NORTHERN EMOTIONAL WELLBEING SERVICE

The Northern Emotional Wellbeing Service (NEWS) exists to provide talking therapy and mental health support within the community. Our team of counsellors will collaborate with you to ensure that you get the most appropriate form of treatment, helping you to build resilience and learn new mechanisms for coping with difficult emotions and situations. 

 Funded by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Links Counselling Service are committed to providing for you, a professional and accessible service within various locations across the Trust areas.

 Your GP will do an initial assessment to ensure that NEWS is the best service for you.

What do we do?

After your referral, one of our Counsellors will contact you for a triage phone call. This counsellor will talk with you and help assess what might be the best course of action for you to feel well again. This might be one of the following options;

Community Group Programmes - see our ‘Programmes’ page for more info

Single Session Therapy (SST) - one session focussed on managing problems or emotional distress

·         1-to-1 support through talking therapy, which may include CBT, Solution-Focused Therapy or counselling support

Computerised CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

Where services exist within your community that may be of help, we will work with you to ensure that you can access on going resources within your locale.