Mental health services available to young people up to 25 in Gloucestershire
Get support with gender identity from the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) (free)
GIDS can support you if you're struggling with issues around your gender identity. You'll need a referral from a health, education or social care professional, including your GP. For under 18s.
Drop-in to Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (GARAS) (free)
If you're seeking asylum and living in Gloucestershire, GARAS's is a safe space to find information and advice, and get support through trauma counselling. GARAS is open for drop-ins on: - Monday, 10am to 4pm - Wedneday, 10am to 5pm - Friday, 10am to 4pm
Gloucestershire Counselling Service (paid)
Counselling provides an opportunity to discuss things that are troubling you. Your counsellor will not offer advice, but instead will provide a space where you are able to explore and reflect on the difficulties you are experiencing.
Phone, text or chat online with the Gloucestershire self-harm helpline (free)
A trained mental health worker will listen to you and support you. They can help you find options and ways of coping. Chat online, call them on 0808 801 0606 or text 07537 410 022 everyday from 5pm to 10pm.
Take a Grief Recovery Course with Sunflowers Suicide Support (free)
An 8-week course you can take to get support if you live in Gloucestershire and someone you love has died by suicide. It's a group course, so you'll meet others who have been through something similar. For ages 18 and over.
Contact the Grieftalk helpline by phone, email or online chat (free)
If you're struggling because someone you care about has died, the Grieftalk helpline is here to help. You can talk to them confidentially about whatever's on your mind. Call 0808 802 0111 from Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm.
Get group support with Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (GRASAC) (free)
It can be really useful to meet others who have gone through something similar to what you have. GRASAC runs group activities for people who have survived sexual assault or abuse. Call 01452 305 421 to book into a group.
Take the CRUSH group course if you've been affected by domestic abuse (free)
CRUSH is a 10-week group course designed to help you build your understanding of abusive relationships and how your experience might have affected you. Call 01452 726 570 to find out when the next course is running.
Learn Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tools with Let's Talk (free)
CBT helps you to manage how you're feeling by making changes to the way you think and behave. Let's Talk offers guides, courses and support to help you learn CBT. For ages 18 and over. Call Let's Talk on 0800 073 2200
Get bereavement support from Hope Again by phone and email (free)
If you're struggling because someone you know has died, Hope Again's trained volunteers can listen and support you. Send them an email, or phone them on 0808 808 1677. The phone line is open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm.