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This service is available to residents of:
- Wandsworth
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Access to this service is by:
- Self-refer
- Social Prescribers
What is supported self-help?
Supported self-help is a free, 6-week guided programme. We give you the materials to understand and manage your feelings. And we call you regularly to give you support. You don’t need a GP referral to sign up for supported self-help.
This is a one-to-one guided self-help service, not a counselling service. But our practitioners do use counselling based skills in their support. It incorporates some Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) style tools but also provides other kinds of support. The service is delivered in partnership with National Mind.
How it works:
If you move forward with supported self-help, we’ll invite you to a 40-minute session to discuss in more detail what support you’re looking for. We can help you to explore a range of things, such as anxiety, anger management, depression, feeling alone, menopause, grief and loss, and self-esteem. Each week we’ll call to check in on how you’re doing and give you any support you might need. We’ll also send you materials to help you understand and manage your feelings.
These might include:
- explaining how and why we experience difficult emotions
- a thought diary
- mindfulness techniques
In your last session, together we’ll review how you’re feeling and talk about the ways the course has helped. We’ll talk about what’s next and if we can support you in other ways.
How do I sign up?
- Click here to register and sign up for supported self-help by chatting with Limbic, our virtual referral assistant
- Limbic should pop up on your screen straight away. If not, click the round button with a pink dot inside it (at the bottom right of your screen)
- Limbic will walk you through the referral process, helping you understand if supported self-help is right for you
- It will take around 6 minutes to complete
Who is it for?
- Supported Self-help is a service for anyone who feels their emotions are getting on top of them. You don’t need to have a diagnosed mental health problem to access the service.
- You can also access the service if you have an existing treatment plan for your mental health. We will support you to know whether the programme is right for you. If you have different needs, your practitioner will put you in touch with other services.
- Unsure if this will help? Get in touch and we’ll help you understand if supported self-help is right for you
Does it work?
In a recent survey, the service has found that:
- The service was rated 9/10 by clients and almost 100% would recommend it
- 84% of people said their anxiety improved
- 85% felt less depressed
- 83% reported an improvement in their mental wellbeing.
Contact
If you have any questions, they may be answered in this FAQs document.
If you’ve still got others, please get in touch with [email protected]