Mental Health

Walsall Talking Therapies Service

Self-referral Guide

This service is for people registered with a Walsall GP surgery

Depending on your needs, we can provide many kinds of treatments in line with best practice, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, guided self-help, Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (cCBT) and our series of six, weekly wellbeing courses.

What is Talking Therapy?

Talking therapy is a type of treatment that involves talking to a therapist about your thoughts and feelings to help manage depression and anxiety symptoms. The purpose of talking treatments is to help you understand your feelings and behaviour better, and to change your behaviour or the way you think about things.

Once we receive your referral we will contact you by telephone to offer you a brief screening assessment of 20-30 minutes. We will discuss your current needs/difficulties and what type of therapy might be best for you. We can also suggest alternative services that might be better suited to meet your needs

For therapy to work you need to be committed and motivated to attend all sessions offered.

To Self refer visit https://walsalltalkingtherapies.nhs.uk/

Download leaflets

• Walsall Talking Therapies YA Service Leaflet
• Walsall Talking Therapies Leaflet – Version 2 2023
• Talking Therapies Employment Service Flyer v2

Other Services

C.A.L.M: National helpline for men to talk about any issues they are feeling, which exists to prevent male suicide in the UK – 0800 58 58 58.

Papyrus is a dedicated service for young people up to the age of 35 who are worried about how they are feeling or anyone concerned about a young person. 0800 068 41 41 text 07786 209697 or email pat@papyrus-uk.org

website papyrus-uk.org

Rethink Advice and Information Service Opening hours are 9:30am to 4pm Monday to Friday. Outside of these hours, please use the contact form below. 0300 500 927.

Samaritans
Samaritans offer emotional support 24 hours a day. 116 123 (free to call). SANEline provide mental health information and support between 4.30pm – 10.30pm daily. 0300 304 7000 SANEline.

Walsall Bereavement Support Service offers bereavement support to bereaved residents of all ages from the Walsall borough. Offers a monthly support group for those bereaved by suicide on first Wednesday of every month.

Kaleidoscope Plus Group offers bereavement support on 4th Monday of the month at Walsall College for those bereaved by suicide.

Suicide Bereavement Support Partnership (SBSP) is the UK’s national hub for organisations and individuals working across the UK to support people who have been bereaved or affected by suicide.

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide is a self-help organisation which exists to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close.

Alcoholics Anonymous

01384 482 929

If you seem to be having trouble with your drinking, or if your drinking has reached the point where it worries you a bit, you may be interested to know something about Alcoholics Anonymous programme of recovery from alcoholism. For more information visit alcoholics- anonymous website

Addaction

01922 646 262

Addaction is Britain’s largest specialist drug and alcohol treatment agency, and we can offer help and advice to anyone affected by drug and alcohol misuse.

Victim Support

Walsall Support Group 01922 644 000

Help, emotional support and assistant on rape, sexual assault and other crimes. National Charity [Local Rate] 0845 30 30 900 Victim Support is the national charity which helps people affected by crime. They provide free and confidential support to help you deal with your experience, whether or not you report the crime.

Samaritans

Walsall branch 01922 624 000
National helpline, Local Rate 0845 790 90 90

Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. Whatever you’re going through, whether it’s big or small, don’t bottle it up. We are here for you if you’re worried about something, feel upset or confused, or just want to talk to someone. We offer our service by telephone, email, letter and face to face in most of our branches. The Samaritans website

RELATE Walsall

01922 626 004 (Relationship counselling for adults)

Citizen’s Advice Bureau

01922 700 600 (Advice on Benefits, Financial, Legal and Debt problems)