This section provides tools and tips to help you understand your emotions, build healthy habits and connect you with support organisations.
Feeling Overwhelmed?
If you are feeling overwhelmed, or like you want to hurt yourself or someone else you can:
- Text SHOUT to 85258 to contact Shout’s textline
- Contact Childline by using 1-2-1 counsellor chat
- Contact Guide-Line either by phone on 0800 884 884 or using their online chat
If you, or someone else, is at immediate risk of harm, this is an emergency.
You should:
- Call 999
- Tell and adult you trust and ask them to call 999 and ask for help
Counselling
At Parkside, we work with Youth in Mind if you are:
- Feeling worried or low in mood
- Having difficulties going to school
- Need help to build self confidence
- Need guidance on exploring your identity
- Need support with achieving goals
You can speak to your Head of Year, Student Support Leader or a member of the Safeguarding Team if you feel you would benefit from Youth in Mind counselling.
You can find out more about them here.
Mind
Mind is a charity that offers help whenever you might need it through their information, advice and local services. They have lots of guidance online to help you:
Molehill Mountain
Molehill Mountain is an app to help people with autism understand and self-manage anxiety. The app is free and you can download it from the App Store on your iPhone or the . Through short daily logins, you’ll cover a full Cognitive Behaviour Therapy course that has been designed specifically for autistic people.
You can find out more about Molehill Mountain here and it is downloadable from the App Store or Google Play.