 Jocelyn Duncan the designer of our anxiety management workshop Striding Forwards is using materials designed and developed by Jocelyn Duncan. Jocelyn is now retired and has passed the baton on to us to help people with their mental health / illness and confidence problems. Here is Jocelyn pictured below.  One day Jocelyn decided she wanted to treat her mental condition with her mind, not medication. She studied cognitive behaviour therapy at The College Ystrad Mynach and trained with the Manic Depression Fellowship in an attempt to learn how to cope with her condition herself. Working on these techniques for six years she found they worked and wanted to help others. Jocelyn went on to develop mental health packs, including a workshop based on understanding anxiety. Jocelyn developed a workshop where people could attend to learn how to gain better mental health and improved confidence. In her first 12 months 500 places on the workshops were taken up. Who has endorsed the anxiety management workshop Our anxiety management workshop has been endorsed by former Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert who is now the Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner since 2016, pictured below.   Our workshop has been assessed by The University of South Wales receiving positive feedback. Dr Anne Fothergill pictured below, is a principal lecturer in mental health research at the University of South Wales, she went on to say.  A proven example of how a workshop helped a person Dean who setup Striding Forwards also attended the anxiety management workshop in 2014. He went on to manage anxiety and increase his confidence, this led to huge improvements in his work.  Testimonials from people who have attented our workshop Here are testimonials from people who have attended our workshop, clearly showing, how it has empowered them to a better quality of life being managing their anxiety which has boosted their confidence.  "The workshop material has given me the confidence to get back into work where I have been for two years in June and doing well."  “I found the workshop very comforting being around fellow sufferers and exchanging stories of each other’s battles & experiences with anxiety. It also helped that those conducting the workshop knew exactly how each of us were feeling being fellow sufferers themselves. The workshop has provided me with a better understanding of my confidence problems and given some useful coping tools to help me cope with my condition. A very much worthwhile experience.” Contact us for more information For information on our next workshops, mental health anti-stigma talks and one on one peer support use the button below to get in touch.  |