{"id":4504,"date":"2023-10-18T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/?page_id=4504"},"modified":"2025-12-09T07:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T07:55:31","slug":"nhs-talking-therapies-for-anxiety-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/nhs-talking-therapies-for-anxiety-and-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Talking Therapies (for anxiety and depression)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3090\" src=\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Picture6-675x450.jpg\" alt=\"A man and a woman sitting down on comfy chairs in an office and talking\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Picture6-675x450.jpg 675w, https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Picture6.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Psychological treatments, including\u00a0cognitive behaviour therapy, are effective in treating anxiety and depression and are often recommended first, particularly for mild to moderate anxiety and depression. You can refer yourself to a local team by visiting:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Self-referral services<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmmh.nhs.uk\/bolton-talking-therapies\">NHS Talking Therapies Bolton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penninecare.nhs.uk\/talkingtherapies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS Talking Therapies Bury, Oldham, Stockport, Tameside<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NHS Talking Therapies Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebiglifegroup.com\/hmrtalkingtherapies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Big Life Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NHS Talking Therapies Manchester: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebiglifegroup.com\/manchestertalkingtherapies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Big Life Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NHS Talking Therapies Stockport: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebiglifegroup.com\/stockporttalkingtherapies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Big Life Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmmh.nhs.uk\/trafford-talking-therapies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS Talking Therapies Trafford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglifegroup.com\/service\/traffordselfhelp\/\">NHS Trafford Talking Therapies &#8211; The Big Life group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmmh.nhs.uk\/wigan-talking-therapies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS Talking Therapies Wigan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Referral through your GP\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NHS Talking Therapies Salford: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmmh.nhs.uk\/salford-talking-therapies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salford Talking Therapies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychological treatments, including\u00a0cognitive behaviour therapy, are effective in treating anxiety and depression and are often recommended first, particularly for mild&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4504","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NHS Talking Therapies (for anxiety and depression) - Mental Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Psychological treatments, including\u00a0cognitive behaviour therapy, are effective in treating anxiety and depression and are often recommended first, particularly for mild to moderate anxiety and depression. 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