This document is written in response to the development of a model of care for the delivery of Talking Therapies in General Adult Community Mental Health services. It is written from the perspective of Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) in adult mental services in order to support access to Talking Therapies for people with additional support needs, in particular people who have speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) associated with or intrinsic to their mental health difficulties.