Immediate support
Crisis resources
If you're in immediate danger, call your local emergency services. This practice isn't equipped for crisis situations. The services below are free and confidential, and most are available around the clock.
These are independent, third-party services, not part of Metanoia. Availability, opening hours, and contact details can change, if something below doesn't connect, Find A Helpline can point you to an alternative in your country.
Australian services
- Lifeline: crisis intervention and suicide prevention, by phone, chat, or text. 13 11 14, 24 hours a day.
- Beyond Blue: counselling for mental health concerns, by phone or online. 1300 22 4636, 24 hours a day.
- 1800RESPECT: support for sexual assault and domestic violence. 1800 737 732, 24 hours a day.
- Suicide Call Back Service: professional counselling for people at risk, and those bereaved by suicide. 1300 659 467, 24 hours a day.
- MensLine Australia: support for men's emotional and relationship concerns. 1300 78 99 78, 24 hours a day.
- Kids Helpline: free, private, and confidential counselling for young people aged 5 to 25. 1800 55 1800, 24 hours a day.
International services
- United States: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Call or text 988, 24 hours a day.
- United Kingdom: Samaritans. 116 123, free to call, 24 hours a day.
- Canada: Talk Suicide Canada. 1-833-456-4566, 24 hours a day.
- Ireland: Samaritans Ireland. 116 123, free to call, 24 hours a day.
- New Zealand: Need to Talk? Call or text 1737, 24 hours a day.
- Everywhere else: Find A Helpline lists crisis lines and support services in more than 175 countries, at findahelpline.com.
Once you're through the immediate crisis, if what you're carrying includes hopelessness, feeling misunderstood, or a sense of disconnection from the people around you, alongside anxiety, overwhelm, or grief, this is the kind of work we can do together.
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