An entry for the mindguide
The British Psychoanalytic Council is the leading professional association for the psychoanalytic profession and a Professional Standards Authority accredited register. It publishes a register of practitioners who are required to follow its ethical code and meet its practice standards.
It promotes excellence in psychoanalytic thinking and psychotherapy; promotes the highest standards of training and research; and works to make psychoanalytic psychotherapy accessible to all.
The British Psychological Society is a registered charity and the representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK. It is responsible for the promotion of excellence and ethical practice in the science, education, and application of the discipline.
United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) are the leading organisation for the education, training, accreditation and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors in the UK. UKCP exist to promote and maintain high standards of practice of psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling for the benefit of the public throughout the United Kingdom.
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is a professional body representing counselling and psychotherapy which also has a directory of practitioners in the UK.
The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) is a multi-disciplinary interest group for people involved in the practice and theory of behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy.
NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies provides free, confidential and easy to access mental health care to people (18+) registered with an Oxfordshire GP. The service offers a range of evidence based talking therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), employment support, as well as access to wellbeing activities for people who are coping with low mood, panic, obsessive compulsive disorder, worry, health anxiety, phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder, helping people to get better and stay well. It also works with people experiencing a long-term physical health condition (LTC) (e.g. diabetes) and/or persistent physical symptoms who are experiencing low mood and/or anxiety.
Young people aged 16 or over are now able to access the service through CAMHS Single Point of Access- Contact: oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/camhs or 01865 902 515.
For those who are registered with an Oxfordshire GP and would like to use this service or find out more about what it can offer, visit the website https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/oxon-talking-therapies/ or phone on 01865 901222 to arrange a convenient time for a telephone assessment within a few days. This will help choose the right level of treatment and choice of therapy.
Oxfordshire Mind has Wellbeing Hubs in Abingdon, Banbury, Oxford and Witney, which are part of the Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Service, split into three localities. Wellbeing Hubs provide peer support groups, a programme of short courses and workshops designed to promote wellbeing and many creative activities and groups. Some Peer support groups also take place in community settings such as cafés.
The Abingdon Hub is one of our Wellbeing Hubs, located in the Charter Complex in Broad Street, and offers Peer Support Groups and courses.
Oxfordshire Mind has Wellbeing Hubs in Abingdon, Banbury, Oxford and Witney, which are part of the Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Service, split into three localities. Wellbeing Hubs provide peer support groups, a programme of short courses and workshops designed to promote wellbeing and many creative activities and groups. Some Peer support groups also take place in community settings such as cafés.
The Banbury Hub is one of our Wellbeing Hubs, located on Britannia Road, and offers Peer Support Groups and courses.
The Wellbeing Service is open to anyone over 18 and is accessed through an Options session. Options sessions are a conversation (face to face or by telephone) with a Mind Wellbeing Worker to explore a person’s mental health, wellbeing and what might be helpful. Options sessions can be booked via the Information Service.
Wellbeing services are run across Oxfordshire in various locations including our hubs in Oxford, Abingdon, Banbury & Witney and community settings. Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Workers and Benefits Advisors are also based within the three Adult Mental Health Teams. The OMHP Wellbeing Services include: the information service and signposting, free courses on topics like managing stress and becoming more assertive, peer support groups for people with a shared experience of mental health problems, Walking for Wellbeing, expert benefits advice for people with mental health problems (provided by Benefits for Better Mental Health), Stepping into Wellbeing (Day Hospital in Oxford) and Oxford & Banbury Safe Havens. Please see Oxfordshire Mind Services section for more details.
For Oxford City and North East Oxfordshire Adult Mental Health Team (AMHT) please see secondary care and community based NHS services.
