Self Help

General Wellbeing

Living Life to the Full – Free online courses

A number of free online courses covering low mood and stress and all of the common linked problems this causes.

Self-Help Leaflets

A number of useful self help leaflets produced by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
An NHS website full of expert advice and practical tips to help you look after your mental health.
A simple guide produced by mental health charity MIND to improving your mental and emotional wellbeing.
A varied collection of podcasts looking at all aspects of mental health and wellbeing.

Stress

Breathing techniques and exercises to relieve stress from this free App.

Anxiety

A free mood and thought journal app to help and support your cognitive behaviour therapy journey.
SAM is a free, user friendly app that offers a range of self-help methods to help you manage your anxiety.

Depression

A series of useful guides covering a range of topics to help relieve low mood, anxiety or depression.
A free, easy to use app to help tackle depression via six effective tools.
A useful website featuring links to books, apps and other tools to help you overcome depression.

Mindfulness & Relaxation

A popular and simple to use app to help you relax and improve your sleep through meditation.
An app designed to teach everyday mindfulness and meditation techniques to help you relax.
One of the most popular meditation and sleep support apps which teaches relaxation techniques.

Living with a long term health condition

A collection of books recommended by people with lived experience and health professionals that are free to borrow.
This website features links to books, apps and other tools to help you manage your health condition.
This inspiring talk is one of many that explore how you can see your health condition in a different way. Use search terms such as mental health, health condition or wellbeing to find more talks.

Disclaimer: The links above are some of the websites that our service users may find useful. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Wellbeing Service is not responsible for any of the content displayed within any of the websites listed and do not endorse any of the services or products.

Urgent Help

We are not an emergency service but if you are struggling to cope with everyday life and need immediate help or know someone who is they should refer to their GP or out of hours GP service.

Alternatively, contact the Access Team (available 24/7):

If you’re having suicidal thoughts

To talk to someone who is trained to listen contact the Samaritans on 116 123

They are there for you 24 hours a day and all calls are free.

If you are about to seriously harm yourself or have harmed yourself.

Call 999 and ask for help or go straight to your local Accident & Emergency department.

If you fear you may harm someone else

Call 999 and ask for urgent help.

Important Notice

In order for us to process your referral we need to collect details about you.

Once you self-refer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) will create a patient record which will be stored on the secure MPFT database.

For further information and details regarding why we collect your personal data, how it is used and who we may share it with please refer to Privacy Notice :: Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (mpft.nhs.uk)

Should you wish to discuss this prior to self-referral please call 0300 303 0923

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