{"id":21,"date":"2023-03-03T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/talking-therapies-oxon\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:15:08","slug":"one-to-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/getting-help\/one-to-one\/","title":{"rendered":"One to one support"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Telephone guided self-help<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-499\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/04\/one-to-one-support.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/04\/one-to-one-support.jpg 550w, https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/04\/one-to-one-support-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Telephone guided self-help is the first step to access one to one support.<\/p>\n<p>It involves working through self-help material specific to your difficulties with support from your psychological wellbeing practitioner (PWP).<\/p>\n<p>You will receive up to six 30-minute sessions of guided help. The sessions are normally held every two weeks. Most appointments are via telephone or digital unless a clinical need is identified in which case sessions can be face to face.<\/p>\n<p>We will introduce you to self-help material to help you to get the most from it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-do-dont-list\"><h3 class=\"nhsuk-do-dont-list__label\">Benefits<\/h3><ul class=\"nhsuk-list nhsuk-list--tick\">\n<li class=\"nhsuk-icon__tick\">Telephone appointments provide more flexibility<\/li>\n<li class=\"nhsuk-icon__tick\">Sessions can take place from your home<\/li>\n<li class=\"nhsuk-icon__tick\">Regular contact with a practitioner to keep you on track<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\" id=\"Enter ID\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">What others have said about their experience of this support<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><div class=\"ohft-testimonial ohft-testimonial-arrow-left  ohft-all\"><div class=\"ohft-testimonial-content\">\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve ever done anything like this, and it really went well for me. Even though appointments were done through the phone it still felt like you cared so much, you have such a reassuring and comforting voice which helped so much too.\u201d<\/div><div class=\"ohft-testimonial-author\">Guided self-help user<\/div><\/div><div class=\"ohft-testimonial ohft-testimonial-arrow-right  ohft-all\"><div class=\"ohft-testimonial-content\">\u201cVery helpful, it\u2019s completely changed my train of thought, I understand how to deal with my problems now. I used to find a problem in everything, but now I\u2019m able to problem solve and use the worry management techniques to tackle them and stop them turning into issues.\u201d<\/div><div class=\"ohft-testimonial-author\">Guided self-help user<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<h2>Expectations<\/h2>\n<p>What to expect from us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our team are supervised and trained in the therapies offered to ensure you receive the highest quality of care.<\/li>\n<li>We work alongside you and are committed to keeping you and others safe. There may be occasions when we need to share some information with other services to do this.<\/li>\n<li>To help you in the best way we can, we keep information about your care on a secure and confidential computer system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What we expect from you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To commit to time limited appointments and be willing to consider the idea of making changes to get the most from therapy.<\/li>\n<li>Tell us as soon as possible if you are unable to attend your appointment.<\/li>\n<li>If you do not come to a booked appointment we will call and then write to you to see if you would still like treatment. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you no longer want therapy and will refer you back to the care of your GP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/06\/Getting-ready-for-therapy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting ready for therapy leaflet<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Other forms of one to one support<\/h2>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT)<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Behavioural Couples Therapy is an approach that can help people in a relationship when one or both is suffering with depression.<\/p>\n<p>It is a form of behaviour therapy that aims to identify and change unhelpful relationship patterns that may feed into depression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Cognitive Behaviour Therapy has been proven to be effective for a wide range of emotional and physical health conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This is a structured therapy that helps clients explore how their thoughts and actions can really affect how they feel.<\/p>\n<p>Doing less can sometimes make you feel rested but at other times leave you feeling low like you have not achieved enough.<\/p>\n<p>Cognitive Behavioural Therapists help people to understand and make changes to unhelpful thoughts and behaviours which negatively impact on a person\u2019s mood.<\/p>\n<p>These unhelpful thoughts and behaviours are often responsible for helping to maintain depression or anxiety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Counselling for Depression (CfD)<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<ul>\n<li>CfD involves an exploration of a client\u2019s \u00a0feelings and whether or not these match up to what is really going on.<\/li>\n<li>New ways of understanding difficulties may develop which might offer more self-acceptance and provide opportunities to make positive changes.<\/li>\n<li>Rather than focusing on symptoms or problems, CfD focuses on the client themselves and is less structured than CBT or IPT.<\/li>\n<li>It is an evidence based treatment for depression within NHS Talking Therapies services, which typically lasts for \u00a06 \u2013 20 sessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT)<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy is a 16 session model of treatment for low mood. It is a psychodynamic approach that helps the individual understand the connection between their low mood and significant patterns in their relationships. To do this we identify a core (often unconscious), repetitive pattern of relating to people. This pattern is the focus for the therapy.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely to be useful if patients hear from the outset that as with most therapies Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy considers that your experiences in the past affect how you think and feel in the here and now.<\/p>\n<p>However, this therapy focuses on, and works via, exploring the choices people make now in their relationships (how they behave, what they say, the expectations they have etc.) and the understanding that this is central to their experience of low mood.<\/p>\n<p>DIT helps the patient to challenge unhelpful ways of relating to people, find and test more productive\/helpful ways of relating to people on the understanding that this could lead to a more positive mood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy that has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).<\/p>\n<p>In traumatic situations the intensity of psychological distress can mean the brain is unable to process information normally. EMDR uses a method known as \u2018bilateral stimulation\u2019, usually through side to side eye movements, whilst focusing on distressing memories with the therapist. This helps the brain process frozen or blocked information and, as a result, traumatic memories lose their intensity and become less distressing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"x_Signature\">\n<div>Within NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies we offer EMDR for people experiencing PTSD.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Interpersonal Therapy focuses on your relationships with others and problems you may be having in your relationships, such as difficulties with communication or coping with bereavement.<\/p>\n<p>Your therapist will ask you questions to help you to take stock of the relationships that are important to you, looking at their strengths and any problems.<\/p>\n<p>Once you and your therapist have gained a clearer picture of the relationship difficulties that are connected with your symptoms, you can then agree on the main relationship problem areas that therapy will focus on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<h2>Locations<\/h2>\n<p>One to one treatment can be received face to face at venues across Oxfordshire or digitally via Microsoft teams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/oxon-talking-therapies\/contact\/find-us\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">How to find us<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">What if I am outside of the UK?<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>If you are outside of the UK (holidaying, studying or working) at any time, we are unable to offer you care.<\/p>\n<p>Our clinicians will routinely ask about your whereabouts as part of checking you are in a confidential and safe place to be able to proceed with the appointment, if not you will be offered the opportunity to rebook for when you are back in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telephone guided self-help Telephone guided self-help is the first step to access one to one support. 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