CBT General Skills Program - St. Andrews Toowoomba Hospital

The Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) General Skills Program is designed for patients following discharge from the St Andrew’s Mental Health unit, as well as people who have never had an inpatient admission who are interested in increasing their ability to manage their mental health, continue to stay well, improve their psychological resilience and quality of their life. The General Skills Program is an educational and skills development program that focuses on a specific topic each week. Topics include:

Understanding anxiety
Understanding depression
Stress management
Mindfulness
Improving self esteem
Healthy relationships
Assertive communication
Cognitive distortions
Building resilience

Balancing lifestyle
Improving sleep
Managing worry
Managing anger
Emotion regulation
Self-compassion
Cultivating positive emotions
Distress tolerance
Values clarification & goal setting

For more information please contact the Psychologist or the Nurse Manager, West Ward, St Andrew’s Hospital, with any questions on telephone (07) 4646 3014.