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Depression

How we can help

If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, excessive worry or low mood, we are here to help.

Anxiety and worry
Long-term health conditions
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Depression

Most people go through periods of feeling down, but when you’re depressed you feel persistently sad for weeks or months, rather than just a few days.

Some people think depression is not a genuine health condition, but they are wrong, it is a real illness with real symptoms. Symptoms of depression include feeling hopeless, losing interest in things you used to enjoy, poor sleep and changes in appetite.

When you feel depressed thoughts and behaviours can make you feel worse so you can stop a lot of things and think a lot more negatively. This can then maintain your depression.

Treatments for depression work in different ways. Some help you to start doing more things again to lift your mood by giving you a sense of enjoyment or purpose. While other support may look at changing any negative thoughts to help you feel more confident and motivated

You may also be offered counselling for depression which will focus on emotions and processing these linked to difficult life events.

Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

What is Silvercloud? Silvercloud is an informative online therapy programme, proven to support wellbeing and help you learn ways to manage low mood and anxiety.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a 1-1 talking therapy which is recommended by NICE guidelines to address a range of presentations including anxiety, depression, OCD…

Courses

Our courses are based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and support people to understand their difficulties while teaching them tools and techniques to overcome them.

Guided self help

Where a therapist coaches you as you work through a self help course in your own time, either using a workbook or an online course.