Useful Contact Numbers
Access to Mental Health – 24/7 phone line for all mental health enquiries, including crisis- 0808 196 4501
IAPT – 0300 123 6020
Frequently Used & Local Services
Hamar Centre – Counselling and support for those with a cancer diagnosis
Cruse – 0808 808 1677
Samaritans – 116 123 from any phone
Kooth 11-25 online counselling
No panic – Helpline 10 am -10pm 0844 967 4848
Living Life to the full – Free CBT courses low mood, stress anxiety
Mood juice – Self help resource site
Young Minds – CAMH charity-blogs and support network
Beam – Drop in centres in shropshire for young people
Beat – Eating disorder support
Shropshire Bereavement Services – 0345 678 9028
Happy Maps – (for parents of young people with behavioural/mental health problems)
Greenoak counselling Frankwell
Shropshire Recovery Partnership
Axis – 01743 357 777 (counselling following sexual trauma)
headspace – (also available as an app)
National Helpers Resource Papyrus
Guideposts Self-help tools & apps for wellbeing
Anxieties
ANXIETY
Australian Centre for Clinical Interventions
Mindfulness: Headspace or Insight timer apps
No panic Helpline 10 am -10pm 0844 967 4848 (also have a youth helpline) based in Telford
HEALTH ANXIETY
Centre for Clinical Interventions (includes a CBT-based workbook)
COVID-19
OCD
PANIC DISORDER
Mood Juice – Panic self-help guide
Australian Centre for Clinical Interventions – Panic
PTSD
Mood Juice – PTSD & CPTSD self-help guide
Royal College of Psychiatrists
National Centre for Mental Health
SPECIFIC PHOBIA
Anxiety, Panic and Phobias: Royal College of Psychiatrists Leaflet
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
Centre for Clinical Interventions – Self-help leaflet
AGORAPHOBIA
Anxiety UK – Overcoming Agoraphobia Leaflet
Depression
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Grief & Bereavement
The Royal College of Psychiatrists – Bereavement Leaflet
https://shropshire.gov.uk/bereavement-services/
Suicide Bereavement Support Service
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Support – (many resources included)
Beat – National Support Network
Insomnia
Mood Juice – self-help for insomnia
Mind: How to cope with sleep problems
Centre for Clinical Intervention – Sleep
Sleep Disorders (Children)
Crysis: Parental Support for Crying & Sleepless Babies
Paediatric Sleep Council: Baby Sleep
Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Kooth – Online Counselling (for ages 11-25)
Young Minds – Resources for Parents & Children
Royal College of Psychiatrists – Information for Young People & Carers
Mental Health in Older People
Mental Health Foundation: Mental Health in Later Life
The Silver Line 24-hour help for older people: Tel: 0800 470 80 90
MindEd for Families: Self-Help Resourse for Older People
Counselling
The British Association of Counsellors
Petals Charity – Stillborn & Infant Loss
British Infertility Counselling Association
Relate – Relationship Support for Everyone
Suicide
LEAFLETS
Royal College of Psychiatrists – Feeling Overwhelmed Leaflet
Royal College of Psychiatrists – feeling on the edge
Patient UK: Dealing with suicidal thoughts
Get Self-Help: dealing with suicidal thoughts
Shropshire & Telford Suicide Prevention Network
ORGANISATIONS
Samaritans: 24h confidential helpline. Tel: 116 123. Email: jo@samaritans.org. Website: Samaritans
Papyrus UK: helpline for young people. Tel: 0800 068 41 41. Website: Papyrus
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is an organisation dedicated to preventing male suicide. Tel: 0800 58 58 58. Website: CALM
VIDEOS
Samaritans – U Can Cope (how three people coped with depression and suicidal thoughts): https://www.youtube.com/wat
Headtalks: Josh Quigley talks about his experience of surviving a suicide attempt: https://www.headtalks.com/surviving-suicide-tartan-way/
APPS
StayAlive (suicide prevention app)
distrACT: information and advice on how to manage difficult feelings, cope with a crisis and find help and support when you need it most
Self-Harm
Coping with self-harm: a guide for parents and carers: University of Oxford
National Self-Harm Network (NSHN)
Childline: Tel: 0800 1111
Samaritans -Tel: 116 123
Health Talk – Parents’ Experiences
Illicit Drugs
Alcohol Support
Shropshire Recovery Partnership
We Are With You: Over 50s Helpline – Tel: 0808 801 0750
CBT
Living Life to the Full: Free Online CBT Course
ADHD
Royal College of Psychiatrists: ADHD Leaflet for Parents
ADDISS: ADHD Support & Information for Parents
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
The Art of Autism Comic Strip: Understanding Autism
