Useful resources

Anxiety, CBT & Self-Help

CBT Online (MoodGYM): Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) programme for preventing and managing depression.

Get Self Help: Free CBT worksheets, self-help resources, workshops and therapeutic tools. 

Self-Help for Anxiety Management (SAM): Free app providing tools and techniques to manage anxiety.

Bereavement & Loss

Cruse Bereavement Care: Bereavement support, grief information and coping resources.

Eating Disorders

Beat: Information, support and recovery resources for eating disorders.

General Mental Health & Wellbeing

General Mental Health & Wellbeing (Verywell Mind): Evidence-based mental health information and wellbeing advice.

General Health (NHS): Physical health advice, healthy lifestyle guidance and wellbeing tools. 

Every Mind Matters: NHS mental health advice, self-help resources and recommended apps.

HappyHealthy: App promoting healthy lifestyle habits, mindfulness, nutrition, exercise and sleep.

The Tidal Model: Recovery-focused approach to mental health used by professionals and service users. 

 

Mindfulness, Meditation & Relaxation

Headspace: Guided meditation, mindfulness and sleep support.

Calm: Meditation, sleep stories, relaxation and stress management.

Mindfulness and Meditation: Free guided mindfulness exercises and meditation techniques.

Mood Tracking & Emotional Wellbeing

Moodscope: Online mood tracking and mood management platform.

MoodPanda: App for tracking mood patterns and emotional wellbeing.

Peer Support & Online Communities

Big White Wall (Togetherall): Anonymous, professionally moderated online mental health community.

Elefriends: Mind's supportive online community where people share experiences and support each other.

Self-Harm & Crisis Support

Self-harm UK: Recovery-focused information and support for self-harm.

Stay Alive App: Suicide prevention app with safety planning, crisis support and resources.

Sleep & Recovery

Sleepio: Evidence-based sleep improvement programme using CBT for insomnia.

Student Wellbeing

Student Minds: Mental health information, peer support and campaigns for university students.

Student Health App: Free app providing health and wellbeing information for students.

The Mix: Support service for young people covering mental health, money, housing, relationships and more.

Substance Misuse Support

Alcohol: Information and advice about alcohol use and supporting others.

Down Your Drink: Online programme to help people review and reduce alcohol consumption.

Talk to Frank (FRANK): Information about drugs, their effects, risks and the law.

Release: Drug information, legal rights and harm reduction support.

Wellbeing Podcasts

All Hail Kale. The BBC’s hit wellness podcast presented by award-winning journalist Tim Samuels. All Hail Kale is wellness you can trust and provides advice on What’s best for your mind, body, diet and mood – served with heaps of expertise and a sprinkling of wit!

Feel Better Live More: The Feel Better Live More podcast is by Dr Rangan Chatterjee, a medical doctor with over 16 years experience who treats you as an individual. Dr Chatterjee takes a 360° approach to health by focussing on his four pillars of health: Food, Movement, Sleep and Relaxation. 

How To Fail: How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is a podcast that celebrates the things that haven’t gone right. Every week, a new interviewee explores what their failures have taught them about how to succeed better.

The Calmer You: The Calmer You Chloe Brotheridge, author of The Anxiety Solution. In this podcast, Brotheridge shares her tips to help you live a calmer life with practical steps, encouragement and expert interviews.