The Psychological Skills Service (PSS) is a service for people who experience significant difficulties with their mental health, whilst also managing to keep themselves safe and relatively well without significant support from services.
How to contact
Phone
Where to go
Available throughout South Cambridgeshire District
UK
Melanie Staley, the team's Clinical Psychologist talks about the origins, aims and content of the Psychological Skills Service:
What to expect
To find out more about the Service, who it is for and how it works, take a look at this link.
Referral to the Psychological Skills Service is via your GP who will arrange a further assessment by a Mental Health Liaison Practitioner from the Primary Care Mental Health Service, either online or in person. Once you have been referred, a member of the team will contact you with a view to establishing the type of therapy and set of psychological skills which are going to be most useful for you and your specific set of challenges. Depending on the programme you are referred to, the number of sessions offered will vary and is usually in the range of 8-24. Sessions may be in person, on-line or a combination of both, depending on the type of help best for you.
More information
The Psychological Skills Service webpage has information about session content in their 'What Does the PSS Offer?' dropdown section as well as practical information, such as parking and how to contact them in the event that you cannot attend a session.
Information about other sources of support for you mental health can be found on the Keep Your Head website
This service is free to access.
If you need support with your mental health, remember you can always reach out to your GP. If you need urgent help, please call the First Response Service on the NHS 111 helpline and select the mental health option.
How to contact
Phone
Where to go
Available throughout South Cambridgeshire District
UK
