Mental Health

Local Support

Recovery in Mind

Recovery In Mind is a West Berkshire based company who offer free courses to adults who want to improve their mental health & wellbeing.

The sessions are all face-to-face and run by professionals and peer trainers with lived experience.

You can self-refer and join their Welcome to Recovery Course by visiting their website.

This course is a 5 week course held on Tuesday or Wednesday mornings in Newbury. Once you have completed the Welcome to Recovery Course, you can join any of the additional workshops.

Visit their website and watch the video to see how they can help.

Recovery in Mind

Managing Emotions Programme

The Berkshire West Managing Emotions Programme offers easy access to psychoeducational courses, designed to equip people with a range of tools and skills to enable them to manage emotions more effectively.

The programme is run by Together for Mental Wellbeing and are delivered online via Microsoft teams or face-to-face in Reading.

Visit their website for more information

Gentle Yoga and a Cuppa

To help improve mobility, reduce stress and tackle loneliness, Falkland Surgery are hosting Gentle Yoga sessions for all patients registered at Burdwood Surgery, Thatcham Medical Practice and Falkland Surgery.

The sessions are held every other Wednesday at 6pm and are free to attend for our patients.

The sessions are a gentle mix of seated yoga with time beforehand to have a hot cuppa and connect with peers.

For more information or to book contact Kim Westall.

07377 956484

Berkshire Talking Therapies

Problems such as anxiety, depression, stress and phobias are very common. Talking Therapies is a friendly and approachable service which helps people with these problems.

Telephone: 0300 365 2000

Talking Therapies

Berkshire West Breathing Space

The Berkshire West Breathing Space service is a safe, welcoming and supportive space for anybody aged over 18 experiencing emotional distress and struggling to cope. Whatever the reason for you feeling distressed or in crisis – they’re there to help you.

Telephone: 0800 002 9091

Together UK

No5

No5 offers confidential listening to support children and young people, and those around them, through its free counselling service for those aged 10 to 25 in the Reading area.

Telephone: 0118 901 5668

No5

National Support

Mind

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

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.

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.

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.

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).