North Tyneside

North Tyneside Psychological Therapies Service is an integrated service which includes the IAPT service. Both Low Intensity (CBT Coaches) and High Intensity (Cognitive Behavioural Therapists) form the IAPT staff whilst other Mental Health Practitioners and Clinical/Counselling Psychologists provide intervention for those patients unsuitable for the IAPT service due to the complexity, co-morbidity, longstanding or severity of their psychological difficulties.

IAPT SERVICES:

Low Intensity IAPT (CBT Coaches) work with patients presenting with milder depression and anxiety disorders. They offer Supported Self Help face to face or via telephone appointments.

A range of courses are also offered including, Assertiveness, Balanced Lifestyle and Managing Stress. These course can be accessed by self referral via North Tyneside Adult Learning Alliance where these courses are advertised in their Educational Brochure.

CCBT (Computerised CBT) is now also offered, and can be accessed in the patients home or in local libraries.

The High Intensity Service (Cognitive Behavioural Therapists) offer up to 20 sessions of face to face CBT for people presenting with depression and anxiety disorders (including Panic, GAD, OCD, PTSD, Social Anxiety, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia). CBT therapeutic Groups are also offered, currently for Depression and Panic Disorder

We also have Employment Advisors attached to the team who can support people referred to the Service with work related difficulties.