Urgent support
If you need help now.
Gototherapy 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 and are laid out so you can find the right one quickly.
Immediate danger to life
Call 999
For an ambulance or the police, anywhere in the UK, at any time. If you cannot speak, 999 calls can still be connected; follow the operator's instructions.
Urgent but not life-threatening
Call 111
NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day in England, Scotland and Wales, and can direct you to urgent mental health help in your area. Choose the mental health option.
Someone to talk to, at any hour
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. If talking out loud is too much right now, Shout is a free text service: text SHOUT to 85258.
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.