Here for you : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Here for You

If you’re feeling low, overwhelmed, or stressed, we can help. Our team of qualified psychological practitioners offer expert free, confidential wellbeing support for people working in any role in the health and social care sector in Surrey and North East Hampshire.

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Here for You is dedicated to promoting positive wellbeing and providing people working in the NHS and other health and care organisations in Surrey and North East Hampshire with confidential psychological support.

Funded by NHS England, Here for You offers both one to one support and group workshops to help overcome and manage a range of issues that can affect mental wellbeing. These include: stress, burnout, the menopause, conflict at work, financial hardship and living with long COVID. We are here to listen to your experiences, help you make sense of what you are feeling, and explore coping strategies as well as further support options.

Whether you work in a GP practice, a hospital, a care home, social services or the voluntary sector, if you are involved in some way in the health or social care sector, please contact the team today, we are Here for You. This service is also for students, trainees and agency staff.

We are sorry to announce that Here for you is not currently accepting referrals for one to one support or bespoke team sessions. This is due to the very high volume of referrals that we are receiving. This pause does not affect anyone who is already receiving support from our service.

Our Live Workshops are still available to book.

We will keep the situation under review and as soon as we are able to start taking requests for one to one and bespoke team sessions again, we will post an announcement on our website. Please accept our apologies for this disruption to the service. Please contact your organisation to discuss other support options.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or emotional distress, please contact our 24 hour Mental Health Crisis Helpline on: 0800 915 4644. You can also visit one of our out of hours Safe Havens in person or virtually for advice and support from a mental health practitioner.

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1:1 Support

Your stories

George

George, a 50 year old male nurse working on a busy ICU ward, requested a 1:1 support session with a member of Here for You. He was struggling with flashbacks, panic, and difficulty sleeping that had worsened in the last couple of months after an incident at work. George had been unable to let a dying patient’s relatives come in-person to say goodbye due to COVID-19 restrictions at the time. He was struggling with feelings of guilt, ruminative thoughts, and anger that presented when on his way to work, seeing members of the public without masks or becoming hyper-vigilant when hearing others’ cough or come too close to him.

After a 1:1 session where he was able to speak openly in a safe and confidential environment he was offered an appropriate way to help him navigate his struggles called SHAPE coaching.
He agreed to have six telephone coaching sessions at a regular time each week. George received internet links to different modules before each session and he completed each module as appropriate. Mindfulness and various exercises explored in the modules were used to help George and at the end of six sessions, George demonstrated a significant decrease in his struggles symptoms. He expressed benefit in learning tools and techniques to help him manage distress, and he was keen to explore his career further in line with the values he identified throughout our work together.

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2 days ago
It was a pleasure meeting all of the Doctors and Practice Nurses at Surrey Heath's education day this week. It was great to be a part of the day delivering a bespoke session on health and wellbeing, thank you!
3 days ago
Ramadan begins today, a month of fasting, prayer and reflection. Those who are fasting will experience changes in eating and sleeping habits and daily routine. These can all impact our physical and mental health, so it is important to look after yourself during this period.
1 week ago
#WorldSleepDay is an opportunity to promote the importance of sleep health. If you are looking for ways to improve your sleep, sign up to our upcoming Sleeping Well workshop at Here for You: hereforyousurreyneh.nhs.uk/how-we-can-hel…
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We have a range of live workshops coming up over the next few months at Here for You that provide useful information, practical coping skills, as well as space to reflect. Book onto an April workshop here: hereforyousurreyneh.nhs.uk/how-we-can-hel…. We hope to see you at one of our live workshops!
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Today is the start of Neurodiversity Celebration Week! This week is all about celebrating the unique strengths of those who think differently, and recognising the challenges they can face. To find out how you can support this cause visit: neurodiversityweek.com

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