Aiséirí provides evidence-based detoxification, treatment and rehabilitation programmes for adults and adolescents suffering from addiction in their four locations in the South East:
They also run a family support programme.
Costs applies.
They use a 'meitheal' approach (community based approach) to supporting individuals. They have a project worker to support families and also provide individual therapeutic support for young people if needed. They work specifically with individuals engaged with drug misuse and teen parents.
Aware provide support, information and training, online and in person, to people over 18 years who are experiencing depression, anxiety and related conditions. It also provides support to families and friends of people with a life experience of depression or bipolar disorder. Its services include:
BeLonG To is the national organisation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) young people aged 14-24 years.
It offers peer as well as 1-1 support (by appointment). For details of a support group near you check their website.
It provides counselling in their Dublin centre (Parliament Street) to LGBT young people with suicide ideation or self-harm issues.
Bethany Bereavement Support Group is a parish based service that aims to support the bereaved and grieving through:
Contact Head Office for a service near you
Bodywhys is the national voluntary organisation supporting people affected by eating disorders. It's mission is also to ensure support, awareness and understanding of eating disorders among the wider community. Their services include:
While the main focus of the service is to work with disadvantaged young people their Youth Information Service is for all young people in Co. Wicklow. They are based in two locations in Bray (Herbert Rd and Adelaide Rd) and runs a number of targeted projects around the county. The Seomra Youth Centre provides drop-in and some group work (2nd level up to age 21). They also run an LGBT support group (13-18years). Some of their other activities include Adventure Sports Projects, Drugs Education, Garda Youth Diversion Projects and MindOut.
CARI provides a Lo-call HELPLINE for professionals and parents seeking advice on support and counselling services that are available for children who have been sexually abused. Child & Adolescent Therapy is also available and, using a sliding scale cost system, payment depending on peoples circumstances.
Carlow and South Leinster Rape Crisis and Counselling Centre is a member of the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland. it provides a number of services including:
Counselling: One to one counselling for victims of sexual violence/sexual abuse.
HELPLINE 1800 727 737: Available 9am to 5pm.
Education programme
Carlow Regional Youth Services (CRYS) is a local voluntary service affiliated to Youth Work Ireland and works with young people aged from 8 to 23 years.
It provides a variety of programmes and services to young people at risk and works to advocate on their behalf. Mental health promotion filters through much of their work. Some of the related services they provide are:
They offer family support and social groups.
This organisation provides a website where you will find information about support services for children, young people and families in Sligo and Leitrim.
This includes information and support services related to:
This is a youth organisation and they run a youth cafe. They have a family support service with a youth support worker available. They provide counselling for teens.
One-to-one counselling and support. Available to young people from 13 to 25 years of age. Brief intervention model - up to 8 sessions.
General counselling available for 12-18 yrs. No cost.
The Congress Information and Opportunities Centre provide space for delivery of a suicide support programme "Solas". It provides group support for those whose lives have been affected by suicide.
For information contact Johanna Treacy on 086 082 9907
Cura offers support for parents of a new baby, a planned pregnancy, an unplanned pregnancy and counselling after an abortion. The service is available to women and men
1. Direct one to one support for young people with all complex issues in Teen Talk . This listening ear service is for young people aged between 12-25. Contact Louise - 074 9129630 / louise.lynch@donegalyouthservice.ie
2. BreakOut- LGBT group where support is provided in a one to one and group capacity.Contact Sinead: 074 9129630 / 086 1247968 / sinead.murray@donegalyouthservice.ie
To speak to someone about drugs or alcohol contact the Freephone HELPLINE, from 10 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Also available is an online live chat service to answer your questions related to drugs and alcohol misuse/abuse. It is a confidential and free service.
You can also search the website to find information about the wide range of drug and alcohol services throughout the country. This includes counselling, education and training, information and support as well as treatment and rehabilitation.
Provide family support. Their programmes are many and varied to cater for a variety of family structures and age groups.
Empowering People in Care (EPIC) is an independent association that works throughout the Republic of Ireland, with and for children and young people who are currently living in care or who have had an experience of living in care.
Their role is to:
Exchange House Ireland, National Travellers Service is the largest Traveller specific front-line service provider in the country. These services include family support and crisis intervention, children and young people's service and an education and training service. They provide counselling to those 18 years and older in Exchange house and other locations around the country. They also provide training courses for agencies including Best Practice in Traveller Youth Work and an introduction to the Traveller community.
Offers one-to-one free and confidential counselling for young people between the ages of 11 to 25 years.
As well as working with young people across the country through their many clubs and youth projects a number of Foróige's programmes are available to young people who are not memebers of the organisation but who are involved in alternative youth organisations. These courses include Be Healthy Be Happy (looks at physical, mental, social and spiritual health), Leadership for Life and Real U (sexuality), Big Brother Big Sister and an Entrepreneurial course . Check www.foroige.ie for details. Cost involved.
The project aims to support and develop the delivery of high quality drugs education programmes for young people and parents in order to promote the health and wellbeing of young people (10 - 17 years) in County Leitrim.
These programmes are free of charge.
IACT accredited counsellors provide 17 hours of counselling in the centre to 15-25 year olds. Donation accepted.
They run a number of services for the LGBT community, their family and friends including:
Check their website for opening hours
Reality therapy, choice therapy and CBT. Available to adolescents.
Grow is an organisation which helps people who have suffered, or are suffering, from a mental health problem. Members are helped recover from mental illness or prevent it happening.
Check their website or contact their information line for details of a Grow meeting near you.
The website www.yourmentalhealth.ie aims to improve awareness and understanding of mental health and well-being in Ireland.
The Sudden Infant Death Association provides support to all family members who have lost a child up to 12 years of age. Their services include:
Crisis Intervention: When FirstLight is notified of the death of a child through their hot-line and if the parents’ consent, their support services coordinator contacts the parents to support them through the following days.
ISPCC / Childline provide a number of services for young people under 18 years of age:
Jigsaw, The National Centre for Youth Mental Health, supports young people with their mental health through early intervention.
Their local Jigsaw Services provide a safe and confidential space that young people (aged 12-25) can visit for free one-to-one support from a mental health professional.
One to one counselling is available for people who are bereaved by or contemplating suicide.
One to one counselling. Available to 17 to 22 year olds.
It is a free service
One to one and group support for people aged between 12 - 18 years who identify as LGBT. This support is free of charge.
Youth intervention & prevention work. One-to-one support for substance use/misuse. No cost.
LGBT.ie listens in confidence and without judgement to support members of the LGBT. It does this in a number of ways:
Mentoring Service for 15+ yrs. Access to education & employment.
They provide a free service for young people aged 14 to 25 years old, from Limerick City and County, who are in need of support for mental health and wellbeing. Guardian consent is sought for under 18s.
Services:
How the service works
Mental Health Ireland is a national voluntary organisation. Its aim is to promote positive mental health and wellbeing to all individuals and communities in Ireland.
They have a network of 92 Mental Health Associations throughout the country, all led by volunteers.
Beaumont Hospital provides an online resource to help you learn how and why to practice relaxation and mindfulness exercises. Relaxation and mindfulness training are helpful for managing stress as well as helping people cope with physical illness and ongoing medical treatment. The exercises are recorded by people working in the hospital with the goal of helping you feel better.
Mindspace Mayo is a free and confidential support service to promote young people’s mental health and wellbeing. It does this by supporting young people (15-25 years) with emerging mental health difficulties through early and brief intervention (e.g. 1-6 sessions).
For more details on who is suitable for the programme check the referral form on their website.
The aim of the Association is to provide:
One to one counselling is available to young people, with the consent of a parent or guardian.
Cost is negotiated with the client
Exchange House Ireland provides Traveller specific, professional, front-line family support, crisis intervention, education and training for children and young people in Ireland.
Working in the area of mental health to engage Traveller’s (aged 18 years and older) in conversations about mental health and suicide prevention through group work and to signpost them to other services available through Exchange House are:
Patricia McKeever: patricia.mckeever@exchangehouse.ie / 087 792 5387
The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is the representative body for around 50 national voluntary youth work organisations in Ireland. It represents and supports their interests and uses its collective experience to act on issues that impact on young people.
Their work is based on the core values of equity, volunteerism, pro-activity, interdependence, quality and representation. Some of its areas of work include child protection, interculturalism, equality and health.
The National Youth Health Programme (NYHP)
North West Clare Family Resource Centre works with the local community to support their needs as identified by the community itself. Some of the services it provides are:
A Free Phone HELPLINE is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.. It provides support to people who are suicidal and those self-harming. A Text Line is also available.
Pieta House also provides a range of other services including training programmes, information for people supporting someone who is suicidal or self-harming. They have an extensive bereavement service around the country. For more information check their website
Free self-harm and suicide prevention counselling service for all age groups. FREE SERVICE
Reachout provides a web-based service that helps young people get through tough times by providing good information on mental health and related issues. It also signposts them to formal and informal supports. People have an opportunity to ask questions and leave comments which trained staff or volunteers review and respond to. It also provides information to parents on youth mental health on www.reachoutparents.com.
The Samaritans provide a Freephone Helpline which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Freephone Helpline number: 116 123
Callers get a chance to talk through their concerns, worries and troubles. Most people who call are not suicidal.
Callers must be aged 18 years and older.
Shine is the national organisation that addresses the rights and needs of people, 18 years and older, who are affected by mental ill health.
Their services include:
Offer a 12 week Rainbows Programme for children between the ages of 5 to 12 suffering from the bereavement of a loved one or a loss through seperation or divorce.
Free of charge.
SOSAD supports people with depression, thoughts of suicide and those bereaved by suicide. Their services include:
SOSAD supports people with depression, thoughts of suicide and those bereaved by suicide. Their services include:
SOSAD supports people with depression, thoughts of suicide and those bereaved by suicide. Their services include:
SOSAD supports people with depression, thoughts of suicide and those bereaved by suicide. Their services include:
SOSAD supports people with depression, thoughts of suicide and those bereaved by suicide. Their services include:
SOSAD supports people with depression, thoughts of suicide and those bereaved by suicide. Their services include:
SpunOut.ie – a source of information and a voice for young people aged 16 to 25 years.
SpunOut.ie is Ireland’s youth information website created by young people, for young people. They work so that Ireland is a place where young people aged between 16 and 25 have the information they need to enable them live active, happy, and healthy lives. Other things they are involved in include:
St Patrick’s University Hospital provides a number of services including:
Support and Information Service: this service is for the general public with a mental health query about themselves or someone else. It is staffed by experienced mental health nurses. It runs from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and has an answering and call-back facility outside hours.
Provides free counselling, therapy and support to individuals, couples, families and children (4-18 yrs) who have been bereaved by suicide. 24/7 Helpline - 1800247247. FREE SERVICE
Free counselling, therapy and support to individuals, couples, families and children (4-18 yrs) who have been bereaved by suicide. 24/7 Helpline - 1800247247
For anyone in Ennis who have had counselling for a bereavement from suicide, or is seeking counselling for this reason contact the Limerick Centre FREE SERVICE
Provides free counselling, therapy and support to individuals, couples, families and children (4-18 yrs) who have been bereaved by suicide. 24/7 Helpline - 1800247247. FREE SERVICE
For anyone in Swinford or Ballina who have had counselling for bereavement from suicide, or is seeking counselling for this reason contact the Galway Centre.
Provides free counselling, therapy and support to individuals, couples, families and children (4-18 yers) who have been bereaved by suicide.
Provides free counselling, therapy and support to individuals, couples, families and children (4-18 yrs) who have been bereaved by suicide. 24/7 Helpline - 1800247247. FREE SERVICE
Provides free counselling, therapy and support to individuals, couples, families and children (4-18 yrs) who have been bereaved by suicide. 24/7 Helpline - 1800247247. FREE SERVICE
Meets with families bereaved by suicide, at their request, as a group or individually. Conversation can include questions about some of the difficult practical issues following a death by suicide. FREE SERVICE
The Pieta House Suicide Bereavement Liaison Officer will meet with families bereaved by suicide, at their request, as a group or individually. You can contact the Liaison Officer yourself by phone, email or post.
Conversation can include questions about some of the difficult practical issues following a death by suicide.
This is a free service
For information about this services and other services provided by Pieta House check their website www.pieta.ie
Meets with families bereaved by suicide, at their request, as a group or individually. Conversation can include questions about some of the difficult practical issues following a death by suicide. FREE SERVICE
Service covers the Leitrim and Sligo areas.
Meets with families bereaved by suicide, at their request, as a group or individually. Conversation can include questions about some of the difficult practical issues following a death by suicide. FREE SERVICE
This website provides evidence based information on bereavement following suicide and responding to people at risk of suicide. The information is tailored for people bereaved by suicide and for health professionals, including GPs and mental health professionals, as well as the general public.
The SupportMe website provides information and contact details for services in the West of Ireland areas of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. It includes a child and youth section and a mental health services section.
The SupportMe website provides information and contact details for services in the West of Ireland areas of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. It includes a children and youth section and a mental health services section.
Teen-Line Ireland listens to young people who feel they have no-one to talk to or who don’t want to talk to someone they know.
It is a free-phone and free text service for teenagers open seven days a week from 8pm to 11pm.
The Blue Box Creative Learning Centre works with schools and families in Limerick City and environs. It provides a safe space with trained Creative Arts Therapists who deliver a professional service. They use art, music, dance and play to deliver their programmes. Their work with children who need support at school or home helps guide them through difficult times.
Provides a free outreach service for those bereaved by or contemplating suicide. Available for people aged 16 upwards. Have three counsellors who reach out as far as Ballyshannon, Killybegs, Innisfree and Leitrim.
With this dedicated resource website, provided by Genio, keep up-to-date with publications, multimedia and events on a number of topics including mental health.
The Irish Aftercare Network provides a forum for aftercare professionals to support each other in the delivery and development of services for care leavers. The Forum wanted to promote the development of good practice and quality services for young care leavers nationally in line with relevant legislation, national, international and local policies and research findings.
Youth workers working with young people who have left care will get support and information from the Network.
TENI seeks to improve conditions and advance the rights and equality of trans people and their families. It also works to support them in all areas of their life.
Their Family Support and Education Officer support this work by
Turas Le Cheile offer support to those at risk of suicide and also concerned individuals dealing with someone at risk of suicide.
One to one bereavement support is available to under 18s with the consent of a parent/guardian.
They also provide Psychological First Aid responses following any critical incident (usually involving loss of life).
Phone is attended Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. An answering machine will be on outside these hours.
Turn2Me provides an online three tiered approach to supporting mental well-being to people aged 18 years and over.
It includes:
This online counselling service is free to residents in Ireland.
Walk in my Shoes provides a Helpline and email service for 18 to 25 year olds to allow them space to talk about their mental health concerns. The service is staffed by mental health professionals.
Helpline number - 01 249 3555
Email address – help@walkinmyshoes.ie
One-to-one support available for 12-18 yrs. No cost.
The online Wicklow Community Directory is a community-led initiative.
General counselling and pyschotherapy for young people between the ages of 12 to 25. It is free and confidential.
Youth Work Ireland Galway/Roscommon delivers an integrated youth service model to young people whereby they can avail of a whole range of service and supports. Included in this is free and confidential counselling and pyschotherapy for young people between the ages of 12 to 25.
Free in-house counselling to 12-21 yr olds in the four Youth Work ireland Galway centres across the county. Young people can self-refer or be referred by a parent.
They also receive referrals from a number of agencies including Tusla, HSE and Jigsaw.
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