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Sometimes we need a little extra support outside of the therapy room.

This space has been created to share helpful resources, information and support services that you may find useful — whether you are currently in therapy or simply looking for somewhere to start for help with your mental health.

important: Crisis Support

 

If you are in immediate danger:-

  • Call 999 for an ambulance;

  • Go straight to A&E (if you can).

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if you need urgent advice, but are not in immediate danger: 

  • Call NHS 111;

  • Visit NHS 111 online;

  • Contact your GP for an emergency appointment;

  • Contact your local Mental Health Crisis Team.

  • samaritans 24/7 crisis line - 116 123

📖 The Heald Therapy Guides

free downloadable guides!

 

A collection of free downloadable wellbeing guides created to offer gentle support, practical tools and reminders for everyday life.

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These resources are designed to be read in your own time, revisited whenever needed and shared with anyone who may benefit from them.

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📱 Who to follow on Socials!

 

Social media can be overwhelming at times, but there are also some genuinely supportive, informative and comforting spaces online too.

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Here are a few creators, therapists and wellbeing accounts that I personally enjoy and often recommend.

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me! Heald Therapy (@healdtherapy) — relatable therapy content, mental wellbeing, overwhelm, healing & gentle reminders that you don’t have to have everything figured out.

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • TikTok
  • Linkedin

✨Apps you need to try:

 

Calm

 

mindfulness, sleep support, meditation and relaxation exercises

 

Headspace

 

guided meditation, stress management and sleep resources

 

Hub of Hope 

 

a UK mental health support directory helping you find local and national support services

 

Happify

 

activities and tools designed to support wellbeing and positive mental health

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5 Minute Journal

 

a simple guided journaling tool focused on gratitude, reflection and mindset

📚 Fancy a read? 

 

Sometimes the right book can help us feel understood, offer a different perspective or simply remind us that we’re not alone in what we’re experiencing. Here are a few reads around mental health, healing, habits and wellbeing that I personally enjoy and often recommend:

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  • Mind Over Mood – practical CBT-based tools and strategies for managing thoughts, emotions and behaviours

  • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? – accessible mental health advice, coping tools and emotional wellbeing support

  • The Chimp Paradox – understanding the mind, emotions and behavioural patterns

  • Anxiety Rx – understanding anxiety through both mind and body approaches

  • Atomic Habits – small habits, routines and long-term behavioural change

  • The Power of Letting Go – mindset, healing and emotional release

  • The Body Keeps the Score – understanding trauma, the nervous system and how experiences can live within the body

  • Attached – attachment styles and relationship patterns explained in an accessible way

  • Set Boundaries, Find Peace – boundaries, people-pleasing and emotional wellbeing

  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – a brilliant, human insight into therapy from both therapist and client perspectives 

  • The Mountain Is You – self-sabotage, healing and emotional growth

🆘 Helplines & Organisations​

 

​Below are a number of trusted helplines, organisations and support services that may be helpful for a range of mental health, wellbeing and emotional support needs.

 

please remember, you do not have to struggle on your own.

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  • SANEline (Mental Health Support) - 0300 304 7000

  • National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK (Suicidal Thoughts) - 0800 689 5652

  • Text "SHOUT" - 85258 for Mental Health Support 

  • Childline (Under 19's) - 0800 1111

  • Alcoholics Anonymous - 0800 9177650

  • BEAT Eating Disorders - 0808 801 677

  • Cruse Bereavement - 0808 808 1677

  • MIND Info-line - 0300 123 3393

  • National Domestic Violence Helpline - 0808 2000 247

  • Talk to Frank - 0300 123 6600

  • Young Minds - 0808 802 5544

🎧 Podcasts Worth Listening To

 

Sometimes hearing honest conversations, relatable experiences or gentle reminders from others can help us feel a little less alone. Here are a few podcasts around mental health, wellbeing, self-development and everyday life that I personally enjoy and often recommend:

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  • Happy Place – open conversations around mental health, self-care and emotional wellbeing

  • Feel Better, Live More – wellbeing, stress management, sleep, health and lifestyle conversations

  • How To Fail – honest conversations around failure, growth, vulnerability and being human

  • The Imperfects – relatable conversations around mental health, emotions and embracing imperfection

  • The Mel Robbins Podcast – practical conversations around confidence, motivation, anxiety and everyday life

A little corner of support

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My hope is for this space to become a small corner of the internet people can come back to whenever they need a reminder, a little support or somewhere to start.

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More resources and guides coming soon

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