Useful Contacts and Links
This is the website of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy: it's designed for clients as well as counsellors and is full of useful information about counselling.
I work by the terms of the BACP's Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and you can find this here: again it's been written for the benefit of clients as much as counsellors, so is well worth a look.
This is the NHS website's page for those in need of urgent mental health support.
The website of the mental health charity Mind is a brilliant source of help, support and inspiration.
Shout is the UK's first and only free, confidential 24/7 text messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope. Text 85258 or go to the Shout website.
Samaritans are there for you day and night.
Kooth is a brilliant mental health resource for young people.
Cruse provides bespoke support for those suffering from bereavement and loss.
CALM - the Campaign Against Living Miserably - is the anti-suicide charity on a mission to help people end their misery, not their lives.