Single point of access
SPA is the initial point of access for all adult mental health referrals in the Blackpool area operating Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm and is responsible for screening and triaging all urgent/routine referrals before signposting to the most suitable service. Referrals are received via Choose and Book, email, fax and post, from a wide variety of sources in the local geographical area. A menu of service, clustering tool, liaison with other professionals and comprehensive telephone triage assessment provides a guide for staff in determining the most suitable pathway of care.
https://www.bfwh.nhs.uk/our-services/primary-intermediate-mental-health-team/
Supporting Minds (Blackpool)
Supporting minds offers brief psychological treatment for depression and anxiety disorders
Feeling low and tearful
Feeling depressed
Feeling panicky
Excessive worrying
Feeling anxious or stressed
Sleep problems
Unhelpful or distressing thoughts
Fear of specific objects or situations.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Counselling
Guided self-help
Eye Movement Desensitisation Therapy (EMDR)
Stress control course
Online CBT
Mindfulness classes.
We can also provide information about local services that you may benefit from.
https://www.bfwh.nhs.uk/our-services/supporting-minds/
With over a decade’s experience delivering these highly specialised services, we are trusted providers of young people’s counselling support and advice. Our specialist team of qualified Counsellors are dedicated to providing the very best support to young people giving them the tools and resilience to cope with and overcome life’s challenges. We know that where possible early intervention can prevent problems from escalating. Through our work in schools we provide an additional resource for parents and teachers, working with them and the young people to bring about improvements in students’ mental health and emotional wellbeing. This in turn improves their capacity to engage with studying and learning. Our specialist team works with issues around:
Self-harm and suicide prevention
Helping young people to identify their triggers
Building resilience and using alternative coping strategies
We do this by:
Delivering one to one support and group support
Working creatively with art and play to help young people express themselves
If required, referring a young person for additional support
Check out the Butterfly and Phoenix website, which was designed by our service users. For more information go to www.butterflyandphoenix.org.
Counselling in the Community is a counselling service aiming to offer adult, children and young persons' counselling services to the Blackpool and the Fylde area. Blackpool is an area where it can be difficult to access mainstream services and private counselling can be costly, this is where we endeavour to help with an accessible and donation-based counselling service. We ask for a minimum donation of £5 subject to personal circumstances.
The Light Lounge is a welcoming and non-judgmental environment for individuals struggling socially and emotionally with life challenges or for those in a mental health crisis. The service offers support workers opposed to counselling sessions but will complete assessments for people who need secondary mental health services
Our Mental Health Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 0800 953 0110. It is staffed by trained mental health professionals who are able to provide assessment and referrals to appropriate services ring it if you need to access services or for advice about someone who needs treatment/support.
We also have a Wellbeing Helpline & Texting Service, available Monday to Friday 7pm – 11pm and Saturday to Sunday 12pm – Midnight staffed by volunteers and those with lived experience, that offers emotional support ring if you want to chat about your mental health or are lonely etc. It can be contacted on 0800 915 4640 or by texting 'Hello' to 07860 022846
Silver Cloud is a flexible online programme that can be accessed anywhere, anytime and is designed to help you learn techniques to overcome symptoms of low mood and anxiety. The idea of this programme is that you can work at your own pace, with regular reviews from your supporting Therapist who can help to guide and motivate you through the programme. It consists of evidence based techniques based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which are recognised to have a positive impact on low mood and anxiety. You will need to have an email address and access to a computer / laptop, or smartphone.
Please see the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Mental Health Directory which is a comprehensive resource that lists all available mental health provisions for the local area which students can be signposted to for counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and guided self help. Services are clearly labelled based on areas they cover alongside accepted age ranges. Please advise students to check on the individual websites before attending drop in/telephone events as they may be liable to have changed due to Covid restrictions