Mental health helplines and services for young people in Westminster
46 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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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.
Antidote drug and alcohol support
Provided by London Friend
Drug and alcohol support for LGBTQ+ adults (including help around chemsex) through one-to-one support as well as social activities and referrals. You can access support by dropping into a session or by emailing.
Counselling and therapeutic support
Provided by Women and Girls Network
Specialist counselling and therapeutic services are for women and girls living in London who have experienced any form of gendered violence or sexual violence, including female genital mutilation, honour-based violence, and forced marriage.
Sexual health support service
Provided by SASH
Offers counselling, coaching, and peer support around sexual health and wellbeing, relationships, anxiety and depression, exploring emotions, chemsex, living with HIV ot an STI, sex working, or being LGBTQ+.
Therapy for suicidal men
Provided by James’ Place
Six to eight face-to-face therapy sessions in Moorgate for men in suicidal crisis. James’ Place sees men quickly, without a waiting list. They cannot see people who are receiving treatment for a severe and long-lasting mental health condition. They welcome conversations with non-binary people who feel this service is right for them.
Face-to-face support sessions
Provided by The Listening Place
Offers regular face-to-face, one-to-one support sessions with a trained volunteer so adults can talk about their suicidal thouhgts and feelings in a non-judgemental setting.
Social groups for LGBTQ+ adults
Provided by London Friend
A range of social groups for LGBTQ+ adults, including gender-specific groups and a group for neurodivergent people, as well as groups based around interests like crafts and creative writing.
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.
Wellbeing Workshops
Provided by DreamArts
A monthly group spae for young people, with creative activities on different wellbeing topics.
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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