Mental health helplines and services for young people in Hounslow
44 services found
NATTER
Provided by Mental Health Innovations
Get confidential support through text messaging. You can text about anything that’s on your mind. Your text will be answered by trained volunteers.
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Support Programme for Young Males
Provided by EACH
One-to-one and group support to help young males develop healthy boundaries, emotional resilience, social skills and essential life skills. The programme is shaped around each young person’s goals, strengths and aspirations, offering practical support to help them move forward with confidence.
Travel training for disabled young people
Provided by Ealing Mencap
Ealing Mencap helps young people who live in Hounslow to learn to travel between home and school or college safely and independently on public transport.
Kooth
An online platform that offers one-to-one online chats with mental health professionals. You can chat to a professional when the chat is open, but you can explore the other parts of Kooth all the time.
Therapy for autistic people and people with learning disabilities who have experienced abuse or trauma
Provided by Respond
Respond offers therapy to young people and adults who have experienced trauma and are autistic or have a learning disability. There are some free spaces available, but the website has information about applying for funding if you can’t get a free space. Respond also offers family support, but there are no free spaces for this.
WorkWell
Provided by Shaw Trust
WorkWell helps people who have a health issue that makes it hard to find or stay in a job. A coach can help you make a plan that fits your goals, including finding jobs that interest you and building skills you need for work. You might get advice from occupational health or employment experts or from other local services too.
Scope helpline
Provided by Scope
A helpline giving advice and support on issues that matter to disabled people and their families. They can help with things like benefits, social care, housing, equipment, and working.
Learning Disability Helpline
Provided by Mencap
A helpline that gives advice and support to people with a learning disability and their families and carers. They can advise on things like social care, safeguarding, benefits, and housing. They are not a crisis service.
Support for LGBTQ+ young people worried about abuse
Provided by GALOP
Support for LGBTQ+ young people who are worried about abuse or violence. GALOP can provide advice and emotional support. They also have advocates who take actions on your behalf to help you talk to other professionals and sort out practical issues.
Counselling for LGBTBQ+ adults
Provided by London Friend
Offers LGBTQ+ adults 12 weeks of one-to-one counselling with a volunteer counsellor, as well as online group sessions for LGBTQ+ adults.
FAQ - Mental health services on Best For You
I need help urgently – what should I do?
Please visit the Get help now page to find services that can provide urgent help. If anyone is in immediate danger, call 999 now.
Why are most services located in north-west London?
Best For You is run in partnership by four organisations in north-west London (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, West London NHS Trust, and CW+). This means we can provide more information and detail about the helplines and services available in these north-west London boroughs.
We also list national support that you can access from anywhere in England.
If you work for an NHS organisation and would like to talk to Best For You about working together, please get in touch.
How do you choose which services to list?
We list services that are free for young people to access and provide support for mental health and wellbeing.
For NHS services, we list the main services that people can access by referring themselves or being referred by a professional (like a GP or someone at school).
If you know of a service that we could add, please get in touch and tell us about it.
How do I tell you about a service you could add?
If you know of a service that we could add, please get in touch and tell us about it.
Why did my search return no results?
If your search has lots of filters, it might be that there isn’t a service that meets every single criteria. You could try removing a filters like ‘Type of support’ to see the services that are available in your area.
Whatever you’re struggling with, you can always text NATTER to 85258 to chat to a trained volunteer by text message. You can talk to a NATTER volunteer about anything that’s on your mind, and it’s free and confidential. Find out more about texting NATTER.
The thing I want help for isn’t listed as a topic – what should I do?
Unfortunately, it isn’t possible for us to list every single possible thing that young people might be struggling with.
You could try choosing the closest available filter – or select ‘How I’m feeling’ to see helplines and services that offer more general support for people who are struggling.
Whatever’s going on, you can always text NATTER to 85258 to chat to a trained volunteer by text message. You can talk to a NATTER volunteer about anything that’s on your mind, and it’s free and confidential. Find out more about texting NATTER.
Can you help me to find personalised support?
Unfortunately we cannot provide advice or signposting to individuals.
You can use this tool to find services in England or read about how to get NHS mental health support.
Whatever’s going on, you can always text NATTER to 85258 to chat to a trained volunteer by text message. You can talk to a NATTER volunteer about anything that’s on your mind, and it’s free and confidential. Find out more about texting NATTER.
Text NATTER for help
Anyone can text ‘NATTER’ to 85258 to seek
help, wherever they are in the UK. It’s a free, anonymous service and available 24/7.
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