Therapies
Narrative Exposure Therapy
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) can help to reduce distress resulting from complex or multiple traumatic experiences.
How it works
The aim of NET is to put traumatic experiences into context.
We help you to create and express a clear narrative of your life, concentrating mainly on your traumatic events but also incorporating some positive events.
This helps you to fill in details of patchy memories. In doing so, traumatic memories are refined and understood.
Reflecting on the narrative of your life can help you understand when specific thinking and behavioural patters first emerged, which can cultivate a feeling of personal identity.
What it’s like
Whilst some other therapies we offer can also put traumatic experiences into context, NET explicitly focuses on recognising and creating an account or testament of what happened, in a way that serves to recapture your self-respect and acknowledge your human rights.
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:
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing
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.