about the causes of mental illness
- The limitations of mental health models
- Why it’s important to remember we’re treating people, not conditions
- Understanding what is meant by the mental health continuum
- The advantages of diversity – and its implication for treatment
- The need for a flexible ‘organising idea’ that encapsulates the complexity of human experience – and provides us with something useful that helps us work more effectively
- Why we can’t just work to get rid of negative symptoms in therapy or counselling
- The strengths and vulnerabilities of being human – how our innate resources can become unhelpful
- The role of sleep in mental health
- The ‘barriers’ that can prevent good mental health
- The impact of toxic situations, trauma and conditioning
- The importance of meeting our needs sufficiently well for our emotional health and wellbeing
- How can we think about the mental health spectrum in ways that can be useful to us?
- How, given the right circumstances, people can be helped to recover from the effects of extremely difficult experiences
- Why it’s important to focus on flourishing – and the power of recovery
- The limits of language
- and much more…
Who is this online course on the mental health continuum suitable for?
- Counsellors, therapists, and coaches wanting a clearer, human-centred model of mental health.
- Teachers, university staff, HR personnel and workplace leaders looking to better support students or employees.
- Healthcare professionals seeking to balance diagnostic practice with compassionate care.
- Anyone curious about mental health who wants to move beyond myths, confusion, and stigma.
Brilliant courses. Human Givens ideas connect with the real world...
Paul Gant
Thinking of taking the Diploma?
This online course on the mental health continuum is recommended as additional learning for anyone taking the HG Diploma in Psychotherapy or considering doing so.
What's included?
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Life-long access -
CPD Certificate -
Videos -
Reflective exercises
Meet your tutor
Dr Gareth Hughes
Gareth is a psychotherapist, supervisor, researcher, recognised expert on university mental health and wellbeing, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the HGI.
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