Urgent support
If you need help now.
Gototherapy UK is a directory of therapists, not an emergency service, and nobody here can respond to a message in a crisis. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999. The contacts below are for other urgent situations, with the lines for each UK nation set out separately.
In an emergency
Emergency services
Call if someone's life is in immediate danger, they have seriously harmed themselves or they have taken an overdose. For an ambulance or the police, anywhere in the UK.
Anywhere in the UK
Free and confidential. You do not have to be in crisis to call or text.
CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably
A helpline for anyone who is struggling or has thoughts of suicide, or is worried about someone who does.
PAPYRUS HOPELINE247
Suicide prevention support for young people, and for anyone worried about a young person.
England
NHS 111, mental health option
Call 111 and choose the mental health option for urgent mental health support from your local NHS. You can also call for someone else.
Scotland
NHS 24, Mental Health Hub
Call 111 and choose the mental health option for urgent mental health support.
Breathing Space
A confidential listening line for when you are feeling low, anxious or stressed.
Wales
NHS 111 Wales, press 2
Call 111 and press 2 for urgent mental health support. Free, even with no credit on your phone.
Northern Ireland
Other help
If you are already seeing a therapist
Your therapist will have told you what to do between sessions in an emergency. If you are not sure, use the contacts above first, and tell your therapist at the next session.
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.