An Tobar Nua Counselling Service: Aims to support and assist people in overcoming life’s challenges as they move towards healing and positive change. An Tobar Nua Counselling Service’s qualified counsellors offer professional, confidential and non-judgemental one to one counselling to adults (18+). Their counselling service is free of charge but accept donations. To avail of support, contact the service at antobarnua.ie/counselling or by telephone 091 562175.
Mind and Body Works: All of the Psychotherapists have contact details including their phone number and email address at the bottom of their profile on the website. They can be contacted directly this way. They can be contacted on 091 725750 or email galway@mindandbodyworks.com.
Pro Consult: Provides community based professional counselling and psychotherapy service at an affordable cost to adults experiencing a wide array of life challenges and problems. Their contact details are 2 St Helen’s St, Galway, phone: (091) 589 581.
Evidence Based Therapy Centre: Offer Couples Therapy, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy in Galway and surrounding areas. Contact details: email admin@ebtc.ie, Tel: 091 737777.
MyMind: Provides adult and adolescent counselling with no waiting lists. Their services are affordable, with fees linked to employment status, allowing the unemployed, full-time students and seniors to access services at reduced rates. Appointments can be made online or face to face in certain locations. Contact 0818 500 800 or email hq@mymind.org.
HSE NCS Counselling in Primary Care Service (CIPC): Provides time-limited counselling to adults across Ireland. This service is available to adults over 18 years who are medical card holders and experiencing mild to moderate psychological and emotional difficulties. Referral to CIPC is through your GP or your local primary care team. Once your GP/Primary Care Team practitioner has arranged a referral you must contact your local CIPC service to opt-in to counselling. You can do this by phoning the service in your area.
Adult Counselling Service: This is for survivors of childhood sexual, emotional or physical abuse or neglect. Telephone 1800 234 114.
Connect Counselling: A freephone, professional and anonymous telephone counselling and support service for survivors of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. It is open to any adult who has experienced abuse, trauma or neglect in childhood. Connect Counselling is an additional service to the HSE’s National Counselling Service. The service is available 7 days per week, 5pm to 9pm: 1800 477 477, connectcounselling.ie.
Pieta House: If you are in crisis, you can also contact Pieta House on Freephone 1800 247 247 to speak to a therapist, or you can text HELP to 51444 to text a therapist.
Samaritans: You can text 50808 or contact the Samaritans by Freephone 116 123.
Mental Health Supports For Young People
Youthwork Ireland Galway: Counselling service for young people aged 12 to 21 years. Contact: 41/43 Prospect Hill, Galway. Tel: 091 561637. www.youthworkireland.ie
Samaritans: Provide supports for people struggling to cope and having thoughts of suicide. 24-hour free helpline: 116 123, email jo@samaritans.org.
Jigsaw: A mental health charity that provides free therapy and supports for young adults aged between 12 and 25 years (and their families) suffering mild to moderate mental health issues, both online and in person. You can contact them through their website jigsaw.ie. You can also reach out by phone at Jigsaw Galway on 091 549252 or email galway@jigsaw.ie to arrange an appointment.
No. 4 Youth Service: A service for young people aged between 13 and 25 years offering advice in the areas of education, physical and mental health. Counselling sessions are available and have a fee of €5. Call 091 568483 or 091 562114, or visit www.no4.ie.
Turn2me: An accessible, professional online mental health service available to young people over 12. They provide individual and group-based support. turn2me.ie
50808: A free 24/7 text service, providing everything from a calming chat to immediate support for people going through a mental health or emotional crisis. From breakups or bullying, to anxiety, depression and suicidal feelings, the Crisis Volunteers are available 24/7 for anonymous text conversations. Text 50808.
Pieta House: Pieta provides a professional one-to-one therapeutic service to people who are in suicidal distress, those who engage in self-harm, and those bereaved by suicide. All of their services are provided free of charge and no referral is needed. Call 0818 111 126 or text HELP to 51444.
Childline: If you are under 18 you can talk with Childline in confidence, about anything that might be on your mind, by phone, web chat or text. Call 1800 66 66 66 or text HELP to 50101.
Spunout: A youth information website with many resources on mental health. spunout.ie
