SilverCloud
What is it?
An online program that will help teach you techniques to reduce symptoms of low mood, anxiety and stress…
SilverCloud provides private and secure access anywhere, anytime, to evidence-based, online programs that will help teach you techniques to reduce symptoms of low mood, anxiety and stress. During this current pandemic we have a COVID-19 module which focuses on low mood and stress and also additional programmes available for people suffering from mental health issues related to Long Term Conditions. Based on cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, and positive psychology, SilverCloud is very interactive and very flexible. It can be used on your phone or tablet device so that you always have access to it.
Condition Specific Sessions
Space from COVID-19 –SilverCloud Modules
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Mindfulness – This module introduces you to the benefits of mindfulness and how you can apply it in your everyday life.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space in Chronic Pain from Depression & Anxiety
Core Modules
Welcome To SilverCloud- This short module introduces you to the programme.
Getting Started – This module shows you the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or CBT) for chronic pain, and introduces some of the key ideas of the programme
Understanding Feelings – This module takes a closer look at moods and emotions. In this module you can explore different aspects of emotions, physical reactions, action and inaction, and see how they are all connected.
Boosting Behaviour – This module looks at how doing things a little differently can be a really great way to start to lift your mood.
Spotting Thoughts – This module looks at the impact of unhelpful automatic thinking on your mood. It also helps you to tune in to your thoughts and to recognise any common thinking errors.
Challenging Thoughts – This module takes the next step in helping you tackle distorted or overly negative thinking patterns which can impact your mood.
Managing Worry – This module introduces you to the role of worry in anxiety. You will learn how to cope with and manage your worry more effectively.
Anxiety & Your Health – In this module, you can explore the unhelpful behaviours that are common in health anxiety and learn to identify and manage these behaviours.
Core Beliefs – This module shows the role that deeply-held core beliefs can play in mood.
Bringing It All Together – In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space in CHD from Depression & Anxiety
Core Modules
Welcome To SilverCloud- This short module introduces you to the programme.
Getting Started – This module shows you the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or CBT) for CHD, and introduces some of the key ideas of the programme
Understanding Feelings – This module takes a closer look at moods and emotions. In this module you can explore different aspects of emotions, physical reactions, action and inaction, and see how they are all connected.
Boosting Behaviour – This module looks at how doing things a little differently can be a really great way to start to lift your mood.
Spotting Thoughts – This module looks at the impact of unhelpful automatic thinking on your mood. It also helps you to tune in to your thoughts and to recognise any common thinking errors.
Challenging Thoughts – This module takes the next step in helping you tackle distorted or overly negative thinking patterns which can impact your mood.
Managing Worry – This module introduces you to the role of worry in anxiety. You will learn how to cope with and manage your worry more effectively.
Facing your Fears- This module will help you to break your fears down so that you can start to face them, and also reduce your anxiety.
Core Beliefs – This module shows the role that deeply-held core beliefs can play in mood.
Bringing It All Together – In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times- The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space in Diabetes from Depression & Anxiety
Core Modules
Welcome To SilverCloud- This short module introduces you to the programme.
Getting Started – This module shows you the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or CBT) for Diabetes, and introduces some of the key ideas of the programme
Understanding Feelings – This module takes a closer look at moods and emotions. In this module you can explore different aspects of emotions, physical reactions, action and inaction, and see how they are all connected.
Boosting Behaviour – This module looks at how doing things a little differently can be a really great way to start to lift your mood.
Spotting Thoughts – This module looks at the impact of unhelpful automatic thinking on your mood. It also helps you to tune in to your thoughts and to recognise any common thinking errors.
Challenging Thoughts – This module takes the next step in helping you tackle distorted or overly negative thinking patterns which can impact your mood.
Core Beliefs – This module shows the role that deeply-held core beliefs can play in mood.
Facing your Fears- This module will help you to break your fears down so that you can start to face them, and also reduce your anxiety.
Managing Worry – This module introduces you to the role of worry in anxiety. You will learn how to cope with and manage your worry more effectively.
Bringing It All Together – In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times- The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space from Health Anxiety
Core Modules
Welcome To SilverCloud- This short module introduces you to the programme.
Getting Started – This module shows you the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or CBT) for health anxiety, and introduces some of the key ideas of the programme.
Understanding Feelings – This module takes a closer look at moods and emotions. In this module you can explore different aspects of emotions, physical reactions, action and inaction, and see how they are all connected.
Catching Unhelpful Behaviours – In this module you will explore the unhelpful behaviours that are common in health anxiety and learn to identify and manage these behaviours.
Facing your fears – This module will help you break down your fears so that you can start to face them and reduce your anxiety.
Spotting Thoughts – This module looks at the impact of unhelpful automatic thinking on your mood. It also helps you to tune in to your thoughts and to recognise any common thinking errors.
Challenging Thoughts – This module takes the next step in helping you tackle distorted or overly negative thinking patterns which can impact your mood.
Managing Worry – This module introduces you to the role of worry in anxiety. You will learn how to cope with and manage your worry more effectively.
Bringing It All Together – In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space in Lung Conditions from Depression & Anxiety
Core Modules
Welcome To SilverCloud- This short module introduces you to the programme.
Getting Started – This module shows you the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or CBT) for lung conditions, and introduces some of the key ideas of the programme
Understanding Feelings – This module takes a closer look at moods and emotions. In this module you can explore different aspects of emotions, physical reactions, action and inaction, and see how they are all connected.
Boosting Behaviour – This module looks at how doing things a little differently can be a really great way to start to lift your mood.
Spotting Thoughts – This module focuses on thoughts – an important part of emotions and the cycle of depression.
Core Beliefs – This module examines the role that deeply held core beliefs can play in mood and depression.
Facing Your Fears – this module takes a look at feelings of anxiety and panic in lung conditions, and how to break these fears down into small gradual steps to allow you to overcome them/
Managing Worry – This module introduces you to the role of worry in anxiety. You will learn how to cope with and manage your worry more effectively.
Bringing It All Together – In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about strengthening your relationship with yourself by exploring your self-beliefs and changing how you act and talk towards yourself.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep how to get more restful and restorative sleep by taking a closer look at what causes sleep issues.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life to unwind and de-stress.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space in Rheumatoid Arthritis from Depression
Core Modules
Welcome To SilverCloud- This short module is a stepping stone to introduce you to the programme.
Getting Started – This module shows you the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or CBT) for Rheumatoid Arthritis, and introduces some of the key ideas of the programme
Understanding Emotions – This module takes a closer look at moods and emotions. In this module you can explore different aspects of emotions, physical reactions, action and inaction, and see how they are all connected.
Boosting Behaviour – This module looks at how doing things a little differently can be a really great way to start to lift your mood.
Spotting Thoughts – This module looks at the impact of unhelpful automatic thinking on your mood. It also helps you to tune in to your thoughts and to recognise any common thinking errors.
Challenging Thoughts – This module takes the next step in helping you tackle distorted or overly negative thinking patterns which can impact your mood.
Core Beliefs – This module shows the role that deeply-held core beliefs can play in mood.
Bringing It All Together – In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times- The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Space from Social Anxiety –SilverCloud Modules
Core Modules
Welcome To SilverCloud- This short module is a stepping stone to introduce you to the programme.
Getting Started – This module shows you the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or CBT) for social anxiety, and introduces some of the key ideas of the programme
Understanding Feelings – This module takes a closer look at moods and emotions. In this module you can explore different aspects of emotions, physical reactions, action and inaction, and see how they are all connected.
Facing your fears – This module will help you break down your fears so that you can start to face them and reduce your anxiety.
Spotting Thoughts – This module looks at the impact of unhelpful automatic thinking on your mood. It also helps you to tune in to your thoughts and to recognise any common thinking errors.
Challenging Thoughts – This module takes the next step in helping you tackle distorted or overly negative thinking patterns which can impact your mood.
Managing Worry – This module introduces you to the role of worry in anxiety. You will learn how to cope with and manage your worry more effectively.
Bringing It All Together – In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space from Panic –SilverCloud Modules
Core Modules
Getting Started –Learn how to think and feel better using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Understanding Panic –Understand how anxiety affects you and use CBT to manage your symptoms.
Noticing Feelings –Learn about emotions and what impacts them. Use physical sensations to tune in to your emotions.
Facing Your Fears –Break your fears down into small steps in order to face them, using a CBT technique called ‘graded exposure’.
Spotting Thoughts – Understand how your thoughts affect how you feel and become aware of any negative thinking patterns.
Challenging Thoughts– Learn how to generate more balanced thoughts and tackle negative thinking patterns.
Managing Worry – See the role that worry plays in anxiety and learn how to manage your worry.
Bringing It All Together –In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space from OCD –SilverCloud Modules
Core Modules
Getting Started –Learn how to think and feel better using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Understanding OCD –Understand how anxiety affects you and use CBT to manage your symptoms.
Noticing Feelings –Learn about emotions and what impacts them. Use physical sensations to tune in to your emotions.
Compulsions and OCD –Discover the role of compulsions in anxiety, and learn techniques to help you face your fears, without engaging in compulsions.
Spotting Thoughts – Understand how your thoughts affect how you feel and become aware of any negative thinking patterns.
Challenging Thoughts– Learn how to generate more balanced thoughts and tackle negative thinking patterns.
Managing Worry – See the role that worry plays in anxiety and learn how to manage your worry.
Bringing It All Together –In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space from Phobia –SilverCloud Modules
Core Modules
Getting Started –Learn how to think and feel better using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Understanding Phobia –Understand how anxiety affects you and use CBT to manage your symptoms.
Noticing Feelings –Learn about emotions and what impacts them. Use physical sensations to tune in to your emotions.
Facing Your Fears –Break your fears down into small steps in order to face them, using a CBT technique called ‘graded exposure’.
Spotting Thoughts – Understand how your thoughts affect how you feel and become aware of any negative thinking patterns.
Challenging Thoughts– Learn how to generate more balanced thoughts and tackle negative thinking patterns.
Managing Worry – See the role that worry plays in anxiety and learn how to manage your worry.
Bringing It All Together –In this final module you can bring together all the skills you have learned, and the ideas you have gathered so far.
Additional Modules
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
My Self-Esteem and I – This module is about an often ignored relationship: the one we have with ourselves. This involves our beliefs about ourselves and how we tend to act towards ourselves.
Sleep Difficulties – This module takes a closer look at sleep and helps you to understand your difficulties with sleep.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Communication & Relationships – This module focuses on the way we communicate and relate to people in our lives. It looks at what we can do to make our relationships satisfying.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Space for Perinatal Wellbeing –SilverCloud Modules
Core Modules
Finding Your Feet –In this module you will learn about depression and anxiety in the perinatal period, and how this programme can help you to improve your wellbeing.
Tuning Into Feelings –This module takes a closer look at the different emotions, thoughts, behaviours and physical reactions you might experience during the perinatal period.
Improving Sleep – In this module, you will learn more about sleep and how this can be affected during the perinatal period.
Taking Action – In this module, you will learn more about how you can manage low mood or depression with an evidence-based intervention called Behavioural Activation (BA).
Dealing With Worry –This module introduces you to the role of worry and anxiety in the perinatal period. You will learn how to cope with and manage your worries more effectively.
Staying Well –This final module brings together all the skills you have learned and ideas you have gathered so far, giving you tips on how to maintain these positive changes and stay well in the future.
Additional Modules
Money Worries –Reduce the impact of money problems on wellbeing and mental health with some practical solutions.
Challenging Times – The scale of the COVID-19 crisis is disrupting our personal and working lives. We are facing new challenges that are having an impact on our mental health. This module aims to support you in finding helpful ways to cope and adjust to these extraordinary circumstances.
Relaxation – This module introduces you to some relaxation techniques that you can use in your day-to-day life.
My Self Esteem and I –Strengthen your relationship with yourself by exploring your self-beliefs and changing how you act and talk towards yourself.
Behavioural Experiments – In this module, you will learn how to test your negative thoughts and predictions.
Anger Management – This module will help you to gain a better understanding of your anger. You will learn to how to manage your anger more effectively.
Grief & Loss – This module explores the experience of loss and helps you to understand your own unique grieving process.
Communication & Relationships –Focus on the way you communicate and relate to people, and find new ways to make relationships satisfying.
Employment Support – This module takes a look at some of the difficulties you may encounter in work, or when returning to work after a period of unemployment.
What is CBT?
CBT teaches people to recognise and tackle problems here and now ….
CBT is a psychological therapy that works on the relationships between thoughts (cognitions), behaviours, and feelings. CBT teaches the individual how to recognise and tackle problems here and now, rather than in the past. It has been widely studied and has been proven to work especially on depression and anxiety.
How to use SilverCloud?
40 minutes per week, over 6 to 8 weeks on SilverCloud…
We recommended that you spend around 40 minutes per week, over 6 to 8 weeks on SilverCloud, at a regular time if possible. This could be done all at once or broken down into 10-15 minutes, 3 or 4 times a week when you have time to yourself. For example on your lunch breaks, on the bus home, in the evening, when the kids are in bed. As with most things, it may take time and practice to make progress.
Why Use it?
SilverCloud shows improvement rates for stress, anxiety and depression…
SilverCloud programs have demonstrated a high improvement rates for stress, anxiety and depression. You set your own pace, it is not time consuming, and you don’t have to stick to rigid appointments.
How do I access SilverCloud?
Referral via GP or nurse at your practice…
To access the program you will need to be referred by a doctor or nurse at your GP Practice or another Medical Professional. You will then receive an email from the CCBT Coordinator containing a link to activate your account.
Where can I complete the program?
SilverCloud can be completed at home or in the community…
The course can be completed in your home or in a community site such as a library. Using either a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or Smartphone.
Is the information I put in confidential?
Yes and all the data you submit is stored and encrypted…
Yes. You have a username and password so that no-one else can access the details you enter and all your data is stored in an encrypted database. Sometimes data that is routinely collected during the course of the treatment will be used in service improvement and evaluation. The information may be shared with other Health Boards or nationally with NHS 24. This information is always anonymised. This means all information which could be used to identify you is removed and your confidentiality is maintained.
What are Reviews?
Every 4 to 5 weeks during your course you will be asked to take part in a “Review”…
Every 4 to 5 weeks during your online treatment you will be asked to take part in a “Review” on an agreed review date. During a review you will be asked to complete questionnaires and share any comments that you have made over the course of completing the SilverCloud modules. The cCBT service will then provide written feedback and additional advice that will appear on your Homepage and the Messages page. The feedback and advice provided will not be clinical in nature. If you need clinical support at any stage throughout the online treatment please contact your referring clinician to discuss this.
Reporting suicidal thoughts
During a review you will be asked if you have had thoughts of harming yourself…
During a review you will be asked if you have had thoughts of harming yourself. If you answer that you have, your cCBT co-ordinator will inform the person that referred you to the programme. If you are completing the course outside of standard working hours it is recommended you contact NHS 24 to discuss these feelings. The cCBT coordinator will then inform your referrer in the morning of the next working day.
Frequently Asked Questions
CBT Delivered by Silver Cloud FAQ’s
What is Silver Cloud
Silver Cloud is an online treatment programme that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help people experiencing depression and/or anxiety. It consists of a list of modules to be completed at your leisure. The programme is interactive, during session you can watch video clips, complete exercises and learn CBT tec hniques that can help with depression and anxiety. You will be given tasks to complete during the week and between modules.
How will it help me
Silver Cloud will help you to pinpoint and change unhelpful ways of thinking that can affect how you feel while teaching you more effective ways of solving problems.
How many modules do I need to complete
It is important to complete as many modules as possible. When completing the first couple of modules it may be hard to see how it is relevant to your situation however the programme is designed to build up your knowledge and skills over the modules, if you stop too early you will not get the full benefits of the treatment.
Additional modules can be added if you want by messaging your supporter for help.
How do I access Silver Cloud
When you receive your activation email click on the “Get Started” button and choose a username and password. After this you can now login via the app or Internet browser on https://uk.silvercloudhealth.com.
Download the app via your app store by typing in “Silver Cloud” on android or “Silver Cloud Toolkit” on apple devices.
If you clicked on the “Get Started” button on your PC and it loads in Internet Explorer there can be issues, its best to use another browser. However, if you can select a username or password then just log into https://uk.silvercloudhealth.com on another browser using your username and password like Chrome, Mozilla, Firefox or use the app to finish off the beginning module.
Is the information I put in confidential
Yes. You have a username and password so that no-one else can access the details you enter and all your data is stored in an encrypted database.
What happens if I say yes to suicidal thoughts?
Some modules will ask you if you have had suicidal thoughts. If you answer yes then your GP will be informed the next working day. If you are completing the course outside of standard working hours, it is recommended you contact NHS 24.
What happens if I phone NHS 24
NHS 24 has highly trained staff available 24 hours a day. When you call they will ask you a series of questions which will help them determine the best way to support and help you. This may include transferring you a clinical nursing staff, the Samaritans or Breathing Space.
Where can I complete the course
The course can be completed in your home on any device including PC, Laptop, Mobile and Tablets or in a community site such as a library.
What role does the Review/Supporter have?
When the Computerized Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Team set you up for Silver Cloud they will set a review date. This is just to check in on any messages you have left, offer other additional modules or even give any other friendly advice as well as help with some IT issues where possible, although the app has IT help within it.