Mental Health Support
It can be so isolating struggling with mental health, but you are not alone.
Details of organisations and charities offering support, advice and information for maintaining mental health can be found below.
Newham Talk Therapies
Free and confidential talking therapies and specialist support to help you feel better within the borough of Newham.
No Panic
Advice, support, recovery programs and help for people living with phobias, OCD and any other anxiety-based disorders
Rethink
Improving the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning
Sane
Mental health charity working to improve the quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness
Mental Health Organisations for People of Colour, Migrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Muslim Communities affected by Racism in the UK
Aashna Therapy Service
A social justice therapy service providing an accessible communal approach to individual therapy for the LGBTQIA+
and global majority community.
Approachable Parenting
Culturally sensitive counselling services for minority communities and specialised support for families
dealing with the stresses of migration and cultural adaptation.
Ayati Mind
A mental health and wellness platform that connects men from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds with
culturally competent therapists and counsellors.
Aya Training and Development (ATD)
Providing intercultural therapy by taking a trauma informed, holistic, whole community approach to healing from
social, cultural and racial adversities.
Barnardo’s Boloh
Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of adult asylum seekers across the UK. Offering emotional support and
eight free therapy sessions.
Bayo
An online space to find collectives, organisations and services from across the UK – run by and for the Black
community – to support their mental health and wellbeing.
Black, African and Asian Therapist Network (BAATN)
Online directory of counsellors and psychotherapists of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean Heritage.
