UK Hotlines

• Samaritans 116 123 

• Text SHOUT to 85258 (text service)

• Switchboard LGBT+ helpline - 0300 330 0630 

• Galop: The LGBT+ Anti-violence helpline - 0800 999 5428

• Muslim Community Helpline - 0208 908 6715/0208 904 8193

• SignHealth - Text DEAF to 85258 (Text service for D/deaf people)

• Disability Law Service - 0207 7919 800 (no text service)

• Scope: Disability Helpline - 0808 800 3333 or Textphone: dial 18001 then 0808 800 3333

US/Canada Hotlines

• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

• The Trevor Project: (For LGBT+ Youth) Text ‘START’ to 678-678

• LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564

• National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs: 212-714-1141 (English & Spanish)

• LGBT National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743

• DeHQ: Desi LGBTQ Helpline for South Asians: 908-367-3374

UK Referral support services & Therapy Directories

• The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)

• Muslim Counsellor & Psychotherapist Network (MCAPN)

• Black and Asian Therapists Online (BAATO)

• Free services for Black people and People of Colour (Via BAATN)

• Pink Therapy | Gender and Sexual Diversity Therapy in the UK

• Chinese Mental Health Association: Counselling Service

• Nafsiyat

• Black Minds Matter UK

• Free Psychotherapy Network

• Deaf4Deaf Counselling & Psychotherapy

These resources may support you to regulate in the here and now, but should not be used as a substitute for professional support.

• The GEN Grief Toolkit: Embodiment tools and rituals to support grief work in community

Breathing Exercises

• 5 Minute mindful breathing

• Ocean breathing

• Alternate nostril breathing 

• Belly breathing (captioned)

Creative Exercises

• Draw/create an image/imagine/write your ‘Caring Committee’ - who sits on this committee and supports you?

• Draw/create an image/imagine/write your mood/feelings - consider bodily sensations/colours/abstract or representational/ person/ creature/animal.

• Free association writing exercise - give yourself one minute to write continuously without filtering what you write on the page.

• Journal your experience or feelings.

These resources may be helpful if you have attended one of Radical Therapist Network’s events and you would like to access further information, support or self-care resources.

Resources/Lists & Worksheets  

• Self-care for the counselling professions (BACP)

• Self-Care Assessment

• Self-Care Guide (Mind Peace)

• Care in Uncertain Times Syllabus

• Stress & Anxiety resources (Safe Hands Thinking Minds) 

• Beginner's Guide to PolyVagal Theory (By Deb Dana)

• Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (FFLag)

BIPOC Resources

• Black Minds Matter UK

• Black Therapy Matters 

• Healing Justice London

• Racial Justice Network

• BAATN Student Gatherings

• Black & Brown Well-being Resources (Liz Taylor-Johnson)

• Sound bath for Black lives by Dr Mariel Buqué (no captions)

• Ancestral Meditation & Tapping exercise (no captions)

• Race Based Trauma Resources & Support in Times of Civil Strife

• Better practice in mental health for black and minority ethnic communities

• Race & Trauma: Race-Based Traumatic Stress and Psychological Injury

• Resources for anti-racism and somatic abolitionism work (Karine Bell)

• Covid-19 Mutual Aid UK: Guide for Supporting Migrants During Coronavirus

• Therapy for Black Girls Podcast - Session 145: Managing Anxiety About the Coronavirus (no transcript)

Services for Muslim folks

• Inclusive Mosque Initiative

• Muslim Women’s Network UK

• Muslim Women’s Council

• Muslim Counsellor & Psychotherapist Network

Services for Sex Workers

• European Sex Workers Rights Alliance

• National Ugly Mugs (UK)

• Trans United Europe

• Acceptess-T (France)

• Hydra Counseling (Germany)

• Trans*Sexworks - A network for peers (Berlin)

QTIBIPOC Resources

• Black Trans Foundation

• Rainbow Noir

• Support Hub (Sabah Choudrey)

• Misery Party

• Colours Youth Network

• 14 Self-Care Activities for Black LGBTQ folks  

• National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (US)

LGBTQIA+ Resources

• Mermaids

• Stonewall

• Gendered Intelligence

• Making a self-care plan (Gendered Intelligence) 

• Trans Self Care & Resources (Pink Therapy)

• Emotional Wellbeing Support Pack (Switchboard)

• Trans Resilience in Isolation

• Andro & Eve

• Free LGBTQ films

• The Outside Project - UK LGBTIQ+ Crisis/Homeless Shelter & Community Centre

• Stonewall Housing - Safe and secure housing for LGBT+ people

• Support resources for LGBTQ+ survivors of sexual violence during lockdown (Galop)

Disability Resources

• Mencap 

• Queercare

• Links for Disabled People COVID-19-UK

• Interpreters of Colour Network

• Disability Law Service

• Scope - Disability Advice and support

• Healing Justice London

• The Triple Cripples

• Disability Action (Northern Ireland)

• NHS Personal Health Budget

• Care in Uncertain Times Syllabus

• Access Rider Open Template

• Creating Your Own Access Rider

• Sins Invalid (US & Canada)

• Leaving Evidence

• Access is Love: Disability Summit

• Black Disabled Woman Syllabus: A Compilation

• Covid-19 Mutual Aid UK: Guide for Supporting Migrants During Coronavirus

• My Body Is a Prison of Pain so I Want to Leave It Like a Mystic But I Also Love It & Want it to Matter Politically

Apps

• Fabulous - Daily Self Care  

• Liberate - meditation app by and for Black bodies.

• Insight Timer

• Breathing Space -Support

• Calm Harm - For teenagers and adults who have the urge to self-harm

• List of Apps (via CAMHS)

• Shine | Calm Anxiety & Stress