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Alcohol Awareness Week

23rd November 2015|Categories: Blog, CBT|

We can easily reach for a drink of alcohol to try and change the way that we feel, this is because alcohol can quickly affect the chemicals in our brain and body. We may feel like it is relaxing us at the time, but what we know from a wealth

Anti-Bullying Week 16-20th November 2015

17th November 2015|Categories: Blog, Events, News|

Bullying does not just happen in school, nor is it always children who are the bullies or the victims of bullying.  Bullying can and does happen everywhere. Anti-Bullying week is about raising awareness of what bullying is and works to help people stand up to the bully in their community,

Social Phobia and Drinking – Friends or Foes?

16th November 2015|Categories: Blog|

Social Phobia and Drinking – Friends or Foes? Drinking can often seem like a quick and easy way to address problems of stress and nervousness. To mark November Alcohol Awareness Week, Touchstone’s IAPT team look at why this is and how it can actually make the problem worse. The IAPT service

International Day of Kindness

16th November 2015|Categories: Blog, Diversity, Friendship, Stress, Volunteering|

On Friday 13th November 2015 it was International Day of Kindness. One of our IAPT colleagues Sally P has written the following piece to highlight the widespread benefits of random acts of kindness: Although on those bad days it can feel like we live in a society where people are

Supporting Refugee Mental Health

14th November 2015|Categories: Blog, CBT|

The work of Touchstone's IAPT team has been featured in an article in Therapy Today discussing the services who are trying to meet the mental health needs of refugees arriving in this country. Below is a small extract from the article. Richard Garland is Manager of Touchstone IAPT in Leeds,