Mental Health Resources

We want to help everyone advocate for themselves as they navigate the diagnosis journey and beyond. Here we signpost you to your local Talking Therapy service or Mental Health Resource

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Did you know?

  • 1 in 4 people worldwide will struggle with their mental health at some point in their lives
  • Around 450 million people are struggling with mental health right now
  • Mental Health is one of the worlds leading threats to wellbeing
  • 1 in 6 people had a mental health problem in England over the past week
  • Across the UK, 2 out of 3 people with a long-term physical health condition struggle with their mental health

*Reports published by the World Health Organization, the British Mental Health Foundation and the British Department of Health and Social Care.​

NHS Talking Therapies

NHS Talking Therapies are the NHS’s primary care service for common mental health issues. The service works with patients using a variety of techniques

They support people to improve their mental wellbeing through education, guided self-help tools and evidence-based talking therapies.

NHS Talking Therapies are a primary care service, which means they work alongside GPs to help people recover from the most common mental health problems like anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD and phobias. It also means the service you use will be linked to your GP and the postcode you live in.

Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight a number of talking therapy services exist. The quickest and easiest way to find which NHS Talking Therapies service is appropriate for you is to visit www.talkingtherapieshiow.nhs.uk.

About the service

NHS Talking Therapies offer a range of services to support you. This can range from classes supporting your everyday wellbeing to structured therapies treating common mental health conditions, employment support and more bespoke treatments for specific issues. These can be provided in groups, online, via the phone or face-to-face.

There are a number of NHS Talking Therapies across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Talking Therapies Hampshire – previously known as italk.

Talking Therapies Portsmouth – previously known as Talking Change.

Talking Therapies IOW – previously known as IsleTalk IAPT.

Talking Therapies Southampton – known as Steps2Wellbeing.

Talking Therapies North East – known as TalkPlus.

To find the most appropriate service for you, visit: www.talkingtherapieshiow.nhs.uk where you can use your GP surgeries postcode to search for the service most appropriate for you.

What we do

NHS Talking Therapies use a range of evidence based talking therapies to treat common mental health problems including:

Depression

Anxiety and anxiety disorders, such as social anxiety

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Specific phobias, like agoraphobia

Your treatment might be 1-1, in a group, or a combination of both depending on what’s likely to work best for you. All treatments are currently held via telephone or video appointments.

Therapies are usually held at the same time each week for 12 – 16 weeks.

You don’t need to have a diagnosis or to have seen your GP before contacting us. Simply refer yourself to arrange your assessment.

Accessing the service

You can self-refer to any of our Talking Therapies services. To find the most appropriate service for you visit: www.talkingtherapieshiow.nhs.uk where you can use your GP surgeries postcode to search for the service most appropriate for you.

Talking Therapies Portsmouth

Hormonal Health Workshop

A free workshop for people experiencing hormonal imbalances or ups and downs, or who are affected indirectly by hormones. The workshop covers the role of hormones, different conditions, symptoms, coping strategies, and how to communicate with health care professionals.

This workshop is for people with an imbalance of hormones and/or those who experience ups and downs in relation to hormones. Equally this workshop is great for people affected indirectly by hormones, for example partners of women going through the menopause, as it can be an educational tool for support. Providing a good understanding and some education, this workshop also covers some coping strategies to support you in the here and now.

Balancing Life: This workshop looks at how to achieve balance in our lives, especially when we’re juggling lots of competing demands. The workshop draws on practical tools and a CBT framework.

Better Sleep: For anyone wanting to understand how sleep works, what impacts on our sleep and how to improve the amount and quality of sleep they’re getting.

Boost your mood: This workshop is designed to support people who may be feeling a bit ‘stuck’ with feeling low and struggling to find motivation.

Weight Management: For anybody wanting to make changes with their diet or relationship with food.

Managing Stress: This workshop may be helpful for individuals experiencing low mood and/or anxiety. It is especially helpful for people experiencing work-related stress, who describe feeling overwhelmed or under pressure.

Financial Stress: Anyone struggling with stress related concerns to their finances can attend this workshop. this workshop focusses on how money problems and money worries impact our mental health. The workshop facilitators are not finance or debt advisors and will not be providing specialist financial advice.

We put on a Webinar with Talking Change and steps to well being

In true Jodie fashion, I forgot to press record at the start so Talking Change is going to send over the slides from their half of the webinar.