If you or your child are in immediate danger, or your child has hurt themselves or talked about it, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. Child helplines and crisis lines:
Crisis numbers in the United Kingdom
- Childline: Tel: 0800 1111. 24 hours. For under-19s.
- Samaritans: Tel: 116 123 (Free from any phone) | Tel: 0808 164 0123 (Welsh Language Line) | Tel: 18001 44 116 123 (Relay UK). 24 hours. The Welsh Language Line is open every day, 7pm to 11pm.
- Shout, text 85258: Text: 85258. 24 hours.
- NHS 111, the urgent mental health route (England, Scotland and Wales): Tel: 111 (then choose the mental health option). In Wales, 24 hours a day.
- Edinburgh Crisis Centre: Tel: 0808 801 0414 (Freephone) | Text: 07974 429 075. 24 hours. For people aged 16 and over living in the City of Edinburgh who use or have used mental health services.
- Breathing Space, for low mood, anxiety or depression (Scotland): Tel: 0800 83 85 87. For people over 16. Evenings and overnight: Monday to Thursday 6pm to 2am; Friday 6pm to Monday 6am.
- NSPCC helpline for adults worried about a child: Tel: 0808 800 5000. Weekdays, 10am to 4pm.
- YoungMinds Parents Helpline: Tel: 0808 802 5544. For parents and main carers of young people aged 25 or under. Monday, Thursday and Friday 9.30am to 4pm; Tuesday and Wednesday 9.30am to 6pm. Not a crisis service.
- All crisis lines in the United Kingdom
This page lists Teen Psychotherapists in Edinburgh. 3 in all.
How therapy with teenagers works, and what stays confidential
A therapist shapes the work to the teenager's age. It is not adult therapy cut short.
Physical, emotional and social change in adolescence can make young people vulnerable to mental health problems 1.
Work often covers anxiety, low mood, self-esteem, school, friendships and conflict at home. A therapist handles confidentiality differently with a young person than with an adult.
A therapist usually involves parents to some degree. Ask a practitioner at the start what will be shared with you.
What psychotherapy works on, and how long it usually runs
Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours 2.
Psychotherapy usually runs longer than counselling and aims for clinical change. It works on patterns that repeat rather than on one current problem.
A psychotherapist trains in psychological treatment rather than in medicine. What that training covers, and which approach a practitioner uses, differ between practitioners. Ask which approach a psychotherapist trained in, and how long they usually work.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Teen and the professional title psychotherapist.
The Edinburgh page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in the United Kingdom?
In the United Kingdom the practitioner psychologist titles are protected and held on a statutory register; counsellor and psychotherapist are not. See the United Kingdom page.
Nearby places and related listings
- Couples Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Depression Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Family Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Grief Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Trauma Psychotherapists in Edinburgh
- Female Psychologists in Edinburgh, one filter on the full Edinburgh psychologists list
- Psychologists in Edinburgh
- All therapists listed in Edinburgh (31)
- Relationship counselling, Edinburgh
References
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TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
