Wolverhampton Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression offer brief psychological therapy for people experiencing anxiety disorders, depression, stress and low mood.
After we receive your referral, we contact you to arrange a telephone assessment appointment, to help determine whether Talking Therapies is the most appropriate service to meet your needs. (This assessment may not be until a few weeks after you first contact us).
Find out more in our Wolverhampton Talking Therapies leaflet.
If you would like to access Wolverhampton Taking Therapies, you must be aged 16 or over, be registered with Wolverhampton GP and not be receiving treatment from another mental health service for example PCMHT, the CMHT, Eating Disorders or other counselling services.
As we are not an emergency service, if you are in crisis and need help with your mental health as a matter of urgency, we recommend speaking to your GP in the first instance so they can choose the most appropriate NHS service to help. Out of hours please call 111 (or 999 in an emergency).
You can also self-refer to Talking Therapies by calling 0800 923 0222, 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Anyone currently receiving support from Wolverhampton Talking Therapies can also access the NHS Talking Therapies Employment Service:
Further details on the brief interventions we provide can be found below.
SilverCloud is a comprehensive programme full of tools and techniques, which enable you to access the high quality therapy, online. Silvercloud is interactive, flexible and available 24/7, online via a computer, tablet or mobile phone, and can be offered with regular reviews or unguided.
Regular reviews mean a therapist will work with you to help you on your therapeutic journey, and this is often a much faster way of accessing support.
With unguided or self-help access, you do not get reviews with a therapist. Instead you area able to complete the programme at your own pace.
For more information on therapist guided SilverCloud, you can speak to our team by calling 0800 923 0222, or watch this introductory video.
To start using SilverCloud straightaway,visit
https://wolverhamptonhealthyminds.silvercloudhealth.com/signup/
and enter the code WHMINDS2 when prompted.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is focused on the here and now, and the future. It looks at challenging negative beliefs with more balanced or realistic thinking, and at new activities and routines that can help improve mood on a day to day basis. It is generally more future focused and goal oriented than counselling. In addition to attending one-to-one treatment sessions over a set number of weeks, where new techniques will be introduced, for CBT to most effective there will be an expectation for you to complete between session work.
CBT can be used to treat Depression and Low Mood, and all anxiety disorders including:
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Panic Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Social Anxiety
- Health Anxiety
- Specfic Phobias
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Depending on the information gathered during assessment, therapy will be offered via a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) or CBT Therapist. SilverCloud (online CBT) may also be offered.
Counselling is for people who have had difficult experiences that they wish to discuss, and have time to process in a safe and compassionate environment. It can be focused on either past or current events, and is structured to give you an opportunity to talk and open up. With a focus on emotions and feelings, counselling aims to help you increase your self-awareness and help you live true to yourself.
Though there may not be work to complete between appointments, between session reflection will help you to decide what you would like to discuss during counselling.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is a treatment that was developed to alleviate the distress associated with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Events. EMDR aims to help the brain “unstick” and reprocess memories so that they are no as intense or distressing, through implementing bilaturateral stimulation.
Talking Therapies Employment Service
The NHS Talking Therapies Employment Service provides support across the Black Country to individuals who are looking for a job, or need help staying in their current employment.
Who can access this service?
We support individuals who are currently receiving support from an NHS Talking Therapies team across the Black Country.
How can the service help you?
Our employment advisors will provide you with one to one tailored support for your employment journey, including:
- Job hunting
- Staying employed
- Getting back to work
We can support with help with CVs and applications, job search and interview preparation. Our employment advisors can create wellness action plans, discuss workplace adjustments, support with return to work plans and much more.
How can I contact the service?
Email: bchft.wolvesemploymentadvisorstalkingtherapies@nhs.net
Telephone: 07552 864781
We want to help you to help yourself with your recovery. We have lots of information and coping mechanisms for all common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and stress. Self-help treatments are aimed at people with mild to moderate common mental health problems.
We have linked to the award winning self-help guides produced by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. Free apps are available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Or access the Self Help Leaflets.
We have also developed some useful information on a range of topics
You can inform us of our experience with Talking Therapies through the following link: https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/contact-us/feedback-sed
