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.
You can download a very helpful booklet about talking thereapies which has been written by the Mental Health Foundation here. This is not designed specifically for learning disability but is easy to read.
For a short outline of these types of therapies click on information from the BBC website
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.
Click here for information about improving access to therapies for people who have a learning disability
To find a private counselling professional the Counselling Directory may help. If you use the 'Advanced Search' option on their website and add 'learning disability' in the keywords this will highlight those counsellors local to you who have experience of working with people who have a learning disability.