Taking Care of Me
Please book yourself on the FREE WORKSHOPS below
(please note: You must be an unpaid family carer registered with the Carers Centre to take part in the workshops.)
(please note: You must be an unpaid family carer registered with the Carers Centre to take part in the workshops.)
We also offer Moving & Handling courses, which can be carried out in your own home - particularly useful if you use tracks, hoists and equipment.
Taking Care of Me
2024
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Workshop |
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February 6th |
Guilt Do you often find yourself feeling guilty about not being good enough, getting things wrong, struggling to ask for help and a thousand other things? This workshop will uncover what might really be going on and help you find ways to accept yourself. |
The Borders Carers Centre 10am - 12pm |
email to register interest (please mention 'Guilt workshop' in title) |
February 27th |
Carers First Carers First is open to any existing unpaid carers who are interested in supporting, representing and voicing the needs and rights of unpaid carers in the area. The group is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Carers Act and has helped to write the Interim Scottish Borders Carers Strategy. |
Old Gala House Scott Crescent, Galashiels TD1 3JS 10am - 12pm |
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March 5th |
Coping with dementia (run by Alzheimers Scotland) |
The Borders Carers Centre 10.30am - 12.30pm |
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April 9th |
Coping with stress This workshop will look at what stress is, as well as what your personal triggers could be before we work on ways to cope with these feelings and move forward. |
The Borders Carers Centre 10am - 12pm |
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April 19th |
Carers - The way forward An opportunity to get together with a large variety of carers and professionals to discuss services, rights and responsibilities to take Caring in the Scottish Borders forward. |
The Salmon Room Bucceluch Arms Hotel The Green St Boswells Melrose TD6 0EW 10am - 1.30pm |
email to register interest (please mention 'Carers - The way forward' in title. |
May 31st |
Making friends with your emotions Join us and our in-house Cognitive Behaviour Therapist for an interactive session looking at our emotions in more detail and learning how to manage them more effectively. |
The Borders Carers Centre 10.30am - 1.30pm |
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June 17th |
Craft Class in Edinburgh NOW FULL (if you are interested, you will be added to a reserve list) Join us for a fun session making earrings in the city |
Edinburgh |
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July 1st |
Getting prepared for meetings with professionals Do you feel daunted when called to a meeting with social work or health? This session will make sure you are ready, relaxed and fully prepared to assert your needs and understand the processes. |
The Borders Carers Centre 10.30am - 12.30pm |
email to register interest (please mention 'Getting prepared for meetings with professionals' in title) |
September 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and lunch on October 8th |
Staying Afloat Series of 4 x 2 ½ hour weekly workshops plus a follow-up lunch for carers in a peer group of other carers facilitated by a trainer. Aim of the workshops is to turn the focus from the person you care for to yourself. As carers the emphasis is often on meeting the needs of others. The workshops will help you to think about you and how you can keep yourself physically and mentally well (therefore increasing your capacity to care for another person), make more time for yourself, discover new things you might enjoy doing and perhaps make some new friends. |
The Borders Carers Centre 10.30am - 12.30pm NB: You will be personally supported by the Carers Liaison Worker throughout the entirety of your own personal 'journey of discovery' to ensure that the issues which are identified during the process are properly addressed to empower you |
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November 22nd |
Christmas Crafts |
The Borders Carers Centre 10.30am - 12.30pm |
Places are limited. First come, first served
Me First - counselling serviceThe recent pandemic has been a very challenging time for everyone. Many have witnessed declines in their loved ones health due to isolation, lack of socialisation, loss or changes to care packages as well as changes to routines.
This has had a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of carers. The Borders Carers Centre secured funding to allow us to offer a free counselling service to carers to help improve mental health and build resilience. There is currently very reduced access to respite opportunities, therefore it is hoped that access to sessions of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) based counselling will enable carers to develop and maintain coping strategies, enhancing psychological well-being and providing them with some of the necessary tools to meet the ongoing challenges. Please contact your Carer Liaison Worker to discuss this service. If you are not registered with the Carers Centre yet, please speak to us on 01896 752431 or email us at [email protected] |
Shona Dickey is bound by the Codes of Ethics and Practice of the BACP
Made possible by funding from NHS Charities Together
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Hello, my name is Shona and I am a counselling therapist who has been providing one to one sessions to carers at The Borders Carers Centre for almost two years now. Although my core training is in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) I also draw upon other approaches within the CBT ‘family’ such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and CompassionFocused Therapy (CFT) enabling me to tailor our sessions to suit you, as a unique individual. I value cultivating a genuine therapeutic relationship and will provide a non-judgemental, empathic space for us to create this relationship together. I will support you in sharing, exploring and working through the painful experiences and challenges troubling you. Through this process we will identify areas of ‘stuckness’ and work together to help you heal whilst finding ways to facilitate you in moving in more meaningful and valued directions in order to lead a more fulfilling life. I am qualified to work with a number of issues such as low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, OCD, life stresses, eating disorders, PTSD among many more. If you feel counselling is something you might like to try, please let your Carer Liaison Worker know and I will call you for a brief consultation before we proceed.
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Carers enjoying some time out.
"I feel I've been given permission to care for myself" Carer, previous Staying Afloat participant |
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