You can access up to six coaching sessions which can be delivered in person or over the phone. Coaching is delivered by specially trained coaches who are not counsellors or psychologists. It is a form of guided self-help and offers practical strategies to help you work through problems such as mild anxiety, depression and day to day life stress. Next Step delivers three types of support:Ĭoaching is a short-term intensive program that uses CBT to help you work through problems you may be experiencing in your life. We will work with you and together decide what help and support you may need. Next Step seeks to use the least intensive method of care first. Helping you if you feel the need to check or do things repeatedly.Helping you face things you avoid or procrastinate about.Managing worrying thoughts and feelings.Managing social situations or tasks that you find difficult.Some examples of what you can work on in the Next Step program:
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CBT can help you learn how to change unhelpful or unhealthy habits, feelings and behaviours.
Next Step will help you identify your symptoms and work with you to better manage them using a Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) approach. These conditions can be influenced by many things including stress, change, uncertainty about situations or circumstances, or by a traumatic event. Many people experience different types of anxiety and depression. To meet varying needs, the service is offered across a continuum and delivered by a trained workforce. The service helps you access the best type of mental health support to meet your individual needs. Next Step is a free, confidential and evidence-based psychological support service which aims to improve access to treatment for people experiencing anxiety and/or depression.
The Next Step program can help you work through difficult times in your life that impact the way you function day to day. We can all become anxious and depressed at various times in our life, and this can start to affect how we function and cope.