Mental Health Support Resources

Urgent help now

If you are worried about your immediate safety, or someone else’s, please call 999 or go to your nearest A&E.

999

Call if someone is at immediate risk

NHS 111
Select the mental health option

SAMARITANS

Call 116 123, for emotional support day or night

SHOUT
Text SHOUT to 85258

PAPYRUS
HOPELINE 247
Call 0300 102 2470

If you are feeling overwhelmed, unsafe, or not sure where to turn, there are people who can support you. You do not have to work it out on your own. 💚

Downloadable support guides

Free downloadable PDF guides with trusted mental health links, tools and support options I often signpost to in my training and workshops.

These guides bring together support services, apps, videos, worksheets and organisations that may help you find a next step that feels right for you 💚

Adult Mental Health Support Guide

Free wellbeing tools

Practical resources for grounding, breathing, planning and self-care.

Stress Bucket Worksheet with a large empty bucket for writing in stressors. Five reflection boxes ask what needs urgent attention, who could help, what could change, and which helpful or unhelpful coping strategies are being used.

Stress Bucket Reflection Tool

Helpful videos

Videos to help manage anxiety, panic and stress.

Useful Links

Resources for Young People

YOUNGMINDS

KOOTH

THE MIX

HUB OF HOPE

ANNA FREUD

CHILDLINE

CHARLIE WALLER

YOUTH ACCESS

Useful Links by Category

Anxiety, panic and overwhelm

Stress, exams and pressure

Self-harm and suicide prevention

Parent helpline for self-harm - 0808 802 5544

Eating disorders and grief

Eating Disorders:

Grief:

Identity and belonging

Bullying, trauma and difficult experiences

Resources for adults supporting young children

Young carers and care-experienced young people

Looking for one-to-one support?

Sometimes what we really need is someone who’ll listen.

I offer counselling in a space where you can be yourself, talk things through, and feel supported.

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Free Colouring Pages

These mindfulness colouring pages are here for whenever you need a bit of calm, whether you’re grounding yourself after a tough day, looking for a bit of a reset, or you just fancy a quiet, creative moment to yourself.

Each one has been designed with care to help you slow down and reconnect with what’s going on inside.

Download them, print them, share them.

Mantra Meditation

Download

Mind-Body Pause

Download

Mindful Breathing

Download

From Our Blog

Practical articles and honest thoughts on mental health and wellbeing.

10 Ways to Find Free or Cheap Counselling in the UK

Because when you have the specific words to Google, a whole new world of services can open up.

5 min read

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Counselling That Understands ADHD

If your mind feels like a jumble of tabs you forgot to close, you’re in the right place. Some days, it’s the small things that feel the hardest. Replying to a message. Starting a task. Remembering what you were about to do before you walked into the room. You’re trying, but it’s like your brain just won’t come with you. Maybe someone’s suggested ADHD to you. Maybe you've already been diagnosed. Maybe you’re just trying to make sense of why things feel harder than they seem to

3 min read

ADHD and the System: Getting Support In The UK

You’re stuck. You’re trying. But the system isn’t helping. If getting support for ADHD feels like a full-time job, you’re not imagining it. It’s long. It’s confusing. It’s draining. And finally, someone has officially said it out loud. For loads of people, the road to diagnosis or support in the UK feels more like an obstacle course than a pathway to care. The steps it takes to get help feel as if they're almost specifically designed to be difficult for ADHD brains: Long

6 min read

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