1point work in partnership with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust (GMMH), to deliver Step 3 Counselling and Couple Counselling for anxiety and depression in Bolton, through the national NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression scheme.
If you or your partner have been diagnosed with suffering from depression or anxiety, you must initially contact Bolton Psychological Therapy Service, if you wish to access an NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression counselling session with 1point. You can do this by:
What is NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression?
NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Counselling has been developed to offer an alternative choice of talking therapy, alongside their predominant delivery of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT), to help people suffering from depression.
This is sometimes referred to as ‘low mood’, where someone is consistently critical of themselves, feels worthless or is left with unresolved issues from their past. Physical symptoms of depression can include muscle tension, pain, headaches, insomnia, and feelings of restlessness
Counselling aims to help you get in touch with the feelings underlying your depression, to express these, make sense of them and develop new ways of looking at yourself and the world around you. This is achieved by counsellors focusing on how you feel and understanding your situation from your point of view.
Introducing NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Couple Counselling at 1point
1point has a number of therapists who are specially trained to help people in relationships were one or both partners are experiencing depression or low mood. This NHS funded therapy looks at the way depression affects you both and aims to help couples change the way they communicate and behave towards each other.
It is important that both partners are willing to work together in therapy and committed to attending up to 20 sessions. The sessions offer an opportunity to learn new skills, such as different coping strategies and ways of communicating. Between sessions couples are encouraged to reflect together on what has been discussed and put into practice what they have learned.