Our Talking Therapies service at Total Wellbeing Luton is a free and confidential NHS treatment designed to help with common mental health problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression for anyone aged 16 years and over, registered with a Luton GP.
Categories:
Leaving hospital
Mental health support
Managing a long-term health condition
Mental health
Services for older people
Service access criteria:
As a primary care talking therapies service we are not able to provide an emergency response and therefore any referrals to support with unstable risk or safeguarding concerns should be referred to the appropriate agencies.
Clients should be aware of the requirement to engage in therapeutic intervention for the following:
Suitability criteria for professionals
- Depression
- Stress
- Poor sleep
- Anxiety Disorders: (Specific Phobias, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD and BDD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Health Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic (with or without Agoraphobia)
- Low Self Esteem
- Long Term Physical Health Conditions and pain
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Somatoform conditions
- Complex grief
Unsuitable referrals
- Under 16
- Imminent or unstable risk of harm to self or others
- Severe impact on functioning (i.e. unable to attend and commit to regular talking therapy appointments, severe self neglect)
- Severe and enduring mental illness such as Psychosis, Bipolar Affective Disorder, Eating disorders
- Support for Personality disorders and/or emotional regulation
- Primary problem of substance, alcohol or other addictions
- Significant learning disabilities or cognitive impairment
- Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD) – including multiple childhood trauma or prolonged multiple trauma
- Behavioural problems such as impulse control issues and aggression
Additional needs catered for:
Wheelchair accessible
Physical disability friendly
Non English speaking friendly
Mental Health, Talking Therapies, Anxiety, Depression, Low Mood, Stress