Preventative mental health support in Liverpool

Our Wellbeing Centres provide recovery-focused mental health support to people living in Liverpool.

We can help people experiencing the challenges of living with anxiety, depression and other forms of emotional distress.

Recovery can take time, so we provide safe, nurturing spaces, enabling people to heal, understand, gain control and move forward with renewed meaning and purpose in life. People are invited to attend our recovery courses to learn new techniques, strategies and skills with support from others.

What kind of mental health support do we offer?

We have a variety of courses to suit a wide range of people:

Personal development courses: enabling people to recognise and develop their own personal resourcefulness, resilience and talents. These range from anxiety management and coping with depression to mindfulness and assertiveness.

Arts and creative courses: we believe that everyone is creative and that creativity can play a powerful role in a person’s mental health recovery. We offer a range of courses that help people express themselves.

Peer-support groups: the people we support benefit from two sorts of expertise: professional and personal. Peer-led groups enable people with personal experience of mental distress to offer and receive support from each other.

What are the benefits of referring to PSS Wellbeing Centres?

Referring someone to PSS Wellbeing Centres: 

• gives them access to our team of brilliant wellbeing practitioners, who can support them to move towards recovery 
• encourages people to feel more in control and able to manage their own health and wellbeing;  
• supports them to improve their economic situation and manage practical issues such as debt or housing; 
• promotes social inclusion and helps people stay connected to their communities; 
• supports people to become more physically active; 
• reduces the number of revolving-door patients by providing longer-term support;
• provides a safe, nurturing space for them to talk about what they’re experiencing; and 
• allows people experiencing emotional distress to meet others who have experienced similar things.   

How do we assess the support people need?

When we meet someone new, we assess where they're at and what their needs are. Not only does this help us meet them where they are, but it also helps us to see how we can measure their progress.

General Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (the GAD) : The GAD is made up on a number of questions which ask people about their anxiety over the previous weeks. It asks about things like anxiety levels, how worried people are, and how easy they find it to relax. 

 Patient Health Questionnaire (the PHQ): The PHQ is another self-assessment tool which looks at levels of depression. It asks about things like how people are feeling generally, how easy they find it to concentrate and what activities they have been doing.  

 Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMBWS): SWEMWBS is a self-assessment tool which is used to assess mental wellbeing. It asks about how people have been feeling about different areas of their life over the previous few weeks.  

 We repeat these assessments at key points in a person’s journey with us. This helps us make sure we’re doing everything we can and assess the impact our support is having on that person

Make a referral to PSS Wellbeing Centres

We take self-referrals and referrals from professionals such as:

• GPs
• social workers;
• community nurses; and
• psychiatrists

Please click the button below to fill out a form, and send it on to: wellbeingcentres@pss.org.uk 

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Can I talk to someone from the PSS Wellbeing Centres?

Gives us a call on 0151 708 0415 and we’ll talk you through the different options we might have for you.

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