Expert by Experience sessions are hosted by the Parenting Service at West Sussex Mind. They are regular training support sessions with themes around Mental Health, to help parents and carers support their children and young people. Some of the topics for 2025 are: Anxiety; Attachment; Autism and ADHD alongside Mental Health, Self-Harm and much more.
Guest speakers are trainers with lots of relevant lived/professional experience. They deliver a session which includes a presentation on the given topic and then the session is open for questions aimed at the guest speaker. This gives parents and carers the opportunity to build on their knowledge, skills and confidence when supporting their children and young people. These sessions will have parents and carers attending who are experiencing similar things, which provides some peer support by encouraging one another, and building each other up (and ultimately helps people to feel less alone in their situation).