Psychology Enhanced Engagement Team
(Formerly known as Guided Self-Help Service)

What is it?

The Psychology Enhanced Engagement Team (PEET), formerly known as the Guided Self-Help Service (GSHS), provides a range of brief interventions for people with psychological difficulties, such as low mood, anxiety, panic, worry, sleep difficulties or stress.

The service is provided face-to-face or remotely (via NearMe videocall or telephone).

What does it involve?

You would work together, with the support of NHS trained Professionals, to learn better ways to manage your current difficulties.

PEET does not provide counselling.  The focus is on how your issues affect your life now and what may keep them going. During intervention, we do not focus on working through past trauma.

Services provided

We offer a range of individual interventions and courses within PEET. You may be considered for groups within other parts of the psychology service.

Back on Track is a programme which provides you with ways to improve mood and manage symptoms of depression. It is currently delivered individually by one of our Psychological Intervention Assistants (PIA) or PEET Assistant Psychologists (PEET APs).

Back on Track teaches techniques from cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) – a psychological therapy that focuses on the relationships between thoughts (cognitions), behaviours and feelings. CBT has been proven to be effective in overcoming low mood.

What does the course involve?

  • NHS professionals teach you evidence-based methods of dealing with low mood.
  • You receive a FREE workbook with all course content and materials.
  • You will be given tasks to complete to help you make progress such as keeping a mood diary, noticing and challenging thoughts, or changing patterns of behaviour and communication.

How will this help me?

  • Help you understand why mood can become low and what keeps this going.
  • Teach you ways to manage low mood and feelings of anxiety, plus improve your well-being.
  • Show you how to use this learning in your day-to-day life.

Anger Management is a programme which will help you to understand anger and develop ways to manage strong emotions. It is currently delivered individually by our Psychological Intervention Assistants (PIA) and PEET Assistant Psychologists (PEET APs).

Anger Management teaches techniques from cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) – a psychological therapy that focuses on the relationships between thoughts (cognitions), behaviours and feelings.

What does the Anger Management involve?

  • NHS professionals teach you evidence-based methods of dealing with anger.
  • You receive a FREE workbook with all course content and materials
  • You will be given tasks to complete to help you make progress such as practicing grounding techniques, safe space imagery, controlled breathing and progressive muscular relaxation. You will develop skills in noticing and challenging thoughts, or changing patterns of behaviour and communication.

How will this help me?

  • Help you understand anger and develop ways to start to manage difficult emotions.
  • Teach you skills and strategies to manage your anger.
  • Show you how to use this learning in your day-to-day life

Decider Skills provides you with tools to help you monitor and manage your own emotions and distress. This is delivered in a group in some areas of Fife and may be offered individually within PEET.

You will learn how to recognise your own thoughts, feelings and behaviours, allowing you to monitor and manage your own emotions and mental health. The evidence-based skills are based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy. They are designed to enable you to make effective changes to help manage distress, regulate emotions, increase mindfulness, promote effective communication and to live a more skilful, less impulsive life. The evidence-based skills cover four different areas: Distress Tolerance Skills, Mindfulness Skills, Emotion Regulation Skills and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills.

Decider skills is suitable for anyone experiencing difficulties with emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

All of our courses are delivered using lecture-style live presentations delivered by our Psychological Intervention Assistants (PIA) or PEET Assistant Psychologists (PEET APs). This is not group therapy so you will not be asked to share your experiences or to speak in front of others.

Step on Stress is a three week online course which provides you with strategies for reducing stress, anxiety and panic and increasing self-esteem.

Step on Stress teaches techniques from cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) – a psychological therapy that focuses on the relationships between thoughts (cognitions), behaviours and feelings. CBT is proven to be effective for managing stress, reducing anxiety and improving self-esteem.

The Assertiveness Course is a one-off class that provides the opportunity to learn what it means to be assertive and ways to become more assertive in your daily life.

Sleep Well is a 2 hour course that provides you with knowledge and strategies to help reduce sleep problems and improve your sleep quality. The course does not discuss specific sleep disorders but focuses on the common challenges surrounding sleep problems and how to overcome these.

Additional information is available in the How Can We Help You? > Adult Courses section. You can refer directly to the courses within the Adult Courses section.

Adult Courses

SilverCloud provides online programmes that will help teach you techniques to reduce symptoms of low mood, anxiety and stress. It is based on cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, and positive psychology. SilverCloud is very interactive and flexible. It can be used on your phone or tablet device so that you always have access to it.

For further information, visit our SilverCloud Online Therapy section.

SilverCloud Online Therapy

We have two types of PEET professionals who may be able to help you:

  • PEET Assistant Psychologists deliver brief interventions that focus on using a guided self-help approach. Usually you would meet with the PEET Assistant Psychologist for up to 4 sessions.
  • Psychological Interventions Assistant deliver CBT informed enhanced psychological interventions. Usually you would meet with the Psychological Interventions Assistant for 6-8 sessions.

The service is provided face-to-face or remotely, via NearMe videocall or telephone (although the initial assessment will be via telephone).

What does it involve?

At the first intervention appointment, your PEET Professional will aim to help you develop a better understanding of the problems you are experiencing, and a plan will be made for a brief intervention. This could include time-limited behavioural activation for depression, graded exposure for anxiety, identifying and challenging unhelpful thoughts, problem solving or panic management. We can also offer support using other online resources, including modules available on Access Therapies like CCI. CCI is a website that provides a range of self help resources, such as workbooks and modules, for a range of mental health problems. We may also be able to offer support accessing other resources and services in the community.

You would work through material specific to your difficulties, with support from one of our PEET Professionals. You may be given tasks to complete to help you to make progress, such as reading information to increase understanding of your difficulties, completing a mood diary, keeping a thought record, or recording or changing patterns of behaviour or communication. You might also be directed to other people or organisations that may be able to help you.

Most of the techniques used within PEET are based on cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), which focuses on the relationship between thoughts (cognitions), behaviours and feelings. CBT has been proven to be effective in overcoming low mood and anxiety, as well as other psychological problems.

How will this help me?

  • You will develop an increased understanding of the difficulties you are experiencing.
  • If we are the appropriate service to meet your needs, we will agree shared goals and a plan for intervention. We will then work together to help you to develop ways to manage your difficulties and improve your wellbeing.
  • We may also signpost to another service, who may also be able to help with difficulties you are experiencing. If appropriate, we may be able to support you in accessing this service.

Is the Psychology Enhanced Engagement Team right for me?

If you are interested in attending PEET, you can click below to request an assessment appointment with one of our PEET Professionals. We will look at information to see whether we believe we are the appropriate service to meet your needs, at this time. If we feel that we are not the correct service to meet your needs, we will contact you.

If we feel that PEET may appropriate for you, we will offer an initial telephone assessment appointment. During this call we will focus on developing an understanding of your current difficulties. If we are able to help, we will consider what part of our service may be most helpful for you, including our courses.

PEET is not appropriate for everyone.

The Psychology Enhanced Engagement Team may be helpful for you if you:

  • have milder difficulties, so your problems may not have a significant impact on lots of areas of your life or effect your functioning too much.
  • wish to engage in a brief CBT informed intervention and/or use a self-help approach,
  • experience difficulties such as:
    • low mood
    • anxiety
    • panic
    • worry
    • low self-esteem
    • sleep difficulties
    • stress
    • anger

The Psychology Enhanced Engagement Team is unlikely to be appropriate for you if you:

  • have difficulties that are more severe and which have a substantial impact on your life,
  • have an eating disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or addiction problems,
  • wish to focus on past trauma,
  • do not wish or feel able to use a self-help approach or you wish counselling,
  • wish to work on suicidal thoughts in the sessions.

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