Stockport secondary care psychological therapies
We work with peopled aged 16 and above who are currently being supported by one of the community mental health teams, or who are currently admitted on a mental health inpatient ward. We also provide consultation and support to staff.
Inpatient wards
On the mental health inpatient wards, you can be referred to the ward psychologist by ward staff.
We don't offer psychological therapy on the ward but you can be offered a number of formulation sessions. These formulation sessions are a way of helping you and your care team to understand the difficulties that you are experiencing, why they have arisen, how they are being maintained, and what interventions might help.
Group work is also offered on the ward to help you understand any difficulties, what causes them, and what will help your recovery.
We also run staff training and support staff using reflective practice groups, de-brief sessions and peer-supervision groups.
Support in the community
We have a range of psychological therapists working in our team including clinical psychologists and cognitive behavioural therapists.
You can be referred to us by your community mental health team's care coordinator for individual or group therapy. Some of the individual therapies we currently offer are:
- Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
- Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive analytic therapy (CAT)
- Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
The group therapies we currently offer are:
- Everyday mindfulness
- Bipolar relapse prevention group
- Hearing voices drop-in group
- Regulating emotion through acceptance and change (REACh)
We also offer neuropsychological assessments. This looks at how your brain is managing certain areas of thinking, such as remembering, concentrating and problem solving, if you are experiencing these difficulties as well as mental health needs.
Community mental health and psychiatry colleagues can also access support from our service through consultation, training and supervision.
*Please note that the above offer can vary at times dependent on staffing levels and capacity.