Resources

Welcome! This section will give you some tools that have been helpful for clients at the hub and those undertaking individual therapy.

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The Word On Wellbeing Podcast

Available on Spotify, Anchor, Breaker, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Apple Podcasts.

In our fortnightly podcast, our host, Chris Hartley, brings together a variety of interesting guests to discuss the topical issues affecting wellbeing, mental health and current affairs.

Our guests so far have included: Members of Parliament, Former Ministers, Councillors, Local Government Officers, Health Professionals and more.

Click on the Episode Guide below for more information about the guests and topics of each episode.

Episode Guide and Hyperlinks

Episode 1 - Life under the Lockdown with Elaine Thomson and Dr Louise Miller, Mental Health Clinical Lead for Barnet.

Episode 2 - The Lockdown and Mental Health Services with Karen Morrell, Head of Mental Health Services at Barnet Council.

Episode 3 - The Pandemic and Adult Safeguarding with Fiona Bateman, Independent Chair of the Safeguarding Adults Board for Barnet.

Episode 4 - Peer Support During the Pandemic with Donna Chan, Dien Luu and the Peer Support Volunteers.

Episode 5 - The Covid-19 Vaccines with GP and Mental Heath Clinical Lead, Dr Louise Miller.

Episode 6 - A Collaborative Approach to Supporting Mental Health with Mahir Guden, Senior CBT Psychotherapist, Deputy Manager, Barnet Let’s Talk IAPT (BEHMHT), Michelle Morais, Manager, The Network, Adults & Health, Barnet Council, and Nahida Syed, Senior Wellbeing Navigator, Barnet Wellbeing Hub.

Episode 7 - Psychology for the Whole Person with Dr Anna Mandeville, Consultant Clinical Health Psychologist and Divisional Lead for Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Enfield.

Episode 8 - In Conversation with Sarah Owen MP, the Member of Parliament for Luton North. We discuss the pandemic, health inequalities and hate crimes.

Episode 9 - Socio-economic Inequality and Wellbeing with Richard Wilkinson, Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, we discuss the relationship between socio-economic inequalities and health and wellbeing.

Episode 10 - What does a local Councillor do? We speak to Arjun Mittra, Councillor for East Finchley and Anne Clarke, Councillor for Childs Hill on the role of Councillors and local government.

Episode 11 - The work of local government during the pandemic. We speak to West Hendon Councillor, Alex Prager, about Barnet council's support for businesses and residents, the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccines, and the future of working.

Episode 12 - The Barnet COVID-19 Health Champion Project. We speak to Izzy Ford, Project Manager for the Barnet COVID-19 Health Champion Project. The Project provides up to date and straightforward information about Covid-19 and the vaccines to volunteers (COVID-19 Health Champions) to share with their families, friends and communities.

Episode 13 - Public Health and the Pandemic with Dr Tamara Djuretic, Director of Public Health and Prevention for Barnet Council, and Rory Cooper, Covid-19 Health Champion and Health and Social Care Manager for CommUNITY Barnet.

Episode 14 - In conversation with Sir Norman Lamb, former MP and Health Minister, and current Chair of the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.

Episode 15 - The impact of the pandemic on student wellbeing with Vanessa White, Maxi Pacheco and Gabe Berwanger from the University of Middlesex

Guided Self- Help Videos

In this video series, Claire Gibson, Meridian Wellbeing's Clinical Lead and Psychotherapist, will guide you through a range of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tools to help support those with depression, anxiety and low self-esteem.

These videos are designed for educational purposes and should not be used in place of professional treatment or support. Please contact [email protected]lbeing.com or call 02076131008 if your require immediate assistance.

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Claire and Chris discuss...

In this video series, Meridian Wellbeing's Clinical Lead and Psychotherapist, Claire Gibson, discusses mental health with wellbeing novice, Chris Hartley.

In each video, the pair discuss a different mental health issue and what you can do to improve your wellbeing.

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Wellbeing Bites

We all live busy lives and don't always have time to take care of our wellbeing. That's why Meridian Wellbeing has created this new video series, Wellbeing Bites. In each episode Daniela Gallini provides a 3 minute (ish) introduction to a technique or tool that you can use to help improve your wellbeing.

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Wellbeing Resources

Worry Diary

The worry diary that can help you to cope with anxiety - specifically those worries that are hypothetical and that you may find difficult to let go of. The video clip also explains how to tackle practical worry head-on and ground yourself in the present moment.

4X4 Breathing Techniques

When we experience anxiety our heart rate accelerates and our breathing becomes shallow. The following video exercise helps reduce anxiety by normalising our breathing and slowing our heart rate. It is a grounding exercise that can bring you back into the safety of the present moment.

Coping Mechanisms

This video will help you manage challenging times better by explaining different types of distractions, coping and processing mechanisms. These are all beneficial when it comes to dealing with difficult experiences. It will give some real life examples and explain how to cope better.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Meditation

If you are struggling with getting a good night's sleep the exercise in this video clip can help. It will guide you through a meditation that will help relax parts of your body and allow your mind to rest.

Experiencing Anxiety

Help bring more awareness of the way you experience anxiety in order to help manage it. In this video, we will explain the 3 ways anxiety is experienced in the body, mind and the way we view our anxiety.

Relaxation Meditation

This video clip is a guided meditation that can help you relax and bring you back to the present. Often our thoughts can make us feel anxious, depressed and stressed. By focusing on breath, body, sensations and sounds we can achieve a state of relaxation and inner calmness.

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