Practical tools for navigating your wellbeing

I'm a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) currently working in NHS Talking Therapies, supporting people with common mental health difficulties using evidence-based, low-intensity CBT interventions.

Wellbeing Compass is an independent wellbeing resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NHS or any other healthcare organisation.

I created Wellbeing Compass because I wanted to make evidence-informed wellbeing resources and practical tools more accessible, drawing on approaches commonly used in talking therapies. Whether you're waiting for an NHS Talking Therapies appointment, thinking about whether therapy is right for you, or simply want to learn some new ways of looking after your wellbeing, I hope this can be a place where you can explore CBT tools at your own pace.

Throughout Wellbeing Compass, I'll introduce you to a variety of low-intensity CBT tools and techniques that you can try for yourself.

And if some of them don't work for you, that's completely okay. CBT isn't a one-size-fits-all approach, and finding that a particular tool doesn't help doesn't mean you've failed. It might simply mean that this approach, or this particular tool, isn't what you need right now.

Think of Wellbeing Compass as helping you build your own wellbeing toolbox. You don't need to use every tool. The aim is to introduce you to different tools, help you understand what they can be useful for, and give you things you can come back to whenever you need them. You choose the tools. You decide when to use them. And you can always add new ones along the way.