NHS Kent and Medway Talking Therapies is a free service that provides short-term, evidence-based treatments for common mental health problems.
This service offers both online support and in-person therapy across Kent and Medway. If you'd like to explore our Supported Online Therapy, please follow this link instead.
Our self-referral process:
You can self-refer to our talking therapies service by calling, texting, or clicking on the refer button. If you click refer, you'll be taken directly to our digital assistant pop-up which means you don’t have to go through your GP or other healthcare professional.
We work with people in Kent and Medway who are experiencing:
• Depression and low mood
• Stress
• Panic and agoraphobia
• Worry and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
• Phobias
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Health anxiety
• Social anxiety
• Long-term health conditions
Our services can be accessed both online and in person, and include:
• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• CBT based guided self help
• Computerised CBT
• Counselling for depression
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression (IPT)
• Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT)
• Couple’s therapy and Counselling for Depression
We can only accept referrals for people who:
• Are aged 17.5 or older
• Are registered with a GP in Kent and or Medway
• Are not already engaging with any other mental health services
Please note that we are not an emergency service. If you need help with a mental health crisis or emergency, you should get immediate support. Call 999 or 111 and select the mental health option.
We can only accept referrals for people who are aged 17.5 or older, are registered with a GP in Kent and or Medway, and who are not already engaging with any other mental health services.