Supported self-help programme

Supported self-help is a free, five session programme. We give you the materials to understand and manage your feelings and we call you regularly to give you support.

You don’t need a GP referral to sign up for supported self-help. To access you must be aged 18 or above, registered with a Bexley GP or live in the Borough of Bexley.

This is a one-to-one self-help service, not a counselling service. But our practitioners do use counselling based skills in their support. It incorporates some Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) style tools but also provides other kinds of support.

This is delivered by a 40-minute initial assessment to determine suitability, followed by five 20-minute sessions via Telephone or Video per week. (In some cases, there can be a 6th session for signposting).

Our one-to-one self-help service can support you with:

• Anxiety and panic attacks
• Coping with grief and loss
• Loneliness and feeling lonely
• Low self esteem
• Low mood and depression
• Managing anger
• Managing stress
• Understanding menopause

Hear more about our self-help programme

In this short video you can find out more about the programme.