Help

Emergency support

If you or someone you know needs urgent help right now, please contact one of the services below directly.

I don’t offer emergency support.

If you want to understand more about spiritual crisis and how I work with it, you can read more here โ†’

In acute crisis or if you’re having thoughts of suicide

Samaritans (UK & Ireland) โ€” 24/7, free
๐Ÿ“ž 116 123 ยท ๐ŸŒ samaritans.org

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US & Canada) โ€” call, text, or chat, 24/7, free
๐Ÿ“ž Call or text 988 ยท ๐ŸŒ 988lifeline.org

UK: NHS urgent mental health help finder ยท ๐ŸŒ nhs.uk
UK emergency services: ๐Ÿ“ž 999

Outside the US/UK: ๐ŸŒ findahelpline.com lists free, confidential helplines by country.

For emotional and mental health support more broadly (UK)

Mind ยท ๐ŸŒ mind.org.uk
Rethink Mental Illness ยท ๐ŸŒ rethink.org
SANEline ยท ๐ŸŒ sane.org.uk

For spiritual-crisis and meditation-related difficulties specifically

Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN, UK) โ€” peer-support groups, signposting, run by people with lived and clinical experience of spiritual crisis.
๐ŸŒ spiritualcrisisnetwork.uk

Cheetah House โ€” founded by Dr. Willoughby Britton, specializes in meditation-related adverse effects and spiritual crisis; peer consultations and support groups.
๐ŸŒ cheetahhouse.org

ISEN โ€” International Spiritual Emergence Network
Directory of local Spiritual Emergence Networks worldwide.
๐ŸŒ spiritualemergencenetwork.org

These are external organizations. I’m not affiliated with them, don’t control their content, and can’t take responsibility for the services they provide. Please use your own judgement when reaching out.