Accessing Talking Therapies

February 26, 2026

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Accessing Talking Therapies

NHS Talking Therapies can treat common anxiety conditions.
If you’re struggling with obsessions and compulsions, anxiety in social situations, flashbacks of a traumatic event or with panic attacks, obsessing about your appearance, or a phobia – being able to get on with your life again is cause for celebration.


NHS Talking Therapies treatment involves talking to a trained professional about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Treatment can be in-person, on the phone or an online course. It gives you practical skills and techniques to overcome a range of mental health conditions like obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic disorder, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and phobias.


NHS Talking Therapies are effective, confidential and free treatments that can also be delivered in your chosen language – including British Sign Language (BSL), and for those whose first language is not English, via multi-lingual therapists or confidential interpreters.


Find out more, or refer yourself at nhs.uk/talk.