Celebrating 10 Years of Peer Support & Recovery in Mental Health

11:00 Aras Follain, TyoneEducation, Health and Well Being

Join us in Aras Folláin where we are Celebrating 10 years of Peer Support & Recovery in Mental Health on Wednesday, October 8th.

A day packed with great activities and presentations to support Positive Mental Health and Peer Support in our local area. Dr Teresa Tuohy, TCD PhD graduate of the School of Nursing and Midwifery Teresa’s research ‘Mothers’ Voices: is a study of mothering based on the lived experiences of women with mental health problems’. Dr Mike Watts, TCD PhD graduate of the School of Nursing and Midwifery Mike’s research ‘Recovery as a re- enchantment with life’ is based on the experiences of 26 Irish adults aged from 30-70, all of whom chose to embark on a peer support ‘Recovery’ route towards addressing their ‘illness’.

Please come and join us anytime throughout the day for more information please call Margo on 086 8625352.

• 11.00am –1.00pm Open House
• 1.00pm – 1.30pm Mindfulness
• 1.30pm – 2.00pm Laughter Yoga
• 2.00pm – 2.30pm WRAP Introduction
• 2.30pm – 3.00pm Refreshments
• 3.00pm – 3.30pm Art Journaling
• 3.30pm – 4.00pm Walk n Talk
• From 4pm – 6pm, Introduction to Peer Support by Tim O Connor & Eileen Gleeson, Presentations by Dr Teresa Tuohy & Dr Mike Watts on the finding of their PhD research, Presentation on the development and continued growth of Aras Folláin, Peer Support Centre

Followed by refreshments