Social, Emotional and Mental Health Support

The following links are to various services which can provide students and young people with social, emotional and mental health problems.

Calm Harm

This is an award-winning app developed for teenage mental health.  It uses the basic principles of dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), which is an evidence-based therapy.

This app provides tasks to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm.

Headspace

This is a site which uses meditation and mindfulness techniques to reduce stress and help relieve anxiety.

MindEd

Valuable resource that provides advice, support and information on an extensive set of topics from sleep problems to suicidal thoughts.

Kooth

Provides free, safe and anonymous online support for young people.  Resources include being able to chat to counsellors and read articles written by other young people.

Live Well

Offers advice around improving mental and physical well being.  Provides useful contact numbers if you are in emotional distress and require urgent support.

Mind

Valuable resource that provides advice, support and information on an extensive set of topics from sleep problems to suicidal thoughts.

Well Mind

A free NHS mental health and wellbeing app designed to help with stress, anxiety and depression,  Includes advice, tips and tools to improve mental health and wellbeing.

Mind Fresh

A website that provides information, support and advice.  If you enter your postcode, it will show you resources that are located within a 5-mile radius, as well as those located nationwide.

NSPCC

The NSPCC are the leading children’s charity who can support young pupil in a huge number of different ways

The Mix

Provides support and information for the under 25’s on a range of topics including, mental health, substances, your body, relationships and others.  Also has a free phone number: 0808 808 4994

Place2Be

Place2be provide mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling using tried and tested methods backed by research. We also offer expert training and professional qualifications