Winning Strategies for Mental Health

The Decider Skills use Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to teach children, young people and adults the skills to recognise their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours, enabling them to monitor and manage their own emotions and mental health.

Complex psychological theory has been distilled into highly effective, evidence based skills for individuals and organisations. Manuals, handbooks, posters, workshops, training videos, apps, downloadable resources and online training provide a complete programme.

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We have used our clinical expertise and proven strategies to enable both experts and non-experts to effectively teach the skills required to proactively reduce the impact of emotional distress.

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For Clinicians

Therapeutic Skills

32 skills: Intervention and treatment strategies for clients with mental health problems.

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For Proactive Mental Health

Life Skills

12 skills: Proactive mental health strategies for children, young people and adults to promote mental health.

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The Decider Skills are used in health, education, prison, employment, charities and social settings:

Distress Tolerance

Skills to tolerate and accept emotional emergencies.

Mindfulness

Skills to experience the present moment more fully, enabling us to choose our focus of attention.

Emotion Regulation

Skills to recognise and name, monitor and manage our emotions, and make wise choices.

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Skills to improve communication and interpersonal relationships.

Proactive, preventative and treatment

A positive approach to mental health and wellbeing for children, young people and adults.

Increased coping and confidence

Living a more skilful, less impulsive life.

We are Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapists who have worked in mental health for over 35 years. We developed The Decider Skills in response to an identified service need.

Client feedback was included to develop this structured, evidence-based skills programme. The aim was to reduce impulsivity whilst increasing resilience and confidence. The Decider Skills are delivered in an original, fun and creative style, making them easy to learn and easy to teach.

“I have had great feedback from my service users about the positive impact that The Decider Skills training have and continue to have on their life”

SO, Social Worker, States of Guernsey Mental Health

“There is a great appetite for this training. We have incorporated The Decider Skills into our whole service with excellent feedback. I think more and more people are realising that we need to up-skill people to manage their own health and lives, otherwise the situation for health care is hopeless.”

Dr Tim Agnew, Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, NHS Highland

“As a learning tool it’s one that prisoners find credible and are comfortable using. The Decider Skills are a highly effective and essential set of core skills that could be of value to many prisoners.”

Dr David Briggs, Forensic Clinical Psychologist

“The Decider Skills are a very useful addition to the tools that we have. We use them with individuals as a stand-alone technique, and also alongside other interventions. The skills can be delivered by a range of clinicians.”

Dr James Murray, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, CAMHS

“The Decider Skills is our universal language throughout the school. It has been life changing for some of our families. For me, they're fundamental; I can only advocate how important they’ve been in our school and for me personally."

Tracey Moore, Head Teacher, Amherst Primary School

“This course has genuinely changed my life and I use the principles every single day. 2 decades of mental health issues and this course was the turning point for me. I was given the tools to identify why I acted and felt the way I did. I now plan to continually improve my skills and use them with my two young children. Thank you so much for developing this amazing and genuinely life saving set of skills."

Kim, Service User, NHS Lothian