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Self Help


NHS - Where to get urgent help for mental health

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health

Find your local NHS psychological therapies service (IAPT)

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-a-psychological-therapies-service

Reading Well Booklist

https://reading-well.org.uk/books/books-on-prescription

NHS Self Help Advice

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/self-help-therapies/

Information and links to sources of self-help approved by the NHS

NHS Every Mind Matters

https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/

Providing useful resources to help you spot the signs of common mental health concerns, offering practical self-care tips and guidance, and explains when to seek further support. There is a free NHS approved online tool on the Every Mind Matters website, which helps you build an action plan to deal with stress and anxiety, boost your mood, improve your sleep and help you feel more in control.

Living Life To The Full

www.llttf.com

This online tool is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high quality, practical and user-friendly training in life skills. The course content teaches key knowledge in how to tackle and respond to issues/demands which we all meet in our everyday lives

Get Self Help

www.getselfhelp.co.uk

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) has been proven to help mental health problems. This website offers CBT self-help information, resources and including therapy worksheets

NHS Inform

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/mental-health

This site is designed to help people think about emotional problems and work towards solving them.

No More Panic

www.nomorepanic.co.uk

Provides valuable information for sufferes and carers of people with Panic, Anxiety, Phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders.

NHS Mental health page

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/

Whatever you need to know about coping with stress, anxiety or depression, or just the normal emotional ups and downs of life, the NHS Choices Moodzone is here to help. It offers practical advice, interactive tools, videos and audio guides to help you feel mentally and emotionally better.

Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Trust Self Help Leaflets

https://web.ntw.nhs.uk/selfhelp

The self-help guides on various topics such as Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Self Harm and Panic are available to download in several formats - these include:- A4, A5, large print, easy read. You can also listen to the guides, as well as download MP3 audio copies of the guides by clicking the relevant leaflet in the bookcase.

Psychology Tools

www.psychologytools.org/download-therapy-worksheets.html

Free downloadable cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) worksheets, formulations, and self-help resources

Centre for Clinical Interventions

www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/ consumers.cfm

Specific modules about different types of problems that you can complete online, or you can save the modules to your computer and work through them onscreen in your own time. Alternatively, you can print out the modules and work through them by hand

For children, students, parents, carers and school/college staff

https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2021/09/03/mental-health-resources-for-children-parents-carers-and-school-staff

Antidepressant Withdrawal Help

https://withdrawal.theinnercompass.org/

https://www.letstalkwithdrawal.com/

https://www.willhall.net/files/ComingOffPsychDrugsHarmReductGuide2Edonline.pdf

Find Alcoholic Addiction Service in your area

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/other-services/Alcohol-addiction/LocationSearch/1805

Drug & Alcohol

https://www.turning-point.co.uk/

Self Help NHS workbooks

https://web.ntw.nhs.uk/selfhelp/

Work


Publications

Bullying-and-harassment-in-the-workplace-a-guide-for-managers-and-employers.pdf

Tools, templates and checklists

manage-mental-health.pdf

Business Balls

www.businessballs.com

This is a free learning and development resource for people and organisations. The philosophy of the website is intended to be ethical, practical, innovative, compassionate and enjoyable.

Health and Safety Executive Stress Standards

http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/

The HSE Management Standards cover six key areas of work design that, if not properly managed, are associated with poor health, lower productivity and increased accident and sickness absence rates.

Financial Wellbeing - Payplan

www.payplan.com/debtadvice

Coaching and Mentoring Health and Wellbeing

https://www.wlc.ac.uk/images/Coaching_and_Mentoring_Toolkit_v2_final_26.3.2021_1.pdf

ACAS: Free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice

https://www.acas.org.uk

testimonials

Annica Goodwin

Assistant Chief Executive

“The Listening Centre is exceptional in terms of their overall work ethic including reliability, confidentiality and professionalism whilst at the same time providing the authority with good value for money.”

Ian Williamson

Occupational Health Manager

“Having worked with The Listening Centre for over a year now, from day one they have been a pleasure to engage with in order to help us provide the essential support to our staff when needed.”

Dr Sarah Leighman

Head of Organisational Development

“We were consistently impressed by The Listening Centre’s expertise which has helped our Occupational Health and HR teams both resolve workplace conflicts, sustain attendance and get employees back to work.”

Cathy Pepper

HR Manager

“Lichfield District Council are proud to collaborate with The Listening Centre, who have been providing a first class, seamless welfare support solutions to our workforce since 2003.”

Louise Williams

Regional Education Manager

“Working with The Listening Centre was (and continues to be) an outstanding experience. Results speak for themselves with amazing outcomes they are our first point of contact for complex employee dispute resolution.”

Zoe Harris

Occupational Health Manager

“It’s a pleasure to work in partnership with The Listening Centre. They consistently provide a professional, confidential, and reliable service. Always approachable and available to respond to the needs of our organisation.”

Debbie Glasgow

Occupational Health Manager

“The Listening Centre provides an outstanding service and we consistently receive positive feedback from our employees. The entire team is accommodating, supportive, efficient and simply amazing!”

Stacey Deakin

Chief Personnel and Compliance Officer

“We’re proud of our long standing collaboration with The Listening Centre. The team are compassionate, friendly and helpful. The results speak for themselves and we’re grateful for such a reliable and trusted source.”

Sarah Greswolde

Mental Wellbeing Practitioner

“The Listening Centre is a valued part of our wellbeing provision. A reliable, flexible and proactive provider, always keen to work in partnership and genuinely invested in the quality of care they deliver.”

Wendy Jennings

Group HR Manager

“The Listening Centre has provided their full suite of services to us for many years. Their input is both accessible and value for money, keeping the majority of our employees in the workplace, rather than being off sick.”

Rosie Leach

HR Business Partner

“We’ve worked with The Listening Centre for a number of years and the service they provide has been invaluable, especially during the pandemic. It’s with great pride that we can offer the service to our employees.”

Helen Keenan

Former Headteacher/Principal

“We pride ourselves on the wellbeing of our staff. The Listening Centre’s an important additional support. Feedback is positive and the impact very powerful. I highly recommend TLC to employers who’re committed to looking after the health of their staff.”

Jane Selman

Head of HR

“We use The Listening Centre to provide counselling. Feedback is always positive. We highly recommend TLC to other employers. They offer a quality, confidential service that is good value for money.”