The Counselling & CBT with Meridian Wellbeing service is for working-age adults aged 16-65 who are experiencing low mood, anxiety and other common mental health issues. If you’re not of working-age and would still like to access the service, please get in touch with us and we’ll connect you with the right service for you.

Our service is currently for UK residents. We are exploring how to widen our service offer.

The Counselling & CBT with Meridian Wellbeing service follow strict NHS confidentiality and psychological governing body guidelines. What you share with your therapist is strictly confidential and no information is shared to any third party. The exception to this rule is around situations to ensure the safety of yourself and others. For more information on this please get in touch with us.

This is up to you. The Counselling & CBT with Meridian Wellbeing service can be delivered face-to-face, by telephone, or via video conference, whichever way you prefer.

At Meridian Wellbeing, our counselling & CBT and NHS Talking Therapy service is not limited by geography and location. You can receive the same quality of service wherever you are based.

The NHS Talking Therapy service is a national service and is typically based on the location of your GP. There are different settings where NHS Talking Therapy is offered including hospital settings as well as community-based services.

If English is not your first language, please let us know. At Meridian Wellbeing we may have therapists on our team who will be able to deliver treatments in your mother tongue. We’ll do our best to assign a suitable therapist based on your needs and requests.

That is absolutely fine. Your mental health and wellbeing needs are at the heart of the service. If you have a particular request, please let us know and we’ll do our best to manage and accommodate your personal care needs.

Throughout the therapy, you are always in the driving seat. You can have an assessment, consider the therapist’s recommendations and then decide if you’d like to have therapy or not. If you feel you are doing better, you can let your therapist know and you don’t need to continue with the sessions. Your clinician will be pleased that you’ve made good progress. At any stage, the choice is yours. 

For NHS Talking Therapy services it often requires a referral from your GP, support worker or health professional. At Meridian Wellbeing, you can also self-refer to the service and we will discuss with you the most appropriate service in detail. Simply get in touch with us and we’ll link you in with a member of the team at the Barnet Wellbeing Hub to help provide you with more information.

If you are a health professional and would like to refer someone, please contact us.

It’s important that the person in receipt of therapy is ready and willing to work on their wellbeing and engage with their therapist. Allowing the individual to make the choice themselves is a great first step to begin the path to improve their wellbeing and improve the chances of lasting positive outcomes from the therapy.

Please ask or support them to refer themselves to the service, to Meridian Wellbeing, or for them to speak to their GP about the Counselling & CBT with Meridian Wellbeing service.

If you are a health professional and would like to refer someone, please contact us.

1. Following a referral to the service, your referral will be screened to make sure that the talking therapy service is the right service for you. Once screened, you will be assigned to a trained therapist who will arrange an appointment with you to conduct an assessment. This is to better understand the issues you are going through and help to gauge what services will be the most beneficial for you.
2. Once the assessment is conducted, your case will be reviewed. Depending on your needs, you will then be assigned to the waiting list for our Counselling & CBT with Meridian Wellbeing service, or our NHS Talking Therapy equivalent service.
3. For our NHS Talking Therapy equivalent service, you will be assigned to one of the following intervention steps:
   - Treatment - A course of up to 8 sessions lasting around 30mins each of Guided Self-help.
   - Counselling – A course of up to 10 sessions lasting around 50mins with a Counsellor
   - CBT – A course of up to 10 sessions lasting around 50mins with a CBT Therapist
4. Your therapist may feel that talking therapies at this time is not the right service for you. They will discuss this with you and share the most appropriate service they feel will help you.

Throughout your sessions, you may be asked to complete regular questionnaires that help your therapist gain a better understanding of your issues. This will help to monitor your progress. Your therapist will also introduce to you relevant tools and techniques to help you better manage your wellbeing. Through working with your therapist, the more you put in the more you will get out of the therapy.