You could be feeling more in control of your situation in just a few weeks.
Active Monitoring is a free, six-week guided self-help programme to help you understand and feel more in control of your emotions. We provide you with all the tips and tools you’ll need to understand yourself better, and support you through the course with regular phone calls.
Active Monitoring is not an emergency service. If you need help now, please call Samaritans on 116 123.
In your first phone call, you and your local Mind Active Monitoring practitioner will explore if the service is right for you. Together, you’ll agree on a programme of support covering any of the following topics:
Each week you’ll receive materials to help you understand and manage your feelings. These might include explaining how and why we experience difficult emotions, a thought diary, or mindfulness techniques.
But you won’t have to complete these alone. A local Mind Active Monitoring practitioner will call you each week to talk about your feelings and help with any issues you have. All you need is a phone number or email address to get started. Take a look at this leaflet for more information.
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Fill in your contact details on this website and one of our trained team will be in touch to talk through the service and how it can help you.
Active Monitoring helps by giving you insight into your mental health and giving you practical ways to understand and manage your emotions. By the end of the course, you should have more understanding of feelings, why you are experiencing them and how to manage them, and feel more in control.
Active Monitoring can work alongside other treatment plans and our Active Monitoring Practitioners will talk you through the programme and whether it’s right for you, in your first consultation. If you have different needs, your practitioner will be able to put you in touch with other services that might be able to help.
No. You can start Active Monitoring by filling in the form on this website.
This is a service for anyone who feels that their emotions are getting on top of them, and this could be for many reasons. You do not need to have a diagnosed mental health problem to access this service.
If we are experiencing high demand for the service, it might take a little longer than usual to get in touch. For more information, you can email [email protected]
You do not need to pay to use Active Monitoring. It is a free service, thanks to funding by the Welsh Government.
Yes. Materials can be posted to you instead of emailed if you would prefer. This will be agreed in your first call with the Active Monitoring practitioner.
All the materials are available in Welsh and English. Where possible, we will partner you with a Welsh speaking practitioner if preferable.
Active Monitoring does incorporate some Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) style tools but it also provides other kinds of support.
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Active Monitoring is delivered in partnership with local Minds in Wales thanks to emergency funding from Welsh Government, WCVA and The Waterloo Foundation in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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This Active Monitoring service is only available in Wales. For support in England, find your local Mind.