BARNSLEY IAPT

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme is a national initiative that aims to increase the availability of NICE recommended psychological treatments for depression and anxiety.

IAPT should be planned and not offered in an acute crisis. It is not focussed on all mental health conditions but specifically on mild to moderate ‘common’ mental health conditions which include:

• Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Specific Phobias
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder (with mild functional impairment)
• Panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia)
• Social Anxiety
• Health Anxiety
• Depression.

Our team of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Counsellors and Cognitive Behavioural Therapists are able to offer the following therapies:

• Step 2 - Low Intensity - Guided self-help with a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP). This intervention can be delivered via a group or one to one and is offered over 6-8 sessions.
• Stress Pac (6 sessions of psycho-education in a group format)  Workshops (2 hour sessions delivered in a group setting)
• Step 3 High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 12-16 sessions delivered in both one to one and 12 week course formats.
• Counselling for depression.
• Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) 8 -12 sessions.

You are able to self refer to our services, please visit our website www.barnsleyiapt.co.uk

Accessing the Service 

The person must be age 16 or over, have symptoms suggestive of a mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression. -

• The service is available to Women in the perinatal period. -
• The service accepts self-referral, referrals from any health care professional or voluntary organisation.
• The person must consent to the referral; if consent is not gained then the referral cannot be accepted.

You can refer online through our website where you can complete an online referral form.  If you are unsure whether the service can meet your needs then please ring and discuss your needs with the Duty worker.  The service does hold The Rainbow Tick.

Assessment When initially accessing the Barnsley IAPT service an assessment will be carried out, lasting approximately 45 minutes. The purpose of this is to assess the person's current needs and to ensure that the correct treatment option is selected. Our clinicians are also able to signpost people to other services if deemed more suitable to the identified needs of the person.