Mental Health
For advice on Mental Health see the information below 
For advice on Mental Health see the information below
Advocacy Support Cymru (ASC) – a registered charity that specialises in the provision of professional, confidential and independent advocacy for those eligible in secondary care and community mental health settings.
COVID Update: Currently offering their service through email and telephone.
Anxiety UK – offering telephone support for people living with anxiety and anxiety-based depression by providing information, support, and understanding.
Text Service: 07537 416 905
COVID Update: Also has a page dedicated to specific support around the coronavirus, living with anxiety and anxiety-based depression by providing information, support and understanding.
Bipolar UK – provide peer support services to empower people affected by bipolar to live well.
Bipolar UK eCommunity: our eCommunity is a supportive online forum for everyone affected by bipolar. Join via our website – bipolaruk.org/ecommunity.
Bipolar UK Peer Support Line: receive a call back from a staff member who has been affected by the illness themselves. You can find our phone numbers and booking methods on bipolaruk.org/contact-us
Email: [email protected]
Bipolar UK Chatbot: our chatbot has a wealth of information and will be able to answer a number of queries. You can find the Chatbot at the bottom right hand corner of our website: bipolaruk.org
COVID Update: Key links to help during coronavirus
C.A.L.L. – Emotional support and information on Mental Health and related matters.
Text: ‘help’ with your question to 81066
The CALMzone – Support and information helpline service, open from 5pm until midnight, 365 days a year. Webchat also available.
COVID Update: During the current crisis we are not seeing clients face to face as per government guidance. We are offering confidential phone calls.
Connect Project – supporting people identifying as experiencing mental health or learning difficulties.
Phone Support is available:
Monday: 1pm – 4pm, Wednesday:
Friday: 1pm –
1pm – 4pm and 4pm.
COVID Update: Currently offering telephone support to its members.
Gendros Health & Wellbeing – Clients are able to self-refer with a phone call and the provision of some basic details, the client will then be allocated to an available counsellor. Donations are means tested and to be discussed at the initial assessment.
We currently have no waiting list and there is no restriction on the number of sessions.
Can currently only offer telephone counselling by various social media e.g. WhatsApp.
Please leave an answerphone message and somebody will come back to you.
Hafal Swansea – supporting people with a mental illness and their carers.
Covid Update: Currently offering telephone and email support. CLIC is Hafal’s online community for people with a mental illness and their carers’. To find out more and join the conversation, visit http://hafal.org/clic
COVID Update: assessors are still in the surgeries and are doing phone assessments. Therapy for existing appointments also over the phone. Contact GP for referral.
If someone has had a cancer diagnosis or is supporting a family member or close friend and would like to talk, Maggies can be contacted via email, phone call or video chat. They also offer
bereavement support to those who have lost a loved one to cancer.
COVID Update: We’re here for you during this time. At the moment we can’t see people in our centres but we’re here for you.
Offering a free advocacy service for Men’s Sheds, their family and community.
COVID Update: In these difficult times happy to speak with anyone needing telephone advocacy even if they are not part of a Men’s Shed or even have one in their community. An example is to contact organisations or professionals on client’s behalf if they lack confidence to do it themselves.
Men’s Wellbeing Group – peer support group for men, normally run from Swansea Wellbeing Centre.
This group is currently running online every Friday between 11.00am and 1.00pm via this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com
Charity which works with people who have a mental health-related issue, other voluntary organisations and statutory services to promote mental well-being.
Covid Update: Currently providing telephone befriending support to people with mental health needs.
Mind Infoline – provides information on a range of topics including types of mental distress, where to get help, drug and alternative treatments and advocacy. Available Monday – Friday from 9am-6pm
Text: 86463
The national OCD charity, run by and for people with lived experience of OCD.
If you have a query about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder you can contact the OCD-UK advice line which is usually available between 10am – 4:45pm (Mon – Fri). Please Note that due to volunteer shortages our phone line is not always available at this time, if you’re unable to get through please try emailing us via this link – https://www.ocduk.org/contact-us/
COVID Update: Because of the increased media coverage, much of which is unhelpful, we wanted to share some practical suggestions to help you cope and survive the ongoing situation. Our survival tips are to help you differentiate between the recommended public health advice for this virus and OCD induced behaviours, but also to help you combine therapeutic steps whilst engaging in these recommended behaviours. You can read these tips here OCD and Coronavirus Survival Tips.
Emotional support for those experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. 24/7, 365 days a year.
Freephone: 116 123 / Text: 07725 90 90 90 (UK)
SANE Helpline – a national out-of-hours mental health helpline offering specialist emotional support, guidance and information to anyone affected by mental illness, including family, friends and carers.
COVID Update: The helpline has stopped running in the normal way, but if people call it, there is a number with a voicemail to call and people will be called back. Other ways they are supporting people are explained on the website.
Stress Control NHS – teaches skills to help deal with stress.
COVID Update: as the NHS can’t deliver our Stress Control classes in the community just now, Dr Jim White will, instead, live-stream the classes, free-of-charge, starting on Monday 13th April. You can watch the sessions either in the afternoon or evening.
Clients are able to self-refer with a phone call and the provision of some basic details, the client will then be allocated to an available counsellor. Donations are means tested and to be discussed at the initial assessment.
We currently have no waiting list and there is no restriction on the number of sessions.
Can currently only offer telephone counselling by various social media e.g. WhatsApp.
Please leave an answerphone message and somebody will come back to you.
Tel: 07759689569
Swansea Mind – supporting people with their mental health.
Adult Support Tel: 07342 925999
Young People (under the age of 21), parents and teachers Tel: 07552 369268
Email: [email protected]
A refurbished community centre offering a large hall for classes and workshops, a studio for talks and group meetings and treatment rooms for 1:1 therapy & treatments. They have a wellbeing kitchen, regularly providing delicious meals and cookery classes.
COVID Update: Offering free telephone consultations and on-line support for the amazing frontline health care professionals and support workers in this crisis. With early morning free meditations to prepare you for the day, lunch break mini relaxation sessions to provide a space for mental clarity and a moment of ease during the challenges of your day.
Free/donation evening classes to unwind and promote recovery and rest. We have a listening ear available if you would like to talk 1:1 and invaluable small group support, where you can speak and be truly heard.
