Elpitha is a new approach to supporting women who struggle with low mood and depression in the early years of parenthood. Based on compassionate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), the Elpitha Course and Elpitha Handbook can provide health care workers and volunteers with the understanding, skills and materials necessary to run a 6 week Elpitha Support Group for mothers.
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Our symbol is the snowdrop. The snowdrop is a delicate symbol of hope and optimism. It reflects perseverance and strength in adversity as it is the first flower of spring, being able to melt the snow with its own heat. The snowdrop is a flower of natural beauty that reflects the unique gift that each individual has to offer the world.
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We believe that all of us, at some time in our lives, struggle with low mood and depression.
Although the Elpitha course focuses on mothers with young children, it contains within it
lifelines to help lift any one of us out of the black hole of depression.
Since we launched our new Elpitha website in February we have received some great feedback from health professionals, colleagues and mums:
'A truly amazing piece of work for woman and their families’
Christeen Bartlett, Health Visiting Professional Lead West Essex
‘Fantastic website very professional but also warm and compassionate. The videos are really useful.’
Noel Sawyer, CBT supervisor and tutor
We are thrilled to be launching the Elpitha Support Group website. For the first time this site enables us to share some of the information and tools which have helped so many mums at our original support group in Harlow, Essex. Here you can watch interviews with mums and group facilitators, explore helpful information on low mood and depression, find advice on simple self-help techniques, and download the Elpitha Handbook, which provides all the information needed to run a 6 week Elpitha Support Group.