About us
NELFT NHS Talking Therapies offers free, confidential support for common mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, PTSD stress, and other emotional difficulties. Through a range of evidence-based treatments, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), guided self-help, group sessions, and online programs like SilverCloud, the service helps people develop practical skills to manage their mental health.
Anyone aged 18 and over can access these therapies, often by self-referral or through a GP. The goal of our service is for you to feel better, improve your quality of life, and gain tools to manage your life problems.
You do not need to have a diagnosed mental health problem to refer yourself to our NHS talking therapies service.
Getting support as soon as you start having difficulties can help to reduce their impact.
You may be:
- feeling anxious
- feeling low and hopeless
- having panic attacks
- finding it hard to cope with work, life or relationships
- struggling with flashbacks and nightmares about things from your past
- feeling stressed
Other things that talking therapies can help with include:
- worrying a lot
- obsessive thoughts or behaviours
- fear social situations
- being afraid of things, such as spiders, flying or heights (phobias)
Talking therapies can also help if you have mental health problems resulting from other conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, long-term pain or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
If you've already been diagnosed with a mental health condition you can still refer yourself to an NHS talking therapies service, or a GP can refer you.