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ADHD motivation difficulties: tips for getting started
Find practical strategies for managing ADHD motivation difficulties, including how to start and stay on track with tasks.
ADHD time blindness: tips for tracking time
Learn practical tips for managing time and reducing stress with ADHD, including planning, prioritising, and breaking tasks down into steps.
An introduction to mental health terminology
Mental health affects thoughts, emotions, and relationships. Learn about common types of mental health conditions, their symptoms, and treatments.
Common thought patterns and how they can affect your life
Biased thought patterns can distort how we see ourselves and the world. Learn how to recognise common types of biased though patterns so that you can challenge them more effectively.
Dealing with difficult emotions
Learn simple steps to cope with difficult emotions. Find out how to identify, accept, and respond to feelings like anger or sadness, in helpful ways.
How do I support a friend who is depressed?
Tips on how to be there for a friend who is depressed and support them with what they are going through.
How sleep affects your mental health
Information on how sleep affects your mental health and wellbeing.
How social inequality can affect your mental health?
Factors like income, education, and where you live can affect your mental health. Learn more about the relationship between social inequality and mental health.
How to build new coping skills
Coping strategies are ways we manage stress. Explore different types of coping strategies, how to recognise them, and tips for developing healthier, more effective ways to handle stress.
How to build resilience
Learn how to strengthen your resilience with practical strategies like building supportive relationships, regulating emotions, and practising self-care.
How to change your thought patterns
Biased thought patterns can negatively impact your mental health. Learn techniques to identify, challenge, and change these patterns for better emotional wellbeing.
How to cope with ADHD communication difficulties
Find tips for managing communication difficulties with ADHD, from scheduling difficult conversations to regulating emotions and respecting your own strengths.
How to cope with Autism burnout and life stress
Learn how to manage Autistic burnout and daily life stress with effective coping strategies, from using technology to support well-being to unmasking safely.
How to cope with Autism stigma
Learn new strategies to cope with Autism stigma and build resilience, from embracing your Autistic identity to challenging internalised ableism.
How to handle feelings of guilt
Discover how guilt can affect you, and learn how to take practical steps to address itâsuch as apologising, learning from mistakes, and recognising when guilt is misplaced.
How to help someone in a self harm emergency
If someone you know has severely injured themselves, getting emergency medical help is critical. Find clear steps for responding to a crisis situation.
How to improve your self-esteem
Explore the causes of low self-esteem and learn strategies for improving your sense of self-worth, from building supportive relationships to realistic goal setting.
How to open up to someone about your mental health
Talking about your mental health can be tough, but preparation can help. Learn how to choose the right person, start the conversation, and seek professional support if needed.
How to practise self-care
Learn about ways of minding your physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. Get advice on overcoming common self-care barriers and find what works for you.
How to practise self-compassion
Self-compassion is linked to better mental health. Learn key strategies for practising self-compassion and how to challenge self-critical thoughts.
How to prepare for bad mental health days
Bad mental health days happen to everyone, but having a plan can make them easier to manage. Find tips on self-care, practical coping strategies, and recognising when to ask for help.
How to support a friend with an eating disorder
Tips on how to support a friend or family member experiencing an eating disorder.
How to talk to a friend who is feeling suicidal
Learn how to support a friend or family member who may be feeling suicidal, including signs to watch for, how to start the conversation, and where to seek help.
How to talk to a friend who is suicidal
Tips on how to recognise some common indicators of depression.
How to talk to someone about your mental health
Tips on how to talk with a friend or family member about your mental health and wellbeing.
How to talk to your GP about your mental health
Tips on how to talk with to your doctor / GP about your mental health.
How you regulate your emotions
Emotional regulation helps you understand and manage your emotions. Learn strategies to improve emotional awareness, build self-compassion, and respond to emotions in healthy ways.
Supporting someone who has experienced sexual violence
Find practical advice on how to support someone who has experienced sexual violence, from active listening to connecting them to appropriate services.
Talking to your employer about your mental health at work
Find out when and how to talk about their mental health at work, what reasonable accommodations may be available, and how to deal with discrimination.
Talking to your GP about your mental health
Learn how to talk to your GP about mental health, including finding a GP, booking appointments, preparing for visits, and understanding what to expect.
Talking to your partner about your mental health
Find practical advice on talking to your partner about mental health, setting healthy boundaries, and managing mental health challenges together.
Text and instant message support services
Get help in a way that feels comfortable for you by exploring our list of free, confidential text and instant message support services available in Ireland.
Understanding the link between resilience and mental health
Resilience helps you cope with stress and recover from setbacks. Learn about how building resilience as a life skill can support your mental health during difficult times.
What are my ADHD treatment options?
A guide to the different types of medications and therapies available, including practical lifestyle changes to help manage symptoms of ADHD.
What can I do to help maintain positive mental health?
Practical tips, support and things you can do to maintain positive mental health.
What is a mental health spectrum?
Mental health exists on a spectrum, ranging from positive mental well-being to mental ill-health. Find out where you are on the spectrum.
What is grounding and how can it help me?
Grounding is a quick, easy way to refocus on the present moment by using your senses or simple mental exercises. Learn how to use grounding exercises to reduce stress in the moment.
What is positive mental health?
A quick explainer on what positive mental health is and how to build your own positive mental health.
What is self-care?
Self-care means actively supporting your overall wellbeing. Find practical tips for building self-care habits and overcoming common challenges to making self-care part of your routine.
What to do if someone tells you they are thinking of suicide
If a friend or loved one confides in you about feeling suicidal, listen without judgement, offer support, and encourage them to seek professional help.
What to say to someone who self-harms
Learn how to support someone who self-harms with compassion and understanding. This guide offers practical tips on listening, offering support, and following up.
Why mental health language matters
The language we use about mental health can help reduce stigma. Learn about person-centred language and how to speak sensitively about mental ill-health.
Real life stories
6 ways to support someone who has been sexually assaulted
With one in five women experiencing sexual assault, Eimear Clogher shares six of ways you can support a survivor of sexual assault.
A young person’s story on going to therapy
Sam Cox, a young student in Dublin, tells his story on mental health, going to therapy, and the positives and challenges of self-care as a man.
A young person’s story on mindfulness and mental health
Keara tells her story about her mindfulness journey and how it helped her manage through a breakup and other mental health difficulties.
A young person’s story on therapy and transitioning to Adult Mental Health Services
Rebecca talks openly about her mental health journey and the pros and cons of transitioning to Adult Mental Health Services.
How changing my mindset helped my mental health recovery journey
Bhargavi explains how changing their mindset to learn how to separate emotions and behaviours improved their mental health.
How I challenged negativity in my thoughts
While Tia says she has found managing mental health tricky, she has developed some tools to help. Read more here.
How I learned to build my self-esteem
Having always focused on the negatives, Cliodhna talks about change the way she sees herself and her experiences.
How I learned to live with my Dad’s mental health issues
Mental health issues are different for everyone. Here are some ways this contributor learned to cope with their Dad's illness.
How I supported my wellbeing when I was homeless
Elizabeth talks about moving into a B&B with her family, and how faith and positive relationships helped her.
How my undiagnosed ADHD led to burnout
Emma's journey to finally receiving an ADHD diagnosis at 24 helped shed light on how ADHD symptoms contributed to burnout.
How the pressure on men impacts our mental health
Ross talks about gender expectations and the impact this has on how he feels about himself and others. Read more here.
How to support a friend who is grieving
Chloe understands how hard it can be to lose someone. Here are some practical steps you can take to support your grieving friends.
My advice for supporting your LGBTI+ black friends
This writer talks about their friend's experience coming out, and building up their self-confidence and self-esteem
My journey to an Autism diagnosis
Naomhán shares their journey to an autism diagnosis, reflecting on childhood struggles, autistic burnout, and the impact of finally getting answers.
My tips for supporting a friend who does not drink
Sometimes people want to go out and not drink, and that's okay. Chloe shares some tips for supporting your sober friends.
Supports when your family doesn’t accept you as LGBTI+
Living with unsupportive people can be really difficult for any LGBTI+ person. Learning to take care of your well-being is so important.
The challenges I have faced ‘coming out’ as autistic
Whether coming out as LGBTQIA+ or autistic, Davin feels that people may not understand and that more support is needed for both.
Why it’s so important to talk about mental health
As someone who has experienced mental illness, Clara shares her mental health journey and the impact of positive and negative comments.
Why trying to be perfect hurt my self-esteem
Eimer talks about her perfectionism journey and how learning to appreciate effort rather than perfection has helped her self-esteem.
ADHD Ireland
ADHD Ireland provides support and services for people with ADHD & those who support them, including support groups, courses &...
Arklow Springboard Family Support Service
Arklow Springboard Family and Support Service are part of the Daughters of Charity Child and Family Service. They use a...
AsIAm
AsIAm is Irelands autism charity. They offer a rang of supports and resources for young people with autism and their...
Aspire Ireland
Inspire supports individuals diagnosed with asperger syndrome, operate a family inclusive model to support the autistic individual and their support...
Aware
Aware provides information and support services to people affected by mental illnesses such as depression, bipolar and mood-related conditions.
Ballymun Regional Youth Resource (BRYR)
Ballymun Regional Youth Resource is a youth organisation that operates in the heart of the Ballymun community, their purpose is...
Bedford Row Family Project Ltd.
One to one counselling/play therapy/family support for 6-28 yrs. Cost - what someone can afford. Support for families with people...
Bodywhys – The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland
Bodywhys The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland - is the national voluntary organisation supporting people affected by eating disorders and...
Carmha – Connection and Recovery in Addiction and Mental Health
Provides range of free professional counselling and peer-support services for people over 18 with addiction and mental health issues (Dual-diagnosis)
Carrigaline Family Support Centre
Carrigaline Family Support Centre is in the heart of the community of Carrigaline and serves the town and the community....
Childline
Childline is Ireland's 24-hour national listening service for all children and young people (up to and including the age of...
Clarecare
Offers a variety of services to the local community. Provides family support services, parent supports and addiction services. Has locations...
Domestic Abuse Services Providing Advocacy and Support
Local domestic abuse services providing a range of supports, including advocacy, counselling and court accompaniment. Available in: Domestic Violence Advocacy...
Donegal Travellers Project
Independent, locally based community development organisation working for and with the Traveller and Roma communities in Donegal. The project supports...
Dublin North, North East Recovery College
Dublin North, North East Recovery College provides recovery-based education for mental health recovery. Working in communities to become trauma-informed and...
Dyslexia Ireland
Dyslexia Ireland provides information and support services to people affected by dyslexia. Their website has a range of resources that...
Dyspraxia Ireland
Dyspraxia Ireland provides a range of supports and services to young people and adults with dyspraxia/DCD and their families. They...
Find Your Foróige
Foróige is a youth organisation with a difference here, young people dont just participate, they lead. Whether running their own...
Grow Mental Health
Grow Mental Health provides support and education around emotional and mental wellbeing; free online support groups; and around the 12...
Helplink Mental Health
Helplink Mental Health's mission is to provide accessible, free or low cost mental health services; locally, nationally and internationally, 7...
HSE National Counselling Service
The National Counselling Service (NCS) provides free counselling to people age 18 or older who experienced childhood abuse or neglect....
HSE Your Mental Health
HSE Mental Health Supports provide a list of mental health supports, phone lines, services, apps and more for those dealing...
HUGG
HUGG provides information, phone and local peer support groups to those bereaved by suicide. HUGG peer support groups are led...
I Fight Depression
The iFightDepression tool is a multilingual internet-based guided self-management tool for individuals with mild to moderate depression. The iFightDepression website...
Innovation Recovery College
The Innovation Recovery College is an online education resource to support people recovering from mental health difficulties or for those...
Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP)
IACP provides a directory of therapists that provide their paid services across Ireland.
Jigsaw
Jigsaw is a nationwide charity that offers free therapy to young people between the age of 12-25, as well as...
Kilkenny Rape Crisis Centre (KASA)
KASA offer professional and confidential counselling and support for survivors of sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault. KASA provides a...
LGBT Ireland
LGBT Ireland provides the National LGBT Helpline, Transgender Family Line, Online Chat Service, Telefriending and Peer Support Groups.
LIFELINE Inishowen
Lifeline (Inishowen) Domestic Violence Service provides a community response offering a first step to support women and children in Inishowen...
Limerick Youth Service
Leading provider of youth work in Limerick, education, training, employability and volunteering opportunities for young people. Supports several diverse youth...
Local Autism support services
A range of local supports available to autistic people and their families.Available in: Cavan Cavan Autism Parent Support (CAPS)Â Dublin...
Local counselling services
A range of local, community-based services providing affordable professional counselling to children and adolescents, adults or both. Available in: Dublin...
Local services for Travellers
Local services which work from a culturally inclusive framework which respects Traveller culture, identity, values and norms. Available in: Donegal...
Local suicide prevention and bereavement services
Local services designed to help those in any way impacted by suicide, providing suicide awareness, as well as support for...
Local youth services
A range of local youth organisations providing community-based activities and support systems designed to help young people develop and thrive....
Longford Women’s Link
Longford Women's link Domestic Violence Service provides supports to women and children experiencing domestic violence in Co. Longford.
Loughrea Community and Family Support Centre
Vision to make people lives better through the provision of supports and services that respond to the needs of the...
Mayo Recovery College
This unique service aims to support, maintain and promote positive mental health in the community and to foster hopeful positive...
Mayo Women’s Support Services
Emergency Accommodation, Resettlement, Information, Education & Awareness Raising, Programme of Support for children, Children's Services, Support and Information, Court Accompaniment,...
Meath Women’s Refuge & Support Services
Meath Women's Refuge & Support Services include a 24-hour / 365 day a year helpline and refuge accommodation, outreach, counselling,...
Mental Health Ireland
Mental Health Ireland (MHI) provides a range of services, supports and information to individuals and communities around the country to...
Mindspace Mayo
Mindspace Mayo provides free and confidential support in person for young people aged 12-25 in Mayo. To get a referral...
Mná Feasa, Womens Domestic Violence Project
Mná Feasa, Womens Domestic Violence Project provides information and support to women experiencing domestic violence through their helpline, their advocacy...
MyMind
MyMind provides professional counselling and psychotherapy, face-to-face or online, without waiting lists or need to referral. Face-to-face appointments are available...
North West (Stop) Suicide Prevention
Provide safe, confidential soLace where people can talk freely about the loss, stress, confusion, conlicts and other pains in their...
Oasis House Women’s Refuge
Oasis House Women's Refuge provides accommodation, support and 24/7 helpline to women and women with children who experience abuse and/or...
OSS Cork
OSS Cork supports people experiencing domestic violence in Cork city and county. At their resource centre people experiencing domestic violence...
Parentline
Parentline is a national, confidential helpline that offers parents support, information and guidance on all aspects of being a parent...
Pieta
Pieta provides emergency 24/7 text and phone line, online or in-person counselling and wider supports for those at risk of...
Pieta Balbriggan
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Ballina
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Ballyfermot
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Belong To
Pieta provides free crisis counselling services within BeLonG To Youth Services in Dublin City Centre and across Ireland for young...
Pieta Blakestown & Mountview Youth Initiative
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Carrickmacross
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Cavan
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Clones
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Cork
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Dublin South
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Galway
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Kerry
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Louth
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Midlands
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Midwest
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Monaghan
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Northwest
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Roscrea
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Sligo
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta South East
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Swords
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Virginia
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta West
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta West Cork
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Pieta Wexford
Pieta provide a range of services nationally to people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, those who engage in self-harm,...
Recovery College South East
The recovery college south east provides educational workshops for people who are experiencing mental health and addiction challenges. The workshops...
Recovery education services
Recovery education takes a strength and adult education-based approach which offers the choice to engage in learning opportunities. It is...
Samaritans
Samaritans provide a 24-hour freephone number for anyone experiencing difficulty or who needs to talk.
Saoirse Domestic Violence Services
Saoirse DVS provides support to women experiencing domestic violence in Dublin.
Shine
Shine provides support, resources and advocacy for people experiencing serious mental health diagnoses and mental ill health.
Sister Sheds
Sister Sheds is a membership organisation that provides a space where women can come together, empower one another, and provide...
Skerries Youth Support Service
Skerries Youth Support Services (SYSS) is a youth-focused community organisation which offers support to local young people and their families...
Sligo Rape Crisis Centre
One-to-one counselling for victims of sexual violence/sexual abuse. Available to young people from 14 to 18 years of age, both...
Solace Café Cork
Solace Café Cork, is a free out of hours mental health service offering peer-support in the community when other services...
Space from Anxiety programme
The Space from Anxiety programme is run by ISPCC held on the digital platform, SilverCloud and is free for people...
spunout academy
spunout academy is a free online learning space for building knowledge and skills that support your mental health and emotional...
St. Patricks Mental Health Services
St. Patricks Mental Health Service telephone and email service is staffed by experienced mental health nurses 9-5 Monday to Friday...
Suicide or Survive
SOS endeavours to challenge the stigma attached to mental illness and provide a range of educational and therapeutic programmes that...
Supporting an Anxious Child or Teen programme
The Supporting An Anxious Child or Teen programme is run by ISPCC and delivered via the SilverCloud platform. The programme...
Switchboard
The Switchboard helpline provides confidential and non-judgmental listening, support and information services for Ireland's LGBTQIA community.
TeenLine
Teenline provides a 24-hour active listening service for young people up to the age of 18 in Ireland.
Text About It
Text About It is a free, anonymous, 24/7 messaging service providing everything from a calming chat to immediate support for...
Threshold
Threshold is a national housing charity that campaigns for the rights of tenants, works to end homelessness, provides free and...
Threshold Training Network
Threshold Training Network empowers people to take steps to improve the quality of their mental health to give them hope...
Too Into You
Too Into You provides information on and support for intimate relationship abuse. They provide an instant messaging support service for...
Turn2Me
Turn2Me provides an online 3 tiered approach to supporting mental well-being to people aged 18 years and over. It includes...
Your Mental Health information line
The Your Mental Health information line provide information on the mental health supports and services available to you and how...
Youth Information Chat
Youth Information Chat is a free, one-on-one chat service available weekday evenings for information, advice and guidance. Professional Youth Information...
YouthMed.info
Youth Med.Info is a website that provides accurate and accessible information on commonly used mental health medicines. Youth Med.Info was...
Books, podcasts, and apps
ADHD Ireland app
ADHD Ireland's app provides reliable information on adhd including diagnosis, supports, and self-help techniques.
Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Adults: A Guide for Autistic Wellbeing
Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Adults provides practical strategies to manage anxiety, reduce stress, and enhance well-being, offering a supportive guide tailored to autistic individuals' unique needs.
Brilliant communication skills
Brilliant Communication Skills offers practical tips to improve verbal and non-verbal communication, build rapport, and enhance relationships in personal and professional settings for greater success.
Calm Harm
Calm Harm is an app that provides tasks and activities to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm.
Connections: Conversations worth having
Mental health charity, Suicide or Survive, host a variety of important conversations as they talk to communities about stigma and mental health from the lens of lived experience.
Finch: Self-care Pet
Finch: Self-care pet is an app that sets users with daily ââself care exercise targets for creating and maintaining healthy habits.
Grow Mental Health podcast
The Grow Mental Health podcast programmes explore different aspects of our lives to help build resilience and shared experience around mental health.
Headspace app
The Headspace app teaches meditation and mindfulness skills. Find techniques that can help improve your mood, de-stress, and sleep better.
HSE Health and Wellbeing podcast
The HSE's Health and Wellbeing podcast explores a wide range of health topics with insights on how to manage our own health, access supports and achieve healthy outcomes in our communities.
Insight Timer
Insight Timer is an app with lessons on how to meditate and learn mindfulness to reduce anxiety and stress as well as helping you sleep better.
It’s ok to talk: a practical guide to mental health for men
It's OK to Talk is a practical guide for men, promoting mental health awareness. It offers strategies for coping, breaking stigma, and encouraging open conversations about emotions and well-being.
Let’s Chat – ADHD
This podcast from adhd Ireland will help you understand, learn and explore more around the topic of adhd.
Living with dyspraxia: a guide for adults with developmental dyspraxia
Living with Dyspraxia is a practical guide for adults with developmental dyspraxia, offering strategies, support, and insights to navigate daily challenges and improve confidence and well-being.
Making Dyslexia work for you
Making Dyslexia Work for You by Vicki Goodwin offers practical strategies, advice, and support to help individuals with dyslexia navigate challenges, build confidence, and succeed in daily life.
Mind over mood: change how you feel by changing the way you think
Mind Over Mood teaches cognitive behavioral techniques to help manage emotions, reduce anxiety and depression, and improve overall well-being by changing negative thought patterns.
Mindfulness Coach
The Mindfulness Coach is an app that provides gradual, self-guided training programmes designed to help you develop a mindfulness practice.
Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman teaches simple techniques to reduce stress, improve focus, and cultivate inner peace through mindfulness.
MindShift CBT app
Mindshift is an app which uses CBT tools to help people manage anxiety or worry. Includes journaling, belief experiments, meditations.
Overcoming anger and irritability : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
Overcoming Anger and Irritability is a CBT-based self-help guide offering practical techniques to manage anger, reduce frustration, and develop healthier emotional responses for improved well-being.
Overcoming Mood Swings
Overcoming Mood Swings is a CBT-based self-help guide offering strategies to manage depression and hypomania, stabilize emotions, and develop healthier thought patterns for lasting well-being.
Overcoming Social Anxiety & Shyness
Overcoming Social Anxiety & Shyness by Gillian Butler offers CBT-based strategies to manage anxiety, build confidence, and improve social interactions
Quiet the mind: an illustrated guide on how to meditate
Quiet the Mind is a visually guided introduction to meditation, offering simple techniques to reduce stress, improve focus, and find inner peace through mindfulness and breathing exercises.
Stories of Recovery
The podcast series features local people who have lived through adversities that challenged their mental health and wellbeing and how they now flourish and continue to stay well.
SuperBetter app
The SuperBetter app offers interactive games and self-care ideas to help you cope with your mental health and wellbeing.
Tellmi: Better Mental Health
Tellmi allows you to share your problems anonymously, and get the help and advice from a supportive community. People share their experiences like struggling with stress, anxiety or depression, having problems with friends, or hurting from a break-up.
The adult autism assessment handbook : a neurodiversity affirmative approach
The Adult Autism Assessment Handbook offers a neurodiversity-affirmative approach to diagnosing autism in adults, providing practical guidance for clinicians and support for autistic individuals.
The body keeps the score: mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma
The Body Keeps the Score explores how trauma impacts the mind, brain, and body. It offers insights into healing through therapies that integrate both the mental and physical aspects of trauma recovery.
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, and Matthew McKay offers practical techniques to manage stress, relax, and improve overall well-being.
Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss
Touched by Suicide offers support for those grieving a suicide loss. It provides guidance, hope, and healing strategies to help navigate the intense emotions and find peace after such a tragedy.
Voda: LGBTQIA+ Mental Wellness
The Voda: LGBTQIA+ Mental Wellness app was created by leading LGBTQIA+ psychotherapists, and combines leading psychotherapy expertise to make mental wellbeing support more accessible, inclusive and more intersectional.
When someone you love has a mental illness : a handbook for family, friends, and caregivers
When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness provides guidance for supporting family members or friends with mental health challenges. It offers practical advice, coping strategies, and emotional support.
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind? is a podcast hosted by Niall Breslin exploring how we can better look after our heads and our hearts.
You are not alone: navigating mental illness and the journey to recovery
You Are Not Alone offers guidance for those navigating mental illness, providing hope, coping strategies, and insights to help individuals understand their journey and move toward healing and recovery.
You OK? podcast
You OK? is a podcast from the national broadcaster, RTE. It has a series of conversations about support, discussions around our emotions and minding our mental health. You can listen to experts speak on mental health or try out their 5 minutes of mindfulness series.
Activities
54321 Grounding Technique
Grounding is a quick, easy way to refocus on the present moment by using your senses or simple mental exercises. Learn how to use grounding exercises to reduce stress in the moment.
Create a self-care routine
Self-care means actively supporting your overall wellbeing. Find practical tips for building self-care habits and overcoming common challenges to making self-care part of your daily routine.
Deep Breathing Exercise
Deep breathing helps reduce stress, lower blood pressure, improve focus, and promote relaxation by increasing oxygen flow and calming the nervous system.
Guided Mindful Meditation
Mindfulness meditation can help boost your mood, combat stress and improve your wellbeing. Take 5 minutes for yourself today and practice self-care with this guided meditation.
Journaling
Journaling is a great activity to try as it helps reduce stress, boosts self-awareness, and improves mood. It can help you process your emotions, track patterns, and enhance emotional well-being.
Learn with Empathy Online
spunout Academy is an online learning platform to engage in self-directed courses across a range of skill areas.
Make a conversation starter plan
Talking about mental health can be difficult but it doesn't have to be.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) is a technique that involves tensing and relaxing muscle groups to reduce stress, improve relaxation, and ease tension.
