WALKING WITH THE WOUNDED - HEAD START

For ex-service personnel managing mental health issues, Head Start from Walking With The Wounded provides private therapy sessions without the wait.

We help veterans get support with emotional wellbeing and mental health problems. For example, depression, anxiety, PTSD, or adjustment disorder. Working with the NHS, military charity and mental health charity partners, we provide access to talking therapies through accredited private therapists close to wherever the individual lives.

We know talking therapies can have a positive impact on people with mental health and emotional wellbeing. Head Start only ever uses therapies that are evidence based and recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), both proven to support improved mental health and wellbeing.

Head Start is a national service that gets ex-Forces personnel rapid mental health support. From the point that you complete our referral and consent form to treatment, we will try to get our clients talking to a therapist within 10 days.

Ex-military personnel can receive up to 12 private counselling sessions. For those who prefer face-to-face therapy sessions, they can usually see a therapist within 10 miles of their home. For digital support, we will arrange therapy sessions around our client’s existing commitments to make sure the therapy works for them and their family.