Mental Health

Birmingham Healthy Minds

Birmingham Healthy Minds is an NHS primary care psychological therapies service that works closely with Birmingham GPs. BHM offers advice, information and brief psychological talking therapies for people aged 16 and over, who are often feeling anxious, low in mood or depressed.

Self Refer to Birmingham Healthy Minds

Mind Birmingham 

Birmingham Mind is the largest independent mental health charity providing services in and beyond the City of Birmingham’s boundaries.

Visit the Birmingham Mind website

Op Courage

The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is available to all ex-Forces personnel, those transitioning to civilian life (including reservists), and veterans living in Birmingham and the wider Midlands region. The service offers free NHS mental health support, and veterans can self-refer or be referred by a professional. 

Visit the NHS website

Forward Thinking Birmingham

Forward Thinking Birmingham provides mental health support, care, and treatment for 0 to 25 year olds across the city. Care tailored to individual needs, no matter where they live in Birmingham or how complex their situation. The only requirement is registration with a Birmingham GP.

Visit the Forward Thinking Birmingham website

Pause Walk-in Centre

Pause is a city centre drop-in service for anyone under 25 who wants to talk about their mental health or wellbeing. Run by The Children’s Society in partnership with Forward Thinking Birmingham, Pause offers a relaxed, welcoming space where you can simply walk in, no appointment needed, for a chat, advice, and support.

Trained staff can help with any mental health or emotional concern, big or small. Whether you’re struggling, feeling low, or just need someone to listen, Pause is here for you.

Address

21 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6BJ and Frankley Plus Children’s Centre, 131 New St, Rubery, Birmingham B45 0EU

Telephone: 0300 300 0099

Opening times and service details may change, so it’s a good idea to check the website or call ahead before visiting.

Visit the Pause website

Clear Fear App 

For 11 to 19-year-olds

Clear Fear, developed by stem4 and Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nihara Krause with input from young people, is a free app designed to help children and young people manage symptoms of anxiety. The app uses a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) framework to support users in changing anxious thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, and to calm fear responses.

Features include:

• practical strategies to manage anxiety
• helpful descriptions of how anxiety can appear
• resource links
• a ‘grit box’ to build resilience.

The app is free to use and suitable for anyone aged 11 and over.

Please note: Clear Fear is not a substitute for professional mental health support. If anxiety or mental health issues are severe or persistent, seek advice from a healthcare professional.

Visit the Clear Fear website

Calm Harm

Calm Harm is an award-winning app developed by the teenage mental health charity stem4, designed by Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nihara Krause. It uses the principles of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to help young people manage and resist the urge to self-harm.

The app offers a range of tasks and strategies to support users in finding alternatives to self-harm.

It can be personalised and made private with a password, allowing users to track their progress over time and notice positive changes.

Please note: Calm Harm is intended as an aid to treatment and support, it does not replace professional mental health care. If you are struggling, please reach out to a healthcare professional

Visit the Calm Harm website

Mind

Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Visit the Mind website

Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through a network of local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning. The goal is to make sure everyone affected by severe mental illness has a good quality of life.

Visit the Rethink website

Anxiety UK

Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected.

Visit the Anxiety UK website

Samaritans

Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Visit the Samaritans website

Combat Stress

Combat Stress is the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. For a century, they’ve helped former servicemen and women with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Visit the Combat Stress website

CALM (Campaign against living miserably)

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.

Visit the CALM website

Young Minds

Young Minds is leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever their challenges.

Visit the Young Minds website

PAPYRUS (Prevention of Young Suicide)

Offers resources, advice, and training, including the HOPELINE247 helpline for anyone under 35 who is struggling, as well as for those supporting them.

Visit the PAPYRUS website

Support After Suicide

Provides information and signposting to support services for people bereaved by suicide, including local resources.

Visit the Support After Suicide website

Hub For Hope

The UK’s largest mental health support directory

Visit the Hub For Hope website