Edinburgh’s new Thrive Welcome Teams can support you to access the right support for your mental health. We are part of the South East Locality. 

This is the main means of face to face psychological support via the NHS in Edinburgh (apart from the guided CBT sessions described under ‘guided self help’).  You get support through drop in sessions detailed on the website.

Beating The Blues is an online treatment programme that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help people experiencing mild to moderate depression and/or anxiety.

It consists of 8 weekly 1 hour sessions that can be completed using a laptop.

Your GP needs to refer you for this.

HEALTHY ACTIVE MINDS THROUGH EDINBURGH LEISURE

A free Edinburgh Leisure card will entitle you to free access to swim, gym and fitness class visits at off peak times, for a 12 week period in Edinburgh Leisure facilities. Discounted leisure card prices apply at other times.

The service will see people who have a diagnosis of mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or insomnia.

• The service is run by trained workers who receive clinical supervision, using cognitive behavioural therapy based workbooks and homework.
• The patient's first assessment appointment will last about an hour.
• Usually up to three 40-60 min sessions will then be offered (usually a few weeks apart) to review their progress.

Living Life - for help with low mood, mild to moderate depression and anxiety.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – working with a qualified therapist through a series of 6-9 telephone sessions.                                                                                                   

Guided Self Help – speaking with a self-help coach who guides you through a series of workbooks over 4-8 weeks. Call 0800 328 9655 Monday - Friday 1pm-9pm free from a landline                            

www.nhs24.com/usefulresources/livinglife

Free 6 week evening classes; each week focuses on a different aspect of stress, how it affects us and how to cope with it. Classes are run in a lecture format with 20-40 people often attending during the day and up to 100 in the evening. You will never be asked to talk in front of the group or singled out. You will be given a booklet to accompany the class.

Contact: Health in Mind 0131 225 8508                                                                             Email contactus@health-in-mind.org.uk                                   

www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/services/a-z/stresscontrol

Dates of the next classes can be found on the Edspace website under Events.    

Small groups of up to 10 people where you can participate in discussion, share experiences and practice methods of managing anxiety. Telephone and register your interest by leaving your name and contact details on the answering machine. A course facilitator will then get in touch with you to tell you about the course and discuss if it’s right for you. Courses are run in various venues across Edinburgh. Each course lasts for an hour and a half each week, for 6 weeks.

Contact: 0131 537 8661            

Panic self help guides:

http://www.selfhelpguides.ntw.nhs.uk/penninecare/leaflets/selfhelp/Panic.pdf

https://www.bolton.ac.uk/HumanResources/A-to-Z/A-ZForms/Panic-A4-2016-FINAL.pdf

The Mental Health Information Station runs every Thursday from 11am-3pm and is based at ‘A Sense of Some Place’ in the Walpole Hall (next to St Mary’s Cathedral), Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AW.                                                                                                          

Counselling gives you an opportunity to talk confidentially about your experiences and feelings with someone who will listen carefully to help you look at your life and your feelings in order to seek possible changes.

Drug use: Simpson house

Bereavement: CRUSE, ACORN

Post Traumatic Stress: Veterans first point, Rivers centre

Carer Support: VOCAL

Self Harm: Penumbra gives support to young people who self harm and people who experience mental health problems. We provide supported accommodation, respite care and peer support. This can be a longer term housing support service. Young people aged 16 – 25

Female support: Saheliya, Womens Aid, Link up womens support centre

Housing: Barony housing association offers emotional, social and practical support to adults who are vulnerable and who feel isolate.

Edinburgh Crisis Centre - offers sensitive, one to one support and information on a primarily face-to-face basis. The centre also provides a safe private space for people in distress to receive support, including overnight accommodation if required.  

NHS 24 

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