Discharge from BAPAM Mental Health Services and Further Accessible Support

About this Page:

We hope you found the sessions with your BAPAM therapist helpful. This online resource is intended to supplement the information given to you by your therapist in your final sessions regarding further support and onward care.

BAPAM’s Mental Health Support in a Crisis page gives further advice on finding immediate help in a crisis.

1. NHS Care

The NHS can support you in sustaining good long term mental health. This includes a 24 hour helpline for support which can be found for people in England here, in Scotland here, for Wales here and in Northern Ireland here.

We strongly recommend that if you feel you still have ongoing needs for support that you make a routine appointment with your GP practice to discuss your healthcare needs. The NHS has access to local talking therapies, or your GP practice can refer you on to the community mental health team for a wider range of multidisciplinary help when needed.

If you are registered with an NHS GP, you can self-refer to NHS talking therapies – Find an NHS talking therapies services – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Importantly, if your mental health deteriorates and you need urgent help, you should call your GP surgery, call 111 or, in an emergency, attend A&E. Our Mental Health Support in a Crisis page gives further advice. 

2. Funding support for private care

Our Sources of Financial and Practical Support page gives you information on how you may be able to access further funding support for performers to access care from independent practitioners including those listed in the BAPAM Directory. Your BAPAM therapist can provide a summary of your therapy which may help with your application.

3. Self-Directed Care

Your therapist will have provided you with tools to help you as you move forward. If you are looking for more self-help tools then there are things you can do from buying books or looking at on-line activities for mental health support. The NHS have published more details here.

BAPAM offers group psychological self-care workshops, in partnership with Help Musicians and Equity, which are free to join and listed on our Training and Events page.

Our free factsheets and health resources are all online here: Health Resources | Bapam

4. More Services

There are other services that may provide mental health support for free or at reduced cost. We have listed a number of services below. 

Your NHS GP surgery may be able to identify helpful services in your area.

Mental Health Services:

This list is not exhaustive, and is for information purposes only. The organisations listed are not formally vetted by, or affiliated with BAPAM. We are grateful for information about additional services via info@bapam.org.uk.

Hub of Hope
Hub of Hope
Local service finder to help you find mental health support near you. Provided by national charity, Chasing the Stigma. Search for local, national, peer, community, charity, private and NHS mental health services using your postcode/location, and filter the results by your needs.

Mind
Information and support if you are living with/supporting someone with a mental health problem.
mind.org.uk

Mind have more than 100 local Mind centres across England and Wales which run free mental health services. Sometimes they help deliver NHS services too. Use the local Mind finder tool to find your nearest Mind centre, then go to their website to see what they offer.

List of organisations who offer support for recreational drug and alcohol addiction, including organisations who can help if you are supporting someone else:
Drug and alcohol addiction – useful contacts – Mind

Wellbeing in the Arts
Provide affordable access to a diverse range of student and experienced Counsellors, all of whom are based across the UK, are BACP / UKCP registered, and have worked in the Arts themselves previously. 
wellbeinginthearts.org.uk

Access to Work Mental Health Support Services

If you are an employee, you can self-refer to Access to Work Mental Health Support Services.  This is a government funded service that provides confidential and vocational support for people with mental health problems to regain or retain their ability to participate at work.  Support is provided for a period of 9 months.

Anxiety UK
Anxiety UK offers talking therapies for anxiety. There is a fee but they offer reduced costs for people on a low income.

Mental Health Matters
Mental Health Matters (MHM) offers a telephone counselling service and talking therapies in some areas.

Cruse
Cruse Bereavement Support offers free counselling services if you’re going through a bereavement.

Student Mental Health Charity
Studentminds.org.uk

Beat
Support for anyone effected by eating disorders.
b-eat.co.uk

Drinkaware
Help to reduce alcohol misuse and harm.
www.drinkaware.co.uk

St Marylebone Healing and Counselling Centre
Psychodynamic Therapy, London.
St Marylebone HCC Psychotherapy – St Marylebone

AGIP (Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy)
London and UK wide services.
agip.org.uk

The Inner City Centre for Psychotherapy
Affordable psychotherapy in London.
iccpsychotherapy.org.uk

Minster Centre
Affordable therapy, London NW6.
The Minster Centre

Waterloo Community Counselling
Low cost counselling.
waterloocc.co.uk

London Friend
LGBTQ+ Support.
Mental Health – London Friend

Women + Health
Affordable therapies in Camden for women and men.
womenandhealth.org.uk

Cope-Camden and Islington Psychological Therapies Service
NHS talking therapies in Camden, Islington and Kingston.
icope.nhs.uk

Solace Women’s Aid
Support including counselling for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence.
solacewomensaid.org

Brook Euston
Free & confidential sexual health & wellbeing experts.
brook.org.uk

ELOP Counselling
Counselling and support services, plus other community activities for north and east London’s LGBT communities.
elop.org

The Brandon Centre
Mental health support for young people under 25 in London.
brandon-centre.org.uk/services/mental-health-therapeutic-support

Camden City Islington & Westminster Bereavement Service​
Bereavement & loss counselling in north London​.
bereavement-counselling.org

Claremont
Low cost psychotherapy for individuals and low-cost relationship counselling for Islington residents.
claremont-project.org

Guild of Psychotherapists
Low cost psychotherapy for those aged 18 and older who live in Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
guildofpsychotherapists.org.uk

The Metro Centre
Equality and diversity charity providing health, community and youth services in England.
metrocharity.org.uk

British Psychotherapy Foundation
Provides access to psychotherapy treatment.
britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk

The Bowlby Centre
Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
thebowlbycentre.org.uk

Anxiety UK
Affordable access to therapeutic support.
anxietyuk.org.uk/get-help/access-therapy

WPF Therapy (CBT & Psychodynamic)
Accessible individual and group therapy.
Therapy Fees – WPF Therapy

The Tavistock Centre
NHS clinical services to people with emotional difficulties and other psychological problems.
tavistockandportman.nhs.uk

Camden Specialist Drugs and Alcohol Service
candi.nhs.uk/our-services/drugs-and-alcohol

The Awareness Centre
Mental Health and talking therapies in Clapham.
theawarenesscentre.com

Freshstart
Low fee focused therapy in London, including for bereavement and addiction.
freshstartpsychotherapy.co.uk

HELP Counselling
Low-cost, long-term talking therapies both face-to-face in London and online countrywide.
helpcounselling.com

The Centre for Better Health
Community based recovery and wellbeing, including counselling, in Hackney.
centreforbetterhealth.org.uk

Terrence Higgins Trust
Low cost online and in person counselling to help with e.g. dealing with an HIV diagnosis, Sex and relationships, Drugs and alcohol, Chemsex, issues around gender identity, sexual orientation or another aspect of your identity, Life changes and transitions, Difficult emotions and low self-esteem.
Counselling | Terrence Higgins Trust (tht.org.uk)

Samaritans
Tel: 116 123
jo@samaritans.org
samaritans.org

Shout Crisis Text Line
UK’s 24/7 Crisis Text Service for Mental Health Support
Text to: 85258
giveusashout.org