NHS Manchester Talking Therapies

Our online therapy platform, Silvercloud, provides access to a range of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programmes that can help you work on anxiety, low mood and stress. These programmes can be accessed in your own time, anywhere, from a device connected to the internet. You will also have access to Silvercloud for one year after therapy.

You will be supported throughout the programme by one of our practitioners (with weekly or fortnightly support calls for 6 weeks) who will provide guidance and tailor the online therapy to meet your needs.

Workshops at NHS Manchester Talking Therapies can provide you with skills and techniques to manage how you are feeling in the ‘here and now’. Our workshops will help you learn how to manage emotions and negative thoughts, which will have a positive impact on your life.

Low Mood Workshop

Overcoming Worry Workshop

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction workshop

Click here to make a referral to one of our workshops.

As part of your therapy, you might work with a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) who will provide talking therapy, based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), that can help with common mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression.

As part of your therapy, you might work with a Counsellor who can help you to identify any problems in your life, allowing you to reflect on what is happening and consider alternative ways of doing things.

Wellbeing Sessions

We offer a selection of wellbeing taster sessions designed to support your mental health and give you an introduction to helpful Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tools and techniques. These pre-recorded sessions are freely available for anyone visiting our website and can be a useful first step in exploring whether our service is right for you.

Each session lasts around 30-45 minutes and can be watched at your own pace.

Available taster sessions:

Managing Stress
Learn practical CBT strategies to understand and manage stress more effectively.
Watch the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja29z4AYG4Q

Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing
A gentle introduction to wellbeing techniques designed for those who are pregnant or have recently had a baby.
Watch the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zzHj0JcCYY
Join us for an in-person session

We also run these wellbeing sessions in person throughout the year. If you’d like to attend a face-to-face session, please contact our Community Engagement team to book your place: communityengagement.mcr@thebiglifegroup.com

Ready for more support?

If you find the taster sessions helpful and feel you may benefit from further support, you can refer yourself to our service at any time.

If you’re not sure about what therapy might be most helpful for you, then please use the form below to arrange a conversation with one of our practitioners about the options available to you.

Click here to make a referral to speak to a practitioner.

We provide instant access to SilverCloud – an informative online therapy programme proven to help with stress, anxiety, low mood, and depression.

Flexible, use it anytime, anyplace, anywhere…

Whether at home, work or elsewhere. On a computer, tablet or on a mobile phone. Work flexibly at a steady pace.

State of the art technology…

Includes easy to follow programmes with:

• Video clips
• Interactive quizzes
• A journal
• Audio-guided mindfulness exercises
• Reflective exercises… and more

Accessible and easy to use…

You work independently with guidance from one of our practitioners who will offer weekly or fortnightly support calls for 6 weeks. The programmes consists of evidence-based interventions including; activities and concepts from Cognitive Behaviour Therapy all recognised to have a positive impact on low mood and anxiety.

How do I access?

Click here to make a referral for online therapy.

Our workshops will help you learn how to manage emotions and negative thoughts through various evidenced-based tools and techniques.

1 – Contact with our service: Once we have received your referral, a member of our team will contact you to provide you with further details, and book you on to your chosen workshop. If we think one of our other options may be more suitable we will discuss this with you.

2 – Attend, learn & practice: Our workshops cover a different tool each week. It is recommended that these are practiced each week in-between sessions to gain the most benefit.

3 – Workshops are facilitated by qualified practitioners.

4 – There is no need to share and talk about your problems if you do not wish to do so. You can participate as much or as little as Find out more about our workshops below:you like. Our workshops aim to be relaxed and informative, providing you with the skills to manage your symptoms. Our workshops are not group talking therapy.

A six-week workshop for people who are experiencing symptoms related to low mood and would like to create healthy coping strategies and promote ongoing wellbeing. You will be guided through various evidenced-based tools and techniques based on principles from Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT).

CBT focuses on the here and now, and continues outside of sessions. CBT aims to help you see the links between your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Providing you with the skills to improve day-to-day management of the symptoms of low mood, such as increasing motivation and challenging negative thoughts.

Click here to make a referral to a workshop.

A six-week workshop for people who are experiencing symptoms related to worrying and would like to create healthy coping strategies and promote ongoing wellbeing. You will be guided through various evidenced-based tools and techniques, based on principles from Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT).

CBT focuses on the here and now, and continues outside of sessions. CBT aims to help you see the links between your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Providing you with the skills to improve day-to-day management of the symptoms of worrying, including: relaxation techniques, letting go, problem solving and challenging negative thoughts.

Click here to make a referral to a workshop.

An eight-week evidenced-based workshop that helps people disentangle from their stresses by strengthening their capacity to observe what is happening in the present moment, non-judgmentally. The workshop includes Mindfulness Meditations, Mindful Movement, Mindful Walking, Self-Compassion and numerous different theories and concepts to help people cultivate loving awareness of themselves in their lives, increasing wellbeing.

Click here to make a referral to a workshop.