NHS Mental health
Find information and support for your mental health.
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NHS: Mental healthKooth
Free anonymous online chat for young people to discuss their mental health issues.
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KoothSamaritans
Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Phone
116 123
Website
Samaritans
Email
jo@samaritans.orgRethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness provide expert, accredited advice and information to everyone affected by mental health problems.
Phone
0121 522 7007
Website
Rethink Mental Illness
Email
info@rethink.orgBristol Mind
Bristol Mind is a mental health resource for people in Bristol and surrounding areas providing information and signposting, advocacy services, low cost counselling, confidential helplines, volunteering opportunities and more.
Helpline
0808 808 0330 (Wed-Sun, 8pm to midnight)
Transgender Helpline
0300 330 5468 (Mon and Fri, 8pm to midnight)
Website
bristolmind.org.uk
Hate Crime Service
www.bristolmind.org.uk
Women Without Borders
www.bristolmind.org.uk
Advocacy
www.bristolmind.org.uk
Meeting Minds Counselling
www.bristolmind.org.ukOne You South Glos
MindEd UK
MindEd is a free educational resource on children and young people’s mental health for all adults.
Website
www.minded.org.ukSupport At Home
Support at Home is to be a free Red Cross First Call service for those aged 18 or over in Bristol and South Gloucestershire, providing they don’t have complex mental health needs or substance abuse issues.
DBS-checked volunteers visit for around six weeks to provide support in the home including practical support such as shopping, light domestic and picking up prescriptions. They can also provide emotional support.
Phone (referrals)
0117 301 2601
Phone (general enquiries)
0117 301 2619Bristol Wellbeing Therapies
Bristol Wellbeing Therapies (BWT) is the gateway into Bristol’s NHS funded primary care service. BWT conduct all the assessments into this free and confidential service. Therapies are provided by a range of different providers for adults of all ages. The current wait for assessment is around a month.
Phone
0117 982 3209
Website
iapt-bristol.awp.nhs.ukAvon Counselling & Psychotherapy
A non-profit making professional organisation and registered charity, providing confidential counselling and psychotherapy to adults. Means-tested reduced fee available for those on low income.
Phone
0117 930 4447
Website
www.acps-bristol.org.ukVitaMinds Helpline
VitaMinds is a talking therapy service designed to support individuals by providing the tools needed to get things back on track.
Phone
0800 012 6549
Website
www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/nhs-mental-health
Email
enquiries@vhg.co.uk
Online referral
self-referral or professional / assisted referral
Digital Assistant
A tool that allows for a pre-assessment style referral, asking questions that will trigger a call back within 24 hours (or sooner) if there is any presentation of risk.
Phone
0333 200 1893
Immediate support and information
People can immediately access Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programmes & Wellbeing Tips via their website: bnssg.silvercloudhealth.com/onboard
Courses include: Space for Sleep Space for resilience Space from Stress Space from COVID-19.Mindline Trans+
Confidential emotional, mental health support helpline and signposting service for people who identify as Trans, A Gender, Gender Fluid and Non-binary and provides a safe place to talk about feelings confidentially.
We don’t record calls and we don’t ask for any personal details.
Phone
0300 330 5468
Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings from 8pm-midnight
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Mindline Trans+ – Trans+ emotional support helplineAvon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership
We know this can be a particularly anxious and difficult time, particularly if you or someone you care about struggles with mental health difficulties.
In order to alleviate pressure on primary care and accident and emergency departments, our staff will be available 24/7 to provide advice, guidance and support over the phone to our patients, families and carers, as well as members of the public who may be worried about their own or someone else’s mental health.
Phone
0300 303 1320
Open 24hr, 365 days a year
Website
www.awp.nhs.uk/24-hour-supportSouth Glos Talking Therapies
South Glos Talking Therapies are the gateway for the NHS talking therapy services within South Gloucestershire. They provide access to a range of therapeutic interventions in line with people’s differing emotional needs
Phone
0117 3784270
Email
awp.southglostalkingtherapies@nhs.net
Website
www.iapt-sglos.awp.nhs.uk
www.awp.nhs.uk/24-hour-supportMental Health During Pregnancy and When You Have a New Baby
Most expect to feel happy, excited and positive during pregnancy, and when their baby is born. But it is natural to feel stressed or anxious at times during pregnancy, or when you have a new baby, with up to 1 in 5 women having mental health problems in pregnancy or after birth.
Website
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-healthOTR Bristol
OTR’s Hubs are safe and relaxed spaces you can simply drop into for a chat, no appointments needed. They are there for you to meet our team, discover more about what we offer, and learn about mental health and self-care.
Mondays
4pm-7pm at 8-10 West Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS2 0BH
Wednesdays
3:30pm-5:30pm at Armadillo, Station Road, Yate, BS37 4FW
Saturdays
10am-1pm at 8-10 West Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS2 0BH
Phone
0808 808 9120
Website
www.otrbristol.org.uk/what-we-do/hubs
Email
hello@otrbristol.org.uk
Other Local Support
www.otrbristol.org.uk/other-supportOTR (Off the Record) Bristol
OTR is a mental health social movement by and for young people aged 11-25 living in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
Phone
0808 808 9120
Monday-Friday, 2pm-5pm
Website
www.otrbristol.org.uk
Email
hello@otrbristol.org.ukChanges Bristol
Changes Bristol is a local charity providing peer support groups. Groups are free to attend and are safe and confidential spaces where members support each other in a non-judgemental environment. Groups are run by trained volunteers with lived experience of mental health issues themselves. Anyone over 18 is welcome.
Phone
0117 941 1123
Website
www.changesbristol.org.uk
Email
info@changesbristol.org.ukLGBTQ Mental Health
Information about mental health support for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or questioning (LGBTQ).
Phone
0300 123 3393
Website
www.mind.org.uk/information-supportNHS Mental Health Apps
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NHS Mental Health AppsXenZone
Free online counselling, support and Apps (Kooth for 11-18yrs, QWell for adults and Minds For Life for mobile apps).
Website
www.xenzone.comParenting with a Mental Health Problem
Information about difficulties you may face as a parent with a mental health problem, support available and suggestions on how to help yourself and your children.
Phone
0300 123 3393
Website
www.mind.org.uk/information-supportNHS Self-help Leaflets
Mental health self-help website with an excellent range of leaflets which can be viewed or downloaded and is also available in audio.
Website
www.web.ntw.nhs.uk/selfhelpdistrACT mobile phone app
If you are concerned about self-harming or are feeling suicidal the distrACT app provides easy, quick and discreet access to general health information and advice about self-harm.
You can download it here www.expertselfcare.com/health-apps/distractSouthmead Project
Southmead Project is a registered charity providing free therapeutic and practical support to adults who were abused as children or have turned to drugs, alcohol and other ways of self-harming as a consequence of that trauma.
Website
www.southmeadproject.org.uk
Email
southmead_project@yahoo.co.uk