The Flourishing Families Clinic is so proud of our PhD student abigaildunnpsy who has been shortlisted for the ESRC Better Lives Writing Competition, for her piece on supporting parents who have mental health difficulties. We will find out how she placed next month. sussex.ac.uk/students/newsa…

Click here to read a fabulous article by Flourishing Families Clinic PhD student Abby Dunn on Parenting and Mental Health. Abby was a finalist in the ESRC Better Lives Writing Competition. #ESRCWriting #ThisIsSocialScience #ESRCBetterLives esrc.ukri.org/files/skills-a…

Kudos to Nadiya Jamir Hussain for highlighting the difficulties faced by those living with anxiety on #NadiyaAnxietyAndMe, particularly for talking so openly about her fears for her children - these are so common but so rarely addressed. Flourishing Families Clinic are working to change this.

Well, excitement is reaching fever pitch at Flourishing Families Clinic. Tuesday (tomorrow) at 9pm, we appear on BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind with Claudia Hammond. We will be talking about our Raising Confident Children workshops. Repeated at 3.30pm on Wednesday.

Have you seen our website yet? Whether you're a parent or a professional, visit bit.ly/FFClin to find out more, and get involved. Research at Sussex Partnership NHS FT 💙

Check out our new '7 Confident Thoughts' poster! Here at Flourishing Families Clinic , we provide a toolbox for parents to use, in order to help their children develop these thoughts, despite any challenges. Research at Sussex Partnership NHS FT 💙 SPFT - No longer in use

A great, evidence-based method to promote protective factors for child wellbeing. Here at Flourishing Families Clinic we believe it is so important to see initiatives that aim to improve the understanding of issues parents face when they have a mental illness.

Glad to be involved in offering such an important and exciting workshop, to SPFT staff who are parents! This is a great chance to explore the latest evidence based support available for your parenting challenges. SPFT - No longer in use

Fancy studying for a PhD at University of Sussex with me and Kathryn Lester? You would be helping evaluate a new online intervention for preventing anxiety. Get in touch and we can help you apply for a University studentship. sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-fun…

Excited to announce booking is now open for the SPFT parent workshops! If you want to explore being a parent working in mental health, book here bit.ly/PAWSS SPFT Staff Health & Wellbeing SPFT - No longer in use

Over half the places on our 2020 workshops for s@p@f@t@ staff who are parents have been filled. Working and parenting can be hard but connecting with other parents and learning together is a joy. Find out more here bit.ly/PAWSS Flourishing Families Clinic SPFT Staff Health & Wellbeing

The new Flourishing Families Clinic poster is here! Visit our website to view the poster in full bit.ly/FFCPoster Research at Sussex Partnership NHS FT 💙

Happy new year from all of us at The Flourishing Families Clinic! Flourishing Families Clinic We have lots of new and exciting things coming this year, which we can't wait for you to see!

We had such a great week delivering the very first session of our parenting workshop for SPFT staff! It was a lovely day spent exploring being a parent working within a mental health trust, connecting and collaborating with others SPFT - No longer in use #PAWSS

To promote confidence and lessen anxiety Flourishing Families Clinic encourages parents to shield their kids from the news. Nice listen about just that courtesy of NPR npr.org/2019/04/24/716…

Our amazing undergrad placement student Abi Thomson has reviewed the literature to help us work out how to maximise engagement and minimise attrition in our online intervention for parents. Her findings are here, if anyone else faces similar issues bit.ly/DigitalAttriti…

Half way through the Flourishing Families Clinic SPFT parenting workshops. The response has been amazing and the groups are fantastic. Take away: Yes, it's hard juggling work and being a parent. That means spaces where patents can be open, can share and can learn are invaluable. SPFT Staff Health & Wellbeing

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