New high street service making therapy "as everyday as going to the gym, getting a haircut or grabbing a coffee"

Getting therapy will be a simple as grabbing a coffee thanks to a London based contemporary mental health service setting up in Manchester city centre and allowing people to have the chance to talk on the same day.

Self Space say they provide straightforward access to flexible therapy, offering a good conversation with a qualified person seven days a week - there’s no waitlist and you can see a therapist the very same day as booking.

Following considerable growth and increased demand for therapy services in the past year the team launch two new sites in February 2022, a flagship space in Shoreditch and new site in Manchester on the fringe of the Northern Quarter, in Ducie House, a former factory and hub for 90s creative talent and music scene.

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Founder Jodie Cariss says: “This is what the dream was, mental health support on the high street. Making therapy as everyday as going to the gym, getting a haircut or grabbing a coffee”.

Founded by Jodie in 2019, she says Self Space is working hard to change the culture around mental health with a mission to revolutionise the way we approach support: making it more accessible, more aspirational and more everyday — in the same way most of us think about our physical health.

She says: "Typically, therapy is something we consider when in crisis, Self Space encourages a preventative Mental Maintenance approach with sessions that can help you with everyday challenges as well as learning tools that will support you when life gets messy."

Self Space say they have removed a lot of the barriers to accessing support; no onerous consultations, no rigid appointment expectations and no waitlists. To