Therapies
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness is moment-to-moment awareness of our experience, without judgement. Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) can help you to break negative thought patterns.
How it works
The therapy combines mindfulness techniques like meditation, breathing exercises and stretching with elements from Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).
We introduce you to skills to better respond to the ‘ups and downs’ of everyday living and enhance your general wellbeing.
The therapy aims to help you be more in the present moment, realise that you are not your thoughts, and be kinder to yourself.
What it’s like
Whilst all the therapies we offer have the potential to help you cultivate awareness, MBCT does this in a more intentional way.
By practising the skill of deliberately paying attention to what happens in our mind and body, we become more familiar patterns and habits.
You will learn to spot your own ‘warning signs’ early, before stress, depression or anxiety become too overwhelming. You can then make plans for how best to respond rather than reacting in old, familiar, often unhelpful ways.
The therapy is offered as an eight-week course. In between sessions, there are home practices that take approximately 60 minutes per day.
You may like to read some feedback and encouragements by those who received therapy with us.
Other therapies
Read more about the different types of therapy we offer:
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia
Difficulties we treat
If you’re going through a hard time, we want you to know that you’re not alone and good support is now available. We provide talking therapies for all kinds of common mental health difficulties.
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.
Make the first step
We know the courage it takes to ask for help, and we hope you’ll consider therapy with us. Read more about what to expect if you refer.
Talking Change is for everyone aged sixteen or over, who live in Portsmouth and are registered with a GP in the city.
You can self-refer by calling us on 0300 123 3934 or by completing this secure form online.
Urgent help
Talking Change is not an emergency mental health service for people in crisis. Support is available from specialist services if urgent help is needed.