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Digital Therapies Team

(Formerly known as Computerised CBT)

The NHS Ayrshire & Arran Digital Therapies Team provides a range of online interventions designed to support people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties across all three Health & Social Care Partnerships (North, South and East Ayrshire).

We offer two types of digital support:

  • Self-help programmes – accessible directly without a referral.
  • Clinician-supported programmes – available through a referral from a GP or other healthcare professional

How Digital Therapies Work

Our digital therapies are based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people understand and manage their mental health. The programmes guide users through structured modules that teach practical skills for coping with challenges such as anxiety, low mood, and stress.

Digital therapies can be completed at your own pace from home, making it a flexible and accessible way to learn helpful strategies and improve overall mental wellbeing.

Self-Help Digital Therapy Programmes

SilverCloud

Accessible from https://wellbeing.silvercloudhealth.com/onboard/nhsscotland/programs/

  • Space from Challenging times: This programme will help you to manage your mental health during challenging times: Explore ways to cope with unpleasant emotions that are common during a crisis, empower yourself with practical tools and strategies to help you draw on your resources, find helpful ways to adjust to your new reality and deal with feelings of loss.
  • Space from Money Worries: This program will help you to understand the relationship between money and your mental health: Understand how money can impact on your wellbeing, feel better able to cope and worry less about money, plan ahead for better mental and financial health in the future
  • Space for Positive Body Image: This practical programme will help you to build a positive body image and develop a healthy relationship with food: Understand the powerful effect media images can have on your body image, boost your self-esteem, develop new coping mechanisms.
  • Self-Management Toolkit: This programme is designed to help you to become an optimal self-manager. It teaches you important skills and tools that you will need during periods of change and uncertainty: How to embrace change, the benefits of problem solving, how to set and achieve your goals
  • Space for Resilience: This programme helps you achieve a sense of wellbeing and satisfaction, in all areas of your life: Enjoy physical, social, mental and emotional health, increase your ability to overcome difficult experiences, appreciate your strengths and build positive self-esteem
  • Space for Sleep: This programme will teach you the skills for overcoming your sleep difficulties, allowing you to achieve better quality sleep and wake up feeling refreshed: Understand the causes of poor sleep and how it can affect you, accurately assess how you are currently sleeping and track your progress, learn proven techniques for developing and maintaining a healthy sleep cycle. Please note that if you are also experiencing symptoms of, or have a diagnosis of, depression or anxiety, it is recommended that you obtain treatment for these first, before treating sleep issues with this programme.
  • Space from Stress: This programme will help enhance existing stress-busting strengths and skills, and build new ones: Learn to manage stress, build resilience and improve self-esteem, learn to set SMART goals for your life, learn to problem-solve and communicate assertively.

Sleepio and Daylight (delivered by Big Health)

Daylight and Sleepio are NHS recommended digital therapy programmes designed to support mental wellbeing using evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Daylight helps people manage worry and anxiety through brief, interactive sessions that teach practical CBT techniques.

Sleepio is a personalised digital programme for insomnia and sleep difficulties, offering six online sessions guided by a virtual sleep expert. It is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines as a first line intervention for insomnia.

Daylight and Sleepio are now instantly available at no cost to all residents in Scotland. Scottish residents can sign up on trydaylight.com/nhs or sleepio.com/nhs to get started.

Clinician-Supported Digital Therapy Programmes

To access Clinician-Supported Digital Therapy Programmes, a referral is required.

SilverCloud: SilverCloud provides Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) programmes for individuals with mild to moderate depression and anxiety as well as those who live long term health conditions to teach strategies to manage emotions.

Mindler: Mindler offers typed digital therapy for adults, providing short-term, one-to-one weekly sessions delivered through online messaging. Service users communicate with an assigned clinician via text, offering a flexible and accessible way to receive clinician-supported digital therapy.

Referral to Digital Therapies

Who can be referred?

Digital therapy programmes are designed for anyone aged 16 or over who is experiencing mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety or low mood.

Digital therapies may be a good option for people who:

  • Are comfortable using online self‑help tools
  • Prefer support that can be accessed flexibly from home
  • Would benefit from guided digital programmes as part of their mental health care

Digital therapies are not suitable for people who are currently experiencing suicidal thoughts, plans, or intent.

These programmes are not an emergency or crisis service. Anyone in urgent distress should contact their GP, NHS 24 (111), or emergency services.

Please note that an email address is required to access all digital therapy programmes.

How to refer?

Referrals can be made by the GPs or other healthcare professionals.