Mental Health

Local Support

Time to Talk

Time to Talk is a friendly and approachable service offering talking therapies to people who are struggling with:

Stress, Worry and General Anxiety
Depression
Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia
Phobias
Social Anxiety
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Health Anxiety
Post Natal Depression
Low Self Esteem or Low Confidence
Relationship difficulties
Bereavement and Reactions to Loss

We are a team of trained and supervised, psychological therapists who see patients in GP surgeries or community venues within the West Sussex area. We offer a range of talking therapy treatments and with you, decide which one will be of most benefit to you.

We check how you are feeling at every session to ensure you are progressing within your treatment plan, and make changes if needed. What you tell us will remain confidential except in the most unusual circumstances, for instance if we are concerned about your safety, or the safety of others.

Time To Talk website

Sussex Recovery College

Sussex Recovery College offers educational courses about mental health and recovery which are designed to increase your knowledge and skills and promote self-management. This may help you take control and become an expert in your own wellbeing and recovery and get on with your life despite mental health challenges.

Sussex Recovery College website

National Support

VitaMinds

Free mental health support from the NHS, offering evidence-based talking therapies as well as advice and guidance on community services. VitaMinds provide therapies for low to moderate mental health illnesses like depression, low mood, excessive worry, anxiety, stress, sleep problems and others.

You need to be aged 16 or over and registered with a GP in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

You can refer yourself in a few different ways:

Talk to the digital assistant via our website here.
Fill out an online form here
Call 0333 200 1893 (Mon-Thu 8-8, Fri 8-5 and Sat 9-1)
Text ‘YOU’ to 88802

VitaMinds website

Mind

Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

0300 123 3393

MIND website

Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through a network of local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning. The goal is to make sure everyone affected by severe mental illness has a good quality of life.

0808 801 0525

Rethink website

Anxiety UK

Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected.

03444 775 774

Anxiety UK website

Samaritans

Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

116 123

Samaritans website

Combat Stress

Combat Stress is the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. For a century, they’ve helped former servicemen and women with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

0800 138 1619

Combat Stress website