Wellbeing for Carers Webinar

A challenge faced by many who care for someone living with conditions supported by any of these charities is taking time to care for themselves. We are bringing you this webinar hosted by Psychologist Lesley Howells to help you find ways to support your own wellbeing.

About Lesley Howells

Lesley is Research Lead for the Maggie’s network of twenty-one centres across the UK (maggiescentres.org), Hong Kong and Tokyo. She is also Centre Head for Maggie’s Dundee and the Maggie’s Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Scotland, where she develops Maggie's support programme, trains their staff and manages a research portfolio.

Lesley worked as a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS for 18 years before joining Maggie’s. She specialised in working with people juggling the demands of chronic physical health problems such as cancer, diabetes and cystic fibrosis.

She is an NHS Accredited Trainer in Advanced Communication, Accredited Mindfulness Teacher and has specialist expertise in the teaching and supervision of NHS Specialist Palliative Care professionals. Since qualifying in 1991 her research and clinical focus has been families, individuals and couples facing life-changing trauma and transitions, primarily those prompted by changes in physical health.

The group helps you to deal with the fact that your plans from before the disease go away and you need to collect the pieces. I also learned how to deal with feelings of guilt and to understand that you come first. I became so much more confident...you feel that you are valid and it is normal to feel in a certain way."

- Feedback from previous support sessions with Maggie's Psychologists

Our Better Together Alliance charities are able to work together and offer you this course because of support from The National Lottery Community Fund. Thanks to players of The National Lottery.