The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Publishing a collection of self-care strategies
Encourage self-care
Provide information on mental health self-care including ways to support general wellbeing. Be clear about how to reach out if needs escalate.
Further description
Offer options
Different things work for different people, so suggest a variety of options.
Help young people find what works for them
Encourage people to try things out and change what they’re doing if it’s not helping.
Be clear on when self-care is appropriate and when to get more help
Self-care is not always appropriate and should not be seen as a substitute for professional support. Be clear on when to get more help.
Make it easy to reach out
Provide clearly visible information about how to get professional help alongside self-care strategies.
Examples
Share your patterns
We’re constantly on the look out for new patterns. If you have a service/product which you think could be used as a new pattern, we’d love to hear about it.
