Counselling, therapy and social support
Name | Website | Further info | Telephone | |
| Hillingdon Mind | https://www.mindinhillingdon.org.uk/ | Hillingdon Mind offer support for young people | 01895 271559 | mind@hillingdonmind.org.uk |
| HESTIA - The Cove - online MH support for over 18s | https://www.hestia.org/hillingdon-crisis-cove | The Crisis Cove provides urgent mental health support to those who live in Hillingdon. Through referral-only, service users can access a range of support, including 1:1 time, de-escalating symptoms and information signposting to other services which may be useful, in a non-medical, comfortable and friendly setting. | 020 73783100 | n/a |
| CNWL Hillingdon Talking Therapies Service (IAPT) | https://talkingtherapies.cnwl.nhs.uk/hillingdon | If something is worrying you it can help to talk to someone - we're here to listen. This service is provided by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and partner organisations. | 01895 206800 | hillingdontalkingtherapies.cnwl@nhs.net |
| Hillingdon Educational Psychology | https://careandsupport.hillingdon.gov.uk/Services/123 | The Educational Psychology Service provide psychological support to all Hillingdon schools/ settings. | 01895 558101 | educationalpsychologyservice@hillingdon.gov.uk |
| Centre for ADHD & Autism Support | https://www.adhdandautism.org/ | We support, educate and empower individuals diagnosed with ADHD or autism, their families, and the community. | 020 84291552 | enquiries@adhdandautism.org |
| Healios - Goal Based Intervention (remote) | https://www.healios.org.uk/cyp-goal-based-interventions.pdf | Goal Based Interventions promote emotional wellbeing, help develop resilience and the ability to cope with life. This is achieved by using evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. | 0330 1244222 | info@healios.org.uk |
| Link - Youth Counselling Service | https://careandsupport.hillingdon.gov.uk/Services/153 | Link Counselling is a self referral agency for young people aged 13 to 25 years who live, work or study in the borough. We offer counselling for young people with emotional / mental health distress. The service offered is confidential and no information regarding a client will be shared unless there is a legal obligation or serious risk to the client or another person. | 01895 277222 | contact@hillingdon.gov.uk |
| Burnel University London - Mental wellbeing services | https://students.brunel.ac.uk/support/mental-wellbeing-services | If you're struggling with your mental health - perhaps you're going through a challenging time, finding it hard to concentrate or feeling overwhelmed - it's really important to ask for help. The Student Welfare Team can connect you with mental health advisers and counsellors who will help you work things through. You might be feeling anxious or depressed. You might have been bereaved, had a stressful experience or been a victim of crime. You might have an on-going mental health condition. Perhaps you are generally worried about your mental health or simply want to plan how to stay well at university. | 01895 267045 | studentsupport@brunel.ac.uk |
| The Mix | https://www.themix.org.uk/ | The Mix is the UK's leading support service for young people. We are here to help you take on any challenge you're facing - from mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs. Talk to us via our online community, on social, through our free, confidential helpline or our counselling service. | Freephone: 0808 808 4994 (13:00-23:00 daily) | n/a |
| Kooth | https://www.kooth.com/ | Kooth, from XenZone, is an online counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people, accessible through mobile, tablet and desktop and free at the point of use. The support is safe and anonymous online support for young people from 11 years and until their 25th birthday. The support is available until 10pm. | n/a | n/a |
| Women and Girls Network (WGN) | https://www.wgn.org.uk/young-womens-services/courageus-project | We are a diverse group of organisations who work with young women affected by violence and abuse. We support Black and minoritised young women. This includes those from ethnic minority groups, LGBT+ and disabled young | Freephone: 0808 801 0660 (Monday-Friday: 10am-4pm and late evening Wednesday 6pm-9pm) | advice@wgn.org.uk |
| Hillingdon Childrens' Centres | https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/childrenscentres | Provide support to parents. Some of our children's centres are open for pre-booked appointments only. We are also delivering a number of activity sessions virtually, which are delivered through the Microsoft Teams app and must be booked. | n/a | n/a |
| Brilliant Parents | http://www.brilliantparents.org/ | Brilliant Parents knows that most parents are brilliant, but we also know, as parents ourselves, that bringing up children is one of the most challenging and emotionally demanding jobs a parent will ever do. Sometimes it can feel that parenting has turned into a battle, rather than an adventure. Brilliant Parents runs Parenting Courses supporting families across London, working with parents to turn the experience back into something that is positive and rewarding. | 020 34907007 | enquiries@brilliantparents.org |
| Carers Trust Hillingdon | https://carerstrusthillingdon.org/ | Hillingdon Carers is a local charity based in Uxbridge that operates support services for unpaid carers living or caring in the London Borough of Hillingdon. We work to improve support and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems. We support carers from as young as five years old and have a great range of support for children and young people who are caring in their formative years, as well as over 80 free services for adult carers. We are the lead organisation for the Hillingdon Carers Partnership, which means that we work closely with other charities that provide specialist support for carers. | 01895 811206 | n/a |
| SEND Advisory Service | https://careandsupport.hillingdon.gov.uk/Services/1646 | The SEND Advisory Service will be offering support to parents, of children and young people with SEND and the professionals that work with these families via an advice line. We can help with resources/activities or just general advice during these uncertain times. | n/a | n/a |
| Hillingdon Autistic Care & Support (HACS) | https://www.hacs.org.uk/ | Supporting autistic people to discover their true potential and lead purposeful, fulfilling lives. | 020 86066780 | enquiries@hacs.org.uk |
| Centre for ADHD and ASD (Harrow) | https://www.adhdandautism.org/ | We support, educate and empower individuals diagnosed with ADHD or autism, their families, and the community. | 020 84291552 | enquiries@adhdandautism.org |
| Coram Voice - Advocacy for looked after children (LAC) | https://coramvoice.org.uk/ | Are you in care, leaving care, have a social worker or need one? If so then Coram Voice is the place for you. Despite the Coronavirus crisis we are still here to tell you about your rights, make sure you get the help you need and get your voice heard. | 0808 8005792 | info@coramvoice.org.uk |
| Bereavement Care | http://www.bereavementcareandsupport.co.uk/ | When someone close dies, the world can seem a lonely and empty place. At times like this it helps to talk things over with someone who will listen without judging or telling you what to do. At Bereavement Care our team of trained volunteers are here to support adults and children in the London Boroughs of Harrow and Hillingdon and the surrounding area who would like some help in coping with their bereavement. | 020 84275720 | admin@bereavementcareandsupport.co.uk |
| Harlington Hospice Bereavement Service (Hillingdon Mind) | https://www.harlingtonhospice.org/counselling | We provide one to one Counselling with individuals aged over 18. Our service is free of charge to residents of the London Borough of Hillingdon and is open to people who have been bereaved or have suffered a loss, which entails the grieving process. Counselling offers a safe and confidential environment in which you can express and explore these feelings. Our Counsellors will not give advice or try to solve your problems, rather they will help you to explore for yourself the issues that are troubling you and look at ways in which you can manage and cope with them. | 020 87590453 | n/a |
| Nurture My Potential | http://www.nurturemypotential.co.uk/ | Nurture My Potential works with school leaders to place mental health and wellbeing at the heart of the school. Our whole school systemic approach applies wellbeing science to increase resilience, achievement and wellbeing of children, staff and whole school communities providing staff wellbeing workshops, a whole school flourishing learners programme and parent workshops. | 07772 644660 | claire@nurturemypotential.co.uk |
