Resilience Lab has been running as five weekly interactive sessions covering how to manage pressures, make friends with stress, thinking traps, strengths and how to reach out. The aim of Res Lab is to equip young people who have low-level mental health needs with the knowledge and skills to help them manage their mental wellbeing. Res Lab is delivered by OTR’s Community Development and Group workers.

(Pick 2 or 3 sessions, each approx 1 hour, group of between 10-15) We can deliver Res Lab as a 5 week programme but our sessions work stand alone too! This means that you can pick which two or three sessions you think would work best for your young people.

HOW TO BOOK US 

If you’re interested in having OTR North Somerset deliver a style of Res Lab to your young people email northsomerset@otrbristol.org.uk subject line, ‘Res Lab’ with the following details: Which youth group you represent Your location Which style of Res lab you would like (Express, Lite or full) How many young people are in your group preferred dates of delivery and time e.g. morning/afternoon/evening Please take a look at the session breakdown below. We look forward to working with you!

Session 1 Pressure Proof:

To think about the pressures that we all face in life Explore ways to create more calm and take the pressure off Consider what the barriers are to doing these calming techniques

Session 2 Making friends with Stress:

To take a look at what stress is and how it affects our feelings, thinking, behaviour and body To create a plan for how to deal with stress when it happens

Session 3 Thinking Traps:

To explore what negative automatic thoughts (NATs) are and how they can impact us To think about some ways to challenge NATs so they have less control over us