THe NHS mental health team provide a very helpful selection of online programmes to help you build the psychological coping skills to improve your general well-being and mental health. We have had some excellent feedback from patients who have undergone these programmes and they are free with the NHS. 

The programmes have been carefully designed using clinically proven, evidence based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques that are commonly utilised by psychologists to help with a variety of mental health issues.

Access to the programmes requires a referral from our clinical team. It often takes only about a week to be contacted by the CBT Support Team once you have been referred.

The CBT therapies are split broadly into 3 different areas:

1: Wellbeing Support

2: Mental Health Issue

3: Mental health with Chronic Health Issues

The programmes run weekly tailored online sessions for roughly 8 weeks. It can be completed on a laptop or desktop. The CBT Support Team will also guide you through the programme and answer any questions you have.

Please call on 0131 537 1247 or email ccbt@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk for any further enquires.

See below for more details on each of the programmes. If you would like to be referred you can make an appointment with one of our clinical team to discuss further.  Alternatively, if you are confident which programme is right for you, simply complete the online referral form at the bottom of the page.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps by challenging the way we address specific problems in our life. It looks at how our thought, beliefs and attitudes can affect our emotions and behaviours. It  can help people change the way they feel or act  to certain situation and help explore better coping strategies and approaches to everyday problems.  

For more information on CBT, please visit the excellent mental health website , Mind.org.uk which has helpful extra resources and videos. click here

The Wellbeing support programme provide skills to deal with everyday issues that can affect your emotional health including:

• Stress
• Sleep
• Resilience
• Positive body image
• COVID-19

You can self-refer to the programme via clicking on the adjacent link. It is worth noting these programmes do have technical assistance support if needed but do not have online mental heath support associated with the programmes mentioned below.

These programmes are designed to help improve and manage symptoms of common mental health conditions:

• panic disorder
• social anxiety
• health anxiety
• OCD
• phobias
• Depression
• Perinatal wellbeing

These programmes come with technical and mental health support from the psychology team at NHS Lothian. Click on the links above for more info on each subject. These programmes require a referral to the team. If you are keen to explore , please complete the online form at the bottom of the page.

These programmes focus on the mental health aspects  of living with long term conditions including 

• Chronic pain 
• Diabetes
• Chronic Heart Disease 
• Lung Conditions
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Edinburgh mental health charity, Health in Mind are offering an Online Anxiety Management Courses via Zoom, beginning in January 2024. This course aims to teach you how to learn the tools to manage your anxiety. To visit the Health in Mind website, please click the image opposite, or click here to book a place.