Who should you refer?
Patients who are:
- Over 18 years old
- Suffering from depression, anxiety, other common mental health problems, including those with long-term physical health conditions
- Living in one of the boroughs and/or have a GP in that borough (this varies by service – please check on each service’s page here)
- Not under secondary care mental health services
- Not in crisis: we are not a crisis service are not able to work with patients at risk of suicide.
If you think that your patient is at risk of harm to themselves or to/from others, then please encourage them to contact our Single Point of Access service (Crisis Line), which is open 24 hours a day: 0800 0234 650
How to refer
You can refer patients through one of the following means:
- Inform patients that they can self-refer online
- Send a letter to the relevant service
- Through the therapist at your GP practice (if appropriate)
What can your patient expect?
The Talking Therapies Service provides a range of treatments for anxiety and depression. We will provide interpreters, including British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters, for patients if needed. We use the stepped care model:
‘Step 2’ treatments are usually 4 – 8 sessions delivered by Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. These treatments include:
- Guided Self Help
- Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (cCBT)
- Signposting to community services
- Employment support
- Psycho-educational groups and workshops
‘Step 3’ treatments are longer term and are usually between 8 – 12 sessions delivered by a Psychological Therapist. These treatments include:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Counselling
- Behavioural Couples Therapy
- Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Groups
- Mindfulness courses – for depression, or stress and illness