Talking Therapies
Treatments that do not use medication to help a person with their mental ill health are called 'talking therapies'. People can be prescribed medication and still have these therapies at the same time though.
The therapies detailed in the following pages are all 'talking therapies' but each will happen in a different way.
For a short outline of these types of therapies click on information from the BBC website or the Mental Health Foundation.
Each are considered in more detail in the following pages on this section.
It might be a good idea to also read the 'Making a referal' page on this website.