Health and Wellbeing

Kent and Medway Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service (CYPMHS)

Kent and Medway Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) up to age 18. This service is also called Children and Young People Mental Health Service (CAMHS). You or someone on your behalf can call 0800 011 3474 (Freephone)

If your concerns escalate about your child or young person, please call NHS 111 — Mental health help 'Option 2'.

If it is an emergency, immediate danger to life/safety dial 999 or visit Accident and Emergency (A&E).

Single point of access

For residents of Kent and Medway who are not currently a patient with KMPT (sometimes referred to as Kent and Medway secondary care mental health services), call 111 and select the option for mental health when prompted if you need urgent mental health support, advice and guidance.

AccessAble

AccessAble provide detailed information you need to work out if a place you are going to will be accessible.

Check out the facts, and explore the details, before you leave home or on the move using their App and Website.

Better Health - Every Mind Matters

Get a free NHS-approved Mind Plan. By answering five quick questions you’ll get a personalised action plan with practical tips to help you deal with stress and anxiety, boost your mood, sleep better and feel more in control.

Childline

Plenty of information and support with a focus on well-being and positivity.

CXK

CXK have an Emotional Wellbeing Service. 

ERIC The Children's Bowel & Bladder Charity

FCS Talking Therapies

FCS Talking Therapies is a Charity specialising in NHS IAPT, Affordable & Private Talking Therapies for the people of Kent since 1992.

Folkestone and Hythe Haven

Healthwatch

An independent champion for people who use health and social care services. They make sure that those running services, put people at the heart of care. 

Healthwatch are there to listen to what you like about services and what you think could be improved. No matter how big or small the issue, they want to hear about it.

ieso

Join over 100,000 people who’ve used our 1:1 typed online therapy.
ieso is free and available to many NHS patients across the UK.
It only takes a minute or two to check if you're eligible for treatment.

Everyturn Mental Health (formerly Insight IAPT)

Free Talking Therapies 

Have you been feeling low, anxious, stressed, or unable to cope? Don’t struggle on alone, we’re here to listen and to help.

Kooth

An on-line counselling and emotional well-being hub for children and young people offering free, safe and anonymous online support for young people.

Live Well Kent

Live Well Kent can help improve wellbeing, mental and physical. It is a free service for anyone over age 17.

Mental Health Easy Read Guides

The following easy read guides have been produced by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.

Easy Read guide to anxiety

View guide

 Feeling Down: Looking After My Mental Health

View guide

Maidstone and West Kent MIND

Maidstone and West Kent MIND offer a range of services including a new youth services in Maidstone and Sittingbourne.

North Kent Mind

North Kent Mind is an independent mental health charity operating in Dartford and Gravesham, Swanley and surrounding villages, and the Unitary Authority of Medway.

MoodSpark

MoodSpark is a place where young people can learn about mental health, find tips and resources to keep emotionally healthy and find ways to help them bounce back when life gets tough.  MoodSpark has been designed for young people in Kent, with young people in Kent by HeadStart Kent.

NHS

For people over age 18 the NHS offers therapies, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), for problems including: stress, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and phobias.  This programme is called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT).  You can ask your GP or self-refer.

The Pod

Kent Community Health has some great resources available for therapies during this time, including OT, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language.  Please click below to find out what is available.   In addition, if you are able to stay in touch with your therapy teams, please liaise with them so that any therapy undertaken is in line with the goals and work your therapist/school are doing.

Release the Pressure

Mental health support - If you’re feeling the pressure, don’t suffer in silence. Text the word “Kent” to 85258 or Call 0800 107 0160.

Kent Resilience Hub

The Kent Resilience Hub has been designed to help parents and carers understand emotional health, how to nurture good emotional health and how to respond appropriately if their child is finding life difficult and unable to bounce back.

Kent and Medway Safe Havens

Out-of-hours mental health support to anyone aged 16+ in the Kent area, from four locations in Canterbury, Medway, Thanet and Maidstone.

Samaritans Self-help App

Keep track of how you're feeling, and get recommendations for things you can do to help yourself cope, feel better and stay safe in a crisis.

School health (Kent)

School health (Kent) school nurses work with children, young people and families in Kent. You do not have to be in school to use this service:

The Sleep Charity

The Sleep Charity, incorporating The Sleep Council, provide advice and support to empower the nation to sleep better.

Togetherall

Anonymous mental health support service available online for anyone aged 16 and over.

With You

Free, confidential counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in Surrey and Kent

Young Minds

Find out about common feelings and mental health symptoms, how to cope, and where to get help.  There is also a helpline for parents.

Kent Youth Help

We have school health teams across Kent. Our teams are available from 8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, including during school holidays.

This service is for children and young people who are school-age, between ages of four and 19.