We can all seek out resources and tools to help us manage our mental health. The more we can understand ourselves and our needs, and the more resilient we can be, the greater our chance of combatting illnesses like stress, anxiety and depression.

The following sessions are were all recorded as part of our week-long series of online events to mark Mental Health Awareness Week 2021.

The following sessions are all recorded from our week-long programme of online events to mark Mental Health Awareness Week 2020.

Courses available from Public Health Scotland and NHS Scotland

Please note you will need to create an account to access these modules.

Free modules to help you manage your mental health during the pandemic

Lawscot Wellbeing at the Law Society of Scotland's CPD team have made three modules available free of charge for our members, focused on stress management, building resilience and the health and safety factors that need to be considered when lone working.

Managing stress

An online module designed to help you understand, identify and start to manage stress in the workplace.

Becoming more resilient

An online module designed to help you develop your resilience by understanding key concepts such as a growth mindset and the importance of failure.

Lone working

An online module which defines lone working and lays out the basic health and safety principles employers and employees should be aware of.
Links to LawCare resources
Additional modules and webinars online

We have also pulled together some other webinars and modules to explore. There are many different resources available online, often free of charge, whether live webinars or recorded versions.

'Stress in the legal profession: a new approach' webinar | Law Society of England & Wales and Being Lawyers | free

'The science of wellbeing' online course | Yale University via Coursera | free

'Managing your mental health while working from home' podcast | LawCare and Obelisk Support | free

Mental Health Awareness Course | British Safety Council | free 

'Coronanxiety' support webinars | Anxiety UK | free

Wellbeing for isolated workers | New Leaf Health UK | various webinars, cost associated

'Mental health and wellbeing and looking after remote workers' webinar | Safety and Health Practitioners | free

'During the break': a series of interviews with legal professionals about how they're coping with the coronavirus outbreak | Crafty Counsel | free

'Resilience skills in a time of coronavirus crisis' webinar | College of Wellbeing | free

If you come across, or are offering, other great resources you'd like to share with members on this page, please get in touch with [email protected].