Useful Links
(The blue titles below are links to third party websites)
Calming Apps and Videos
Free Relaxation videos and audio by your therapist, Natasha.
A paid app for restoring sleep based on EMDR. Neutralise stress related barriers to sleep using individualised sleep sessions incorporating guided meditations, music and bilateral stimulation – a treatment element of EMDR.
A paid app for sleep, meditation and relaxation.
Professional Associations
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
EMDR Europe is the official professional association of National EMDR Associations, establishing, maintaining and promoting the highest standards of excellence and integrity in EMDR therapy practice, research and education throughout Europe.
EMDR Association UK is the professional body for EMDR clinicians and researchers seeking the highest standards of clinical practice in the United Kingdom.
Helplines & Resources
For emergencies DIAL 999
Non- emergency health advice DIAL 111
NHS – Where to get urgent help
This is a listening service for anyone in distress.
Phone: 116 123 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
If you’re experiencing a personal crisis, are unable to cope and need support, text Shout to 85258. Shout can help with urgent issues such as suicidal thoughts, abuse or assault, self-harm, bullying and relationship challenges. (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
C.A.L.M. (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
Their helpline (5pm to midnight) and webchat are open 365 days a year, offering practical suggestions for all of life’s problems - whether that’s anxiety, relationship concerns, health worries, money worries or suicidal thoughts. Their staff listen, talk and help people struggling with life to make a plan, so they can begin to look to the future.
We support LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence.
When you're experiencing a mental health problem, supportive and reliable information can change your life. We empower people to understand their mental health and the choices available to them through our information, advice and local services.
A safe space to talk about your mental health and help finding specialist support.
Offering advice, information, guidance and resources to those affected by low mood, depression and suicidal thinking. Alongside clinically validated information and resources it presents the experiences, strategies and advice of students themselves.
Online directory of counsellors and psychotherapists of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean Heritage.
Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre
Providing effective and accessible psychotherapy and counselling services to people from diverse religious, cultural and ethnic communities in London.
Southeast and East Asian Centre (SEEAC)
Providing free and subsidised mental health support, counselling and peer-group activities to Southeast and East Asian communities in the UK.
We are the leading expert charity for people with serious conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We offer practical help guided by what works.
For people who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual perceptions.
For over 25 years OCD Action has been delivering frontline services which make a tangible and long-term difference to the lives of people with OCD, their families, carers and friends. They offer a helpline, support groups and information, education and more.
Spokz People – Transforming Disability
The aim is to enable more disabled people and their family members to access disability-affirming psychological support.
Honest Information about drugs and alcohol.
JAAQ, which stands for Just Ask A Question, is a mental health platform designed to give you the right information from the right people in a way that has never been done before. You can access the world’s leading experts on mental health and real people telling talking about their experiences with mental health on over 50 topics ranging from depression to addiction to burnout.
Disclaimer Note: The links and resources found in this section are ones that I have found personally useful and informative over the years. If you choose to click on the links, please note that I am not responsible, nor do I endorse or profit, or guarantee the effectiveness of any of the information contained on the third party websites. Additionally, the thoughts, opinions and information expressed are those of the authors.