Feeling Great About Me

This online program for people living with disabilities will equip you with the tools to build and maintain solid relationships, manage emotions and support self-care practices.

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Overview

Who It's For

This group is for people in NSW living with disabilities who would like support with communication and self-care strategies to develop confidence and strong relationships with others.

How We Help

Our experienced and enthusiastic counsellors support discussion of any challenges you may be facing and offer practical strategies. Support continues after the course.

What to Expect

You’ll be able to share problems so that our experienced counsellors can offer tools and ideas tailored to you and your group. We’d also love you to check-in after the course and tell us how you’re using your newfound skills.

Program

Four sessions, over four weeks
Two hours per session

Price

The Feeling Great About Me workshop is free.

Delivery Options

This group workshop is available online.

What you’ll learn.

This program is designed to help you:

Develop self-care tools that are right for you

Set boundaries and stay safe in relationships

Deal with and manage challenging emotions, including sadness and loneliness

Learn and practise ways of relating to others

Develop communication skills and strategies

Understand the post-group support available to you

“This has had a big impact. I can now see how some of my emotions can block the way I want to talk to someone.”

- Feeling Great About Me participant

“The people at the course were really nice. They helped me learn things I can say and do to start talking to someone. I told them how I had practised at work and have now made some new friends.”

- Feeling Great About Me participant

How to Enrol

Contact Us

Contact our specialist Ability Groupwork Team at our Illawarra office on 02 4221 2000 or email illawarra@ransw.org.au.

Phone Call

Our team will call you for a short, private conversation to determine if the program is right for you.

Booking

If it’s a good fit, we’ll book you into the next available group.

Waitlist

If our upcoming program is full, we’ll place you on our waitlist and contact you as soon as we have availability in another group.

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FAQs

Are group workshops right for me?

Our group workshops are perfect for those looking to build their relationship skills in a safe, supportive and collaborative group environment, led by our expert facilitators. We cover a huge range of topics, from parenting techniques to developing mental wellbeing practices – and offer groups throughout the year, both online and face-to-face.

What happens if I am unable to attend one of the workshop’s sessions?

If you’re unable to attend a session, please contact our client services team by calling 1300 364 277 or emailing us, and we will let your Group Leaders know. Please note – for those who’ve been court-ordered to attend one of our group programs (such as our Men’s Behaviour Change program), participants must attend at least 80% of the workshop’s scheduled sessions in order to receive a statement of attendance.

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