What is the Cedar Tree Managing Anxiety, Stress & Emotions Workshop?
The MASE workshop is designed to help people better understand what is happening in their minds and bodies when they feel stressed, anxious, or emotionally overwhelmed. It explores the links between thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, and behaviours, helping participants make sense of their emotional responses.

The workshop introduces the concept of emotional literacy, supporting people to recognise, name, and understand their emotions more clearly. Participants will also learn practical skills and coping strategies to help manage stress and anxiety, build emotional resilience, and feel more confident responding to challenging situations in everyday life.

The Format   

• Duration: 1/2 day
• Venue: Face 2 Face or Online.     
  
• Style: Live & interactive - Learning takes place through a mix of group activities, presentations, discussions and videos. 

What we cover

• Understanding stress, anxiety, and emotional responses
• The purpose of emotions and emotional literacy
• Recognising and labelling emotions (primary and secondary emotions)
• Fight, Flight or Freeze response and its impact on the brain and body
• The Window of Tolerance and emotional regulation
• Practical coping skills for managing overwhelm
• Distancing and grounding techniques
• Breathing, mindfulness, and relaxation exercises
• Distraction strategies and emotional regulation tools
• Challenging unhelpful or negative thoughts
• Acceptance and building resilience
• Self‑care strategies for mental and emotional wellbeing
• Guided safe‑place visualisation exercise
  

Course Agenda

Session 1

•   Intro & Welcome
•    Introductions
•    What is Stress & Anxiety
•    Emotional Literacy – Part 1
• Break

Session 2

•   Emotional Literacy – Part 2
•   Fight, Flight or Freeze
•   Window of tolerance
• Lunch

Session 3

• Distancing
• Grounding
• Breathing
• 5 things 
• Temperature Control   
• Intense exercise 
• Mindfulness 
• Progressive muscle relax   
• Break

Session 4

•   Distraction
•    Challenging thoughts
•    Prompt Card
•    Acceptance
•    Self-Care
• END

How will attending this training help?

Taking part in the CedarTree Managing Anxiety, Stress and Emotions Workshop gives you practical tools and a deeper understanding of your own wellbeing. Research shows that sessions like this:

• Increase awareness and confidence around mental health.
• Strengthen emotional literacy so you can recognise what is happening and why.
• Reduce stigma by creating a safe, open space for honest conversation.
• Build practical skills that support early intervention and recovery.

On completion

Everyone who completes the course will receive a Cedar Tree certificate of attendance. 

Miscellaneous

The Mental Health Awareness course can also be run over

2 half days or

4 evenings or
(weekends are also possible)

Each session is approximately 1 hour 

(depending on how involved group members participate and discussions. )