Alcoholics Anonymous
At AA, alcoholics help each other. We will support you. You are not alone. Together we find strength and hope. You are one step away.
Resources
A collection of organisations, services, reading and professional resources which may be useful to clients, therapists and referrers.
At AA, alcoholics help each other. We will support you. You are not alone. Together we find strength and hope. You are one step away.
Helping people to recover from mental health, drug, alcohol and gambling problems.
Providing harm reduction and treatment services for people who are experiencing a negative relationship with drugs and/or alcohol.
If you live in Bristol, we can support you to make positive changes around drugs and alcohol, be that stopping completely, cutting down, or supporting you to use in a safer way.
If you have a problem with drugs, we are recovering drug addicts who can help you get and stay clean.
Provides free counselling and support for survivors of abuse and addiction across Bristol and surrounding areas.
Offers low-cost, long-term counselling primarily to those with an active addiction or in recovery.
Support for people living with cancer and their loved ones
Provides counselling and psychotherapy to help people live well with grief when facing their own death, or the death of a loved one, or when they have been bereaved.
Support for children and young people facing cancer and their families
Helpline support for anyone LGBT+ in the UK, as well as friends, family members and professionals who may be concerned about an LGBT+ person who is facing abuse.
Support for male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence across the UK as well as their friends, family, neighbours, work colleagues and employers
Support for anyone of any background, community, age or gender in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset who has experienced domestic abuse.
Support for women and children. Against domestic violence. Helpline for women experiencing domestic violence, their family, friends, and others calling on their behalf.
Confidential helpline and webchat service for anyone who identifies as a man affected by domestic abuse, and for those supporting them.
Charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children.
Struggling with an eating disorder? Caring for someone who is? Beat is here to support you.
The NSHN Forum is a support site, a safe environment to help understand the mechanisms resulting in self-harm and cope with it and related problems.
We sift out the stigma around self-harm and offer compassionate, evidence-based services
Provides support and guidance for people affected by eating disorders in the South & South West of England
Supports and advises people on what they need to do after a death.
A freephone service for all those affected by the death of a child
Helping people through one of the most painful times of life with bereavement support, information and campaigning
Free support services for people living with terminal illness and their carers
Provides free adult hospice care for everyone that needs support
Confidential telephone counselling service for any child with a problem
NHS funded services which assess and treat children (up to age 18) experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
Across the UK, we protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities
Leading charity support children and young people
Mental Health social movement by and for young people aged 11-25 living in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
Whether you are struggling with pregnancy decisions or suffering after an abortion, we are here to help.
Provides psychodynamic psychotherapy for children, young people, adults and families navigating a wide range of emotional difficulties.
Mental Health Charity for children, young people and their parents, making sure all young people can get the mental health support they need.
Supports everyone in and around Bristol in achieving the best mental health possible. Provides helpline, counselling, community wellbeing and workplace wellbeing services.
The suicide prevention charity that provides life-saving services and practical mental health support to anyone who needs it.
We're here for you on the phone or online. You can also speak to a Childline counsellor 1-2-1 or email us.
Listing website
A site for searching, locating and contacting qualified professionals. Counsellling Directory is a trusted space for emotional wellbeing – connecting hundreds of thousands of people across the UK with verified professionals. Every counsellor writes their own profile, so you can find someone who feels authentic and aligned with your needs.
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) provides a Mental Health 24/7 phone service for people worried about their own or someone else's mental health.
Offers a range of Talking Therapies to adults aged 16 and over. Provides help if you are suffering from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, excessive worry or low mood.
Whether you are worried about a young person, struggling with thoughts of suicide yourself, or simply not sure where to turn, our trained advisors are here to listen, support and help you find a way forward.
Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We're here 24 hours a day.
The first free 24/7 texting service in the UK for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere.
We're here for relationships in all their forms - however you define them. Whatever your background, sexuality, or relationship structure, you belong here.
Offering expert therapy and couples counselling services.
24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line. This service is for people aged 16 and over.
Supports anyone of any background, community, age or gender across the whole of Avon and Somerset area who has experienced sexual violence at any time in their life. You do NOT have to report to the police to access our services and the abuse could have happened recently or in the past.
Offers specialist support for people of all genders who have experienced rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse or any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives.
The Survivor Pathway is an online resource for anyone wanting to know more about sexual violence support services in the South West
Offers medical care, emotional and psychological support, and practical help to anyone who has been raped or sexually assaulted
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