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At Young Somerset, we have Wellbeing Practitioners (community and school based) who are trained in Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (LI-CBT) for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

The practitioners use practical methods, tools and techniques, to help the young person learn ways of coping with anxiety, low mood and phobias. You may be offered support in a group or 1:1.

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Wellbeing Practitioners can work with individuals/groups to provide interventions in cases of…

• Social anxiety 
• Separation anxiety
• Mild, specific phobias such as fear of dogs, spiders, the dark etc. 
• Mild to moderate OCD (lasting for less than an hour a day)
• Generalised Anxiety disorder (GAD)
• Low to moderate health anxiety 
• Panic disorder 
• Low mood 
• Nurturing positive relationships with primary age children
• Minor/mild self-harm.

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Low intensity CBT is not always effective, and the young person may not be able to benefit from this intervention if they are experiencing or have recently experienced:

• Trauma
• Eating disorders
• Complex Family relationships
• Grief/Bereavement 
• Bullying 
• Severe depression 
• Anger management 
• Extensive phobias such as blood, needles, vomiting.
• Severe/complex OCD (lasting more than an hour a day)
• Attachment issues
• Pain management 
• Severe self-harm where there is a high risk of harm to self or others or intent to end life.
• Attempts to end life in the last 3 months.

 

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If you are looking for support for the above, counselling may be better suited at this time. Counselling provides a space to process your feelings and allows you to reflect on things which have happened in the past. 

For issues with bullying, we recommend that you speak to your school or college.

Low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (LI-CBT) requires a commitment on the part of the young person to engage, complete the practice tasks and attend every session for the therapy to be successful. Therapy should usually be completed within a 6-8 week time frame.

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If you'd like to request wellbeing support click on the options below to complete an online form.

Please note, we are not a crisis service and there is a waiting list for our LI-CBT support. If you need immediate help, please call 999. Please click here for more support https://www.youngsomerset.org.uk/need-support-immediately

If you need any help completing the form please contact [email protected]