If you need help now

Gototherapy helps you find a therapist to see over time. It is a directory service, not a crisis service, nobody here reads what you write, and finding a private therapist can take a few weeks. If you need someone today, these services are there for exactly that.

• Emergency services

  999

  If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999 or go to your nearest accident and emergency department.

• Samaritans

  116 123

  Free to call, at any hour, from anywhere in the United Kingdom and Ireland. You do not have to be suicidal to call.

• Shout

  Text SHOUT to 85258

  A free text service, if talking out loud is too much right now.

• NHS 111

  111, then choose the mental health option

  Open at any hour. It can put you through to a local mental health crisis line.

• Your GP

  Ask for an urgent appointment

  A GP can refer you to NHS talking therapies, which you can also refer yourself to in England.