What we treat
Long Term Physical Health Conditions
Long Term Conditions
Our Long Term Conditions Team works with people who are experiencing stress, anxiety and low mood, who are also living with a long-term physical health condition.
Living with a long-term condition can be challenging. Many people with long-term conditions or persistent physical symptoms like chronic pain or fatigue can experience times when they feel worried, stressed or down.
Feeling like this can change how you think and feel about yourself and impact on what you do in your daily life. These feelings can also make it harder for you to feel in control of, and manage, your long-term condition the way you want to.
It is very common when living with a long-term health condition to experience lots of changes, including:
Comparisons to our former self
Comparisons to other people who appear to be coping better
Feeling rejected, dismissed or unheard by medical professionals
Feeling hopeless, dejected and anxious about the future
Feeling burdensome to others and that we are letting others down
Feelings of alienation from people close to us and/or wider society
Feelings of frustration at changes in our ability to manage daily tasks
Difficulties adjusting to a different pace in our life
Talking Therapies Portsmouth offer a wide variety of options to provide mental health support for people experiencing difficulties because of their long-term health conditions.
The therapists who work in the team receive specialist training and supervision for working with people who have both long-term physical health conditions and emotional challenges such as stress, sleep problems, low mood or anxiety.
We work with the mental health impact of any long-term physical health condition.
We have also developed close working links with other care teams, both in the hospital and community, including but not limited to cancer, stroke, persistent pain, chronic fatigue, diabetes (type 1 and 2), hormonal health conditions, cardiac conditions, respiratory conditions, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Neurological Disorder.
Talking Therapies Portsmouth also welcome friends, family and carers whose mental health has been affected by the long-term health condition of a loved one.
Conditions we can support
Persistent Pain Team, Chronic Fatigue syndrome team and Functional Neurological Disorder team
Cancer
Diabetes
Heart Conditions
Respiratory Conditions
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Long Covid
We also support Hormonal Health Conditions including:
Perimenopause
Menopause
Endometriosis
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Low Testosterone
Please see our Hormonal Health page for more detailed information.
Other struggles
Read more about the other difficulties we treat:
Worrying lots about different things
Flashbacks or nightmares of a trauma
Obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviours
Talking therapy
If you’re struggling with stress, read about the talking therapies we offer to see how they could help you. You may also like to read some feedback and encouragements by those who received therapy with us.
Self-help resources
Be sure to check out our useful section of self-help resources for wellbeing.
Employment advice
Alongside therapy our Employment Team can help you find employment or training, and support you with workplace adjustments or disputes.