Local support services

Local services

• University of Plymouth Medical Centre
  Provides general medical services for students at University of Plymouth. Out of hours GPs in Plymouth can be found by calling NHS 111, dial 111 from any phone.
• Plymouth Online directory
  Offers information and advice about support services, activities and organisations for people who live in Plymouth.
• Plymouth Options
  Plymouth Options is a city-wide service for adults in Plymouth with common problems such as anxiety and depression. Provide counselling, CBT. Self-refer or via GP.
• Plymouth Community Mental Health Teams
  Supporting severe and/or enduring mental health problems.
• The Zone
  Charity offering free, confidential support and information to young people. Anyone aged 16- 25 years can drop into The Zone on any day of the week (Monday - Friday between 12pm - 5pm) to speak with one of the Youth Support Volunteers.
• Icebreak at the Zone
  Icebreak provides a friendly and accessible service committed to supporting and empowering people aged 16- 25 years who are experiencing emotional distress.
• Insight at the Zone
  The Insight team is a free and confidential Early Intervention Service offering support to people aged 18 - 35 years who may be experiencing symptoms of early psychosis.
• Harbour Centre
  Harbour helps anyone, including family and friends, affected by the misuse of drugs and alcohol by providing information, education, assessment and care co-ordination.
• First Light
  First Light is a registered charity and the lead agency for the Plymouth Sexual Assault Referral Centre. They provide support to men, women, children and young people who have been affected by rape and serious sexual assault.
• Eddystone Trust
  Eddystone Trust is an independent sexual health charity based in the South West, UK.
• Plymouth Eating Disorder Service
  Charity established in 1995. EDS is funded by the NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group, to support those with a recognisable eating disorder.
• Out of hours you can contact the 24/7 First Response Support Line for mental health support on 0800 923 9323.

• Relate
  Relationship counselling. Sex therapy. Family counselling. This service charges on a sliding scale.
• Cruse Bereavement Care
  Cruse Bereavement Care can support you after the death of someone close. If someone you know has died and you need to talk.
• The Bereavement Counselling Service
  Offers specialist bereavement counselling in response to complicated grief.
• Operation emotion
  Plymouth-based voluntary organisation that operates, encourages and develops services for adult male survivors of sexual abuse.
• Samaritans
  Talk to the Samaritans any time you like, in your own way, and off the record – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal.
• Rethink Mental Illness
  Structured and goal-focused to support people to become more involved in social, leisure, educational, training, volunteering and employment opportunities.
• Advice Plymouth
  The new partnership between Plymouth Citizens Advice Bureau, Plymouth Guild, Routeways and Age UK Plymouth.
• Simply Counselling
  Simply Counselling is a community interest company that provides counselling to individuals, couples, carers and families, in the Plymouth area. This service charges on a sliding scale.
• Crossline
  Counselling service offered by registered Christian caring agency with a Christian ethos committed to providing an inclusive service to those who seek help, whether they be of another faith or of no faith at all.
• Proud2Be
  Proud2Be is a grassroots user-led social enterprise that supports LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or questioning+) people in Devon and beyond, to lead empowered, fulfilled and authentic lives.
• Intercom Trust
  Intercom Trust is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans+ charity working across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and the wider South West.

Private counselling

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) directory of counsellors
• Counselling directory