Therapies Registration
Book a personal wellbeing assessment, and start your journey to better mental health with Lancashire Mind.
You can now book your personal wellbeing assessment through Calendly, just select the date and time that works best for you from the calendar below.
Following your wellbeing assessment – weekly virtual sessions will be:
- Trainee counsellor or CBT therapist session – £30
- Counsellor or CBT therapist – £45
- EMDR therapist – £65
This service is to support mild to moderate mental health issues. You can choose whether you would like to access support from an experienced trainee therapist or a qualified therapist; subject to availability.
Lancashire Mind are an Organisational Member of BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy) and a silver award holder of the Trauma Informed Quality Mark.
Therapy FAQ
What is Counselling?
Counselling is a non-directive approach led by you, the client. Our therapy service provides a non-judgemental, empathetic, and supportive environment to help you explore your experiences and find your own solutions.
It is a talking therapy where you do most of the talking while the counsellor supports and guides the process. Counselling works at your pace and offers a safe space to talk about what you need. It is focused on self-exploration, emotional understanding, and personal growth, and is often less structured.
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a structured, time-limited approach that helps you target specific problems by identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours. CBT focuses on the connection between your thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, and actions.
It works by breaking problems into manageable parts and developing practical strategies for improvement. CBT focuses on your current difficulties rather than past issues, helping you find solutions you can use in everyday life.
CBT is a team effort, with tasks to do between sessions, called “homework,” which help you stay on track and make steady progress.
What is EMDR?
EMDR is a structured, evidence-based therapy that helps people process and recover from traumatic or distressing experiences. It involves safely bringing difficult memories to mind while using techniques such as side-to-side eye movements, tapping, or sounds (known as bilateral stimulation) to help the brain process these memories in a healthier way.
Before any processing takes place, you and your therapist will spend time preparing, understanding your experiences, identifying memories to work on, and developing ways to manage difficult emotions. You remain in control throughout and can pause or stop at any time. EMDR is not hypnosis.
The aim of EMDR is to help traumatic memories feel less distressing, so they become easier to manage and no longer have the same emotional impact.
Are you in receipt of an income or disability related benefit?
If so, due to external funding you may be eligible for some free support. Please note you will be requested to provide proof of this following your assessment, (excludes EMDR therapy)
Currently this option is closed to new registrations:
Free support places are currently fully booked until the funding resets in August 2026. We are actively looking to secure additional funding in the mean time to support this service.
Are you are professional making a referral?
Our Therapies service operates on a self-referral basis. This means we don’t accept professional referrals and don’t receive background information from other organisations. The service is fully client-led, ensuring that each person’s own voice, goals, and readiness shape the therapeutic work from the very first session.
It’s important that anyone using the service is aware of the referral and is actively choosing to seek therapy for themselves. For organisations, please do promote the service and make clients aware of the support available. However, because the model relies on proactive engagement, it may not be the best fit for individuals who need additional support to take part in the process.
Why do you charge £10 for assessments?
We charge a nominal fee for our assessments as we are a small charity and use this to go towards staff time to deliver the service.
Our assessments are charged at a standard rate of £10.
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