Resources if you find yourself or someone you know In Crisis
If you need immediate, emergency support ring the emergency services on 999
Samaritans – 116 123 (freephone) or 07725 909090 (text)
National Crisis Text Line – Text SHOUT to 85258
No Panic Helpline (if you are experiencing anxiety) – 0844 967 4848
Self-Injury Helpline – 0808 800 8088 (phone) or 07537 432444 (text)
Sane Line – 0300 304 7000
Bristol Mindline – 0808 808 0330
Bristol Mental Health Crisis Line – 0300 555 0334
The Silver Line (crisis support for people over 55 years) – 0800 4 70 80 90
Womankind (mental health support for women) – 0345 458 2914 / 0117 916 6461 (web chat also available)
Campaign Against Living Miserably (mental health support for men) – 0800 58 58 58 or webchat
Switchboard (LGBTQI+ mental health support) – 0300 330 0630
Papyrus (for under 25s experiencing suicidal thoughts) – Helpline: 0800 068 4141, Text: 07786209697, Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
Young Minds (for under 25s) – Text YM to 85258
Parent Line – 0808 802 5544
Every Life Matters
Resources for Domestic Violence Support
Refuge (support for women) – Freephone 0808 2000 247
Respect (support for men) – Freephone 0808 8010327
Next Link Bristol (emergency housing) – 0117 925 0680
Resources for Children and Young People
Get CAMHS help now in Bristol
Young Minds
Kooth (anonymous crisis support and counselling)
Winston’s Wish (support with grief & loss)
Hand-breathing techniques (Dr Karen Treisman)
Flip! The Hand Model for the Brain (Dr Daniel Siegel)
Self-Care Techniques for Children
Resources for Pregnancy, Birth, and Bonding
www.bluebellcare.org
Resources for Families and Parents
Rites of Passage
Partnership Projects
Resources for Adults and Adult Relationships
Self-compassion (Dr Kristen Neff)
Resources for Mothers and Mother Artists
Creative Activities for Mothers (downloadable)– The Maternal Journal
Studies in the Maternal
Birthrites Collection
Birthrights
Resources for Self-Care & Self-Help
Deanna Zandt, The Unspoken Complexity of Self Care
Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Self-Help Leaflets
Resources on Emotional Distress
A Disorder for Everyone
Mad in the UK
Asylum Magazine
Ragged University
Resources on Health Care Laws (including Mental Health Care)
The Mental Capacity Act and Liberty Protection Safeguards
Resources on Diagnosis
A Diagnosis for Everyone
Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF)
PTMF Summary
Resources on Social Action and Emotional Distress
Sanah Ahsan poem
Critical Values Based Practice Network
Liberation Psychology
Ignacio Martín-Baró
Resources on Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
Inner Compass Initiative Withdrawal Project
Surviving Anti-Depressants
Lets Talk Withdrawal
International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
Ruth Dixon poem ‘Madness Meds’
Depression not a chemical imbalance, Professor Moncrieff
The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella, Moncrieff et al. (2022)
Resources on Writing for Wellbeing
The Friday Poem
Resources for Schools and for Children in Education
Anna Freud Centre Classroom Toolkit
Jazz Ampaw-Farr
Trauma-Informed Schools
Resources on Arts & Health/Wellbeing in Wales
Wales Arts Health Wellbeing Network (WAHWN)
Wales School for Social Prescribing Research
Resources on Social Prescribing
Social Prescribing and Me
Resources for Calming and Mindfulness
Russ Harris work book
Calming techniques
Resources on Disability
10 Principles of Disability Justice
Disability Awareness (the Vacuum Cleaner AKA James Leadbitter, artist)
Resources on Neurodiversity
Communication & Neurodiversity (NHS resource)
Resources for Refugees
Art Refuge
Baobab Centre
Refugees at Home
Black, African and Asian Therapy Network
Resources for Black, Indigenous and Ethnic Minority People
BAYO
Black, African and Asian Therapy Network
‘Race is complicated toolkit’ for psychotherapy training providers
Resources on Climate Anxiety, Activism and Environmental Distress
Farm Garden
Climate Psychology Alliance
The Climate Conscious Parent
Talking About Climate Change
Staying Sane in the Climate Crisis: Generation Dread, Dr. Brit Wray
Climate Change is Shared Trauma
‘Adaptive Anxiety’, The Lancet
The Work that Reconnects
Resources on Social Justice and Mediation
Restorative Justice
Non-Violent Communication
Journey to Justice
Resources for Arts-based Research & Evaluation
Ethical Research Involving Children (ERIC)
Aiming Towards Success in Co-produced Research
Centre for Cultural Value
HARP
Creative & Credible
What are the active ingredients in ‘Arts & Health’ activities? (open source paper)
Manifestos
Charter for Artists
