Please note that Experience Counselling does not offer a crisis service

If your life is at risk right now

If you feel like you might attempt suicide, or may have seriously harmed yourself, you need urgent medical help. Please:

• Call 999 for an ambulance
• Go straight to A&E, if you can
• Call 111 and select the mental health option to speak with a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

If you can't do this by yourself, ask someone to help you.

Mental health emergencies are serious. You're not wasting anyone's time.

Samaritans 116 123 (free from any phone)

24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Email: jo@samaritans.org        Webchat: https://chat.samaritans.org/

giveusashout.org

24/7 text support - text SHOUT to 85258

National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK 0800 689 5652

Offers a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide. 

6pm to midnight every day

Mind's support line 0300 102 1234

This is a safe space for you to talk about your mental health. Advisors are trained to listen to you and help you find specialist support if you need it.

Open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays)

Switchboard 0300 330 0630

If you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you can call 10am–10pm every day), email hello@switchboard.lgbt or use their webchat service. Phone operators all identify as LGBT+.

Blue Cross Pet bereavement

https://www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-loss-support

Andy's Man Club 

https://andysmanclub.co.uk/
ANDYSMANCLUB are a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free to attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online. We want to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and help men through the power of conversation. #ITSOKAYTOTALK

Suicide Prevention UK 0800 587 0800

https://spuk.org.uk/
 

Campaign Against Living Miserably - CALM 0800 58 58 58

https://www.thecalmzone.net/suicide-prevention-helpline

DIY Acceptance and commitment therapy

This free course is designed to help you improve your mental health and wellbeing. Feeling worried or anxious can have a big impact on your health and for some people life can be particularly difficult.

The course can help you to take greater control of your actions, so that day-to-day life becomes less distressing and more enjoyable. You will learn practical and effective ways of dealing with thoughts and feelings that may be causing distress.

The course has been developed for you by Dr Neil Frude and will help you find out what is really important to you and give you the skills to be able to live your life with more confidence and a greater sense of purpose.

Start the course by clicking on the ACT 1 video below. There are four videos each lasting around 40 minutes. You can pause at any time and come back to them if you need to take a break. We recommend having a few days between each video so that you can practice the learning. For each of the videos there is a guide you can download, print or take notes on, and also some audio exercises that you can listen to. 

https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/activate-your-life/