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Help with managing Coping with worries about going out

Panic Guide
Panic Guide

A self help guide for Panic. Produced by NHS Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear.

Managing agoraphobia – STOPP
Managing agoraphobia – STOPP

One of the most effective techniques for managing the panic you might experience going outside – even before it starts – is to STOPP

Exposure therapy
Exposure therapy

Overcoming agoraphobia is possible. The treatment is called exposure. Exposure means gradually facing your fear until anxiety falls.

Exposure Hierarchy
Exposure Hierarchy

A useful tool for identifying what make you anxious and how severe the anixety you feel is in different situations

Tips on managing change in our lives
Tips on managing change in our lives

We all have to cope and manage with change in our lives for lots of reasons. Here are some tips and thoughts on navigating through a period of change.

Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a psychological therapy based on the relationships between what we think, what we do and how we feel. CBT teaches you how to recognise and tackle problems in the here and now, rather than in the past.  

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If you, or someone you know, is in crisis and in imminent danger of causing harm to themselves or others, call 999 immediately

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