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.
- Family Lives parenting helpline (England and Wales): Tel: 0808 800 2222 | WhatsApp: 07441 444125 (weekdays 9am to 9pm). Weekdays 9am to 9pm; weekends 10am to 3pm.
- 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 London. 12 in all.
How therapy with teenagers works
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 London page answers more questions about therapy there.
Paying for therapy in London
Do affordable options exist in London?
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth Talking Therapies. Phone +44 20 3228 6747. Talking Therapies care is free under the NHS. Adults aged 18 and older can refer themselves. You must live in Lambeth or have a Lambeth GP.
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.
What these practitioners record
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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)