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NHS Sheffield Talking Therapies

Sheffield Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression service, (formerly known as IAPT) provide a range of free NHS talking therapies for anyone aged 18 or over who lives in Sheffield. Every year we help thousands of people in the city who are struggling with how they are feeling.

So if you are feeling down, stressed, anxious, are worrying more than usual or have a lack of interest in doing things that you used to enjoy, they are here to help.

 

What support do they offer?

On their site you will find details on our range of courses and support they offer, as well as some useful self help resources that you can use right away to improve how you are feeling.

If you are managing a long term health condition that is impacting on how you feel, they can support anyone who is under the care of a Sheffield consultant, even if you do not live in Sheffield.

There is also support to help you if you are struggling with work, and lots of useful advice for healthcare professionals and employers on how Sheffield Talking Therapies may be able to help.

Take a look through the Service Booklet. You can also download this booklet in the following languages; Arabic, Farsi Persian, Polish, Slovak and Urdu. 

 

To book a place on an NHS Sheffield Talking Therapies session, call 0114 2264380 or complete an online referral form.
 

Improving Wellbeing sessions

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Overcoming Anxiety and Worry

Our Overcoming Anxiety and Worry course helps you understand the effects of anxiety on your body and techniques you can use to overcome it. It’s also an opportunity to meet others who may be feeling similarly to you, although the session is not group therapy and you will not be asked to share your personal experiences with others. The course is free and runs for five weeks, with a 90 minute online session each week.

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Overcoming Low Mood

Our Overcoming Low Mood course introduces you to some helpful techniques to improve how you feel. It’s also an opportunity to meet others who may be feeling similarly to you, although the session is not group therapy and you will not be asked to share your personal experiences with others. The course is free and runs for five weeks, with a 90 minute online session each week.

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Managing Stress

Most of us will feel stressed at some point in our lives. Our Managing Stress online course can help you better understand stress, what causes it and teach you helpful techniques to improve how you are feeling. The course is free and runs for five weeks, with a 90 minute online session each week.

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Managing Health Anxiety

We may worry about our health from time to time, but sometimes those worries can take over and can dominate our thinking, change the way we behave and stop us enjoying life. You may have had lots of tests and investigations and been told there is nothing wrong or that you ‘just have anxiety’. Our Managing Health Anxiety course is specially designed to help you deal with health worries that are becoming overwhelming. The course is free and runs for five weeks, with a 90 minute online session each week.

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Mindfulness Courses

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Mindfulness for Health

The Mindfulness for Health course teaches mindfulness practices that you can build into your daily routine to help you better manage your long-term condition. Mindfulness can help us learn to notice and observe our experiences in the present moment without judging our experiences. It can also help us to become more accepting and compassionate to ourselves and can help you reduce stress, anxiety or low mood associated with a long-term condition. The course is free and runs for nine weeks, with a session each week that lasts for two and a half hours.

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Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Depression

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a 9 week course for people who experience depression. It is recommended by NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) as an effective treatment for mild to moderate depression. It is also recommended by NICE for those who have recovered from depression, as a way of reducing the chances experiencing depression again in the future. MBCT courses combines two helpful approaches: Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Our MBCT courses are a great way to understand thought patterns and how to work with these in more helpful ways.