Improving Access to Psychological Therapy

North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) is asking you to look after your mental health by contacting its talking therapies service if you are experiencing depression or anxiety disorders such as:

• panic attacks

• anxiety

• excessive worry

• phobias

• post-traumatic stress disorder

• agoraphobia

• obsessive compulsive disorder

• stress

• relationship difficulties

 There are many types of talking therapies available and some are better for certain problems, conditions and people than others.  If you are experiencing any of the conditions mentioned and live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge or Waltham Forest, you can contact the NELFT talking therapy services for your borough without a GP referral. Talking therapy is available to individuals and couples who live in one of the four boroughs mentioned, are over 18, have a local GP and are not already being treated.

To help you decide which one would be most suitable for you, contact talking therapies, which NELFT calls improving access to psychological therapy services (IAPT), for your area by telephone or email.

Barking and Dagenham call 0300 555 1018 or email bdiapt@nhs.net

Havering call 0300 555 1042 or email havering.iapt@nhs.net

Redbridge call 0300 555 1220 or email rdb.psychology@nhs.net

Waltham Forest call 0300 555 1271 or email, Walthamforest.iapt@neflt.nhs.uk

For further information contact the NELFT communications and marketing team on 0300 555 1299 or email communications@nelft.nhs.uk.

You can find out more about the IAPT services here.