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Long-term Health Conditions

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

Living with a Long-Term Health Condition (LTC) can be stressful and difficult to manage at times and it can often impact how you feel, which can then affect how well you manage or don’t manage your long-term health condition. It is known there is a link between mind and body and understanding this can help manage symptoms.

For many people, stress, anxiety, and low mood can make physical symptoms worse, or more difficult to cope with.

Plymouth Talking Therapies can support:

Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) conditions

Including fibromyalgia, chronic pain, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Breathing conditions

Including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary disease, pulmonary hypotension, Long COVID.

Diabetes

Including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions

Including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoporosis.

Heart conditions

Including heart failure, coronary heart disease angina, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia valve disease, cardiac arrest, cardiovascular disease, and heart attack.

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.