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Local Support
Talking Therapies - West Sussex
Talking Therapies West Sussex is a friendly and approachable service offering talking therapy 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.
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.
National Support
Talking Therapies
One in four people will have a mental health problem of some kind every year in England. You're not alone, and Talking Therapies are here to help.
Talking Therapies are a free, confidential NHS service. If you're living with anxiety and depression, they can help you get the support you need.
Chichester Counselling Service
We all face challenges throughout our lives, as we cope with relationships, change and loss. Sometimes friends and family can help. But sometimes it can feel easier to talk with someone who has special training in helping you make sense of things, to enable you to build healthier relationships and live a happier, more meaningful life.
Arun Counselling Service
ACC offers confidential counselling for various issues such as depression, anxiety and relationships. Clients develop trusting relationships with counsellors to explore feelings, past events, and future hopes, aiming to find better ways to manage challenges.
Confide Counselling
Confide Counselling (West Sussex) provides short and long-term affordable counselling for people aged 18 and over, covering the Chichester and Bognor Regis areas.
Pathfinder
Looking for advice, information and services to support your mental health and wellbeing or supporting someone else? Find out about local services here.
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.
Mind
Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
The Mix
The Mix is the UK’s leading support service for young people. They are here to help you take on any challenge you’re facing - from mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs. Talk to them via their online community, on social or via their counselling service.
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.
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.
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).
CALM (Campaign against living miserably)
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.
Young Minds
Young Minds is leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever their challenges.
Dementia UK
Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.
Single Point of Access
Single Point of Access help young people in West Sussex gain access to the best possible support.
Mind (16-25 year old)
Free support for people aged 16 to 25. If you are a young person and looking for help with your mental health, Mind have dedicated youth workers who can help.
Young People’s Shop
YPS is a charity that offers free and confidential support for young people aged between 11 and 25 who are struggling with their mental health. They are based in Chichester but aim to ensure that every young person in Chichester and Arun Districts can access help and advice when they need it.