The EDIE team and our service

The EDIE team consists of a number of professional staff to offer advice for people living with Unusual Experiences, and to support them in their day-to-day lives.

The team consists of

• Mental Health Nurses
• Occupational Therapists
• Clinical Psychologists
• Assistant Psychologists
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapists
• Support Time Recovery (STR) Workers
• Peer Support Workers
• Family Intervention Practitioners

How can the EDIE team help me?

The service aims to prevent these difficulties getting worse and from developing into further mental health problems, and we are here to work with people seeking extra help to get their life back on track. We do this through the following methods:

• A careful and detailed assessment of what you have been experiencing
• A look at all aspects of your life that may be relevant
• A chance to talk with someone to make sense of your Unusual Experiences
• Information about Unusual Experiences, and advice on how other people have coped with similar experiences
• Signposting for advice with housing, benefits and finances
• Support in getting back to work or study, or in taking up new opportunities
• Talking therapy; individually or as part of a group
• Thoughtful referral or transition to other support or services if this is needed

Everybody’s journey is different. Some people find that with support their unusual experiences do gradually fade away or become less intense, others learn to manage them as part of their lives.