It is important that you do not re-refer yourself before your first treatment appointment.

To receive your treatment recommendation by email, please enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the page.

Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service are following NHS England’s ‘Digital First’ guidance by offering most of our therapy either by telephone, online video conferencing or live online classes.  Delivering therapy in this way is proven to be just as effective and comes with the added benefits of being more flexible and safer during Covid. If you have any concerns about your treatment being delivered online or via telephone then please contact us.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder Recovery Group

Next steps: a member of our mental wellbeing team will be in touch with you within the next few days to book you on to the next group that is convenient for you.

This 6-week course focuses on helping you to reduce and better manage anxiety – and specifically worry. It teaches a variety of strategies including managing physical symptoms of anxiety, worry management, problem solving, improving sleep, relaxation techniques, reducing avoidance and safety behaviours. Two-hour classes, once a week.

Facilitated by qualified practitioners, the course is based on low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT is a very practical approach to treatment that helps us to understand how our thoughts, feelings, behaviours and physical symptoms are connected and help us to make changes to improve how we feel.

This is a psycho-educational class, which means you and others will be listening and learning about worry and ways to manage it, as well as being invited to join in with some of the techniques you will be learning. This is not group therapy, and there is no expectation for you to join in or share any personal information. You will receive an online workbook for each session which covers what was taught and helps you to put it into practice.

As a service, we are committed to adapting our services to meet the needs of our diverse client group. However, if you have any individual needs that will enable you to engage in these services – for example, if you need to speak to a therapist of a specific gender due to a traumatic experience, or if you have any cultural needs – please contact the service on 01138434388 or send us an email at lmws.queries@nhs.net. We will try to meet these needs wherever possible.

Other help while you are waiting for treatment

The Mindwell website is the single ‘go to’ place for information about mental health in Leeds.  Mindwell provides quick, easy and up to date mental health information.

If you experience a mental health crisis while you are waiting for treatment and need urgent help please call 111 or visit Mindwell for more information about crisis services.

If you feel that the treatment recommendation is not appropriate for your needs, please contact us via email on lmws.queries@nhs.net