Living Life to the Full is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and also some Biblical Principles to help people overcome depression. This course has been accredited by the NHS and one of our staff has been trained to facilitate the course which runs for 9 weeks. It's a closed group for confidential purposes which means you can not join the group half way or part way through the course. GP's and other mental health services can refer into this group as part of the NHS 'stepped care plan' for mental health. This group is growing at an immense rate and has only been running for the third time. In October we hope to roll the program out and do the course for the first time for another agency at a charge of £400.
Chapter 12 is a group that is a brand new project that we are trying to develop through experience and the experience of its member. This group is for recovering alcoholics and uses Purpose Driven Life material and practical activities. The hope is to get the guys doing some healthy cooking, some DIY and some sport ie Table Tennis going to the gym. The name for this group Chapter 12, came from the verse in Romans 12 'be transformed by the renewing of you mind' and from the 12th Step of the 12 steps which admits that we need to turn to God otherwise we are powerless to stay in recovery. All the guys in the group have been in various recovery groups that they have never felt 100% comfortable with for one reason or another as not all people fit into group recovery. This project will include group work and one-to-ones and activities. It will be tailored around the individual and we hope it will keep these guys in recovery in a way that no other group has done.
Two very important group to help people some massive difficulties that hold them back from living the life that God intended them to live!!
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