If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines can help:
Crisis numbers
- the United States of America:
- the United Kingdom:
- 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.
- India:
- Tele-MANAS: Tel: 14416 | Tel: 1-800 891 4416. 24 hours.
- Vandrevala Foundation Helpline: Tel: +91 9999 666 555 | WhatsApp: +91 9999 666 555. 24 hours.
- Canada:
- 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline, call or text, at any hour: Tel: 9-8-8 | Text: 9-8-8
- Kids Help Phone, for children and young adults: Tel: 1-800-668-6868 | Text: CONNECT to 686868
- South Africa:
- SADAG Suicide Crisis Helpline: Tel: 0800 567 567. 24 hours.
- Cipla Mental Health Helpline: Tel: 0800 456 789 (24 hours) | Text: 31393 | WhatsApp: 076 882 2775 (8am to 5pm). 24 hours.
- the Philippines:
- NCMH Crisis Hotline: Tel: 1553 (Nationwide) | Tel: 1800-1888-1553 (Nationwide) | Tel: 0919-057-1553 (SMART/TNT). 24 hours.
- Hopeline, suicide and emotional crisis line: Tel: 02-8804-4673 | Tel: 0917-558-4673 | Tel: 0918-873-4673. 24 hours.
- Australia:
- Lifeline 13 11 14: Tel: 13 11 14 | Text: 0477 13 11 14. 24 hours.
- Suicide Call Back Service: Tel: 1300 659 467. 24 hours. For ages 15 and over.
- Germany:
- TelefonSeelsorge, for anyone who needs to talk: Tel: 0800 1110111 | Tel: 0800 1110222 | Tel: 116 123. 24 hours.
- MuTeS, Muslim pastoral and crisis line: Tel: 030 443 509 821. 24 hours.
- the United Arab Emirates:
- Itma'en 800506, for readers in Dubai: Tel: 800506
- Saudi Arabia:
- Psychological Consultation Centre: Tel: 920033360
- Ireland:
- SOSAD Ireland: Tel: 1800 901 909 (24-hour national freephone helpline)
- Iran:
- France:
- 3114, the national suicide prevention number: Tel: 3114
- Spain:
- Línea 024, the national suicide line: Tel: 024
- Teléfono de la Esperanza, 717 003 717: Tel, mobile: 717 003 717 | Tel, landline: 914 59 00 55
- New Zealand:
- 1737 Need to Talk, the national line, call or text 1737: Tel: 1737 | Text: 1737 | Tel: 0800 1737 1737, the long form for the same service
- Depression Helpline: Tel: 0800 111 757 | Text: 4202
- Sweden:
- Självmordslinjen (Mind): Tel: 90101 (dialled within Sweden)
- Switzerland:
- Die Dargebotene Hand, La Main Tendue, Telefono Amico, Tel 143: Tel: 143, answered day and night, 365 days a year. | Tel, English line: 0800 143 000, from 6 to 11 pm.
- Croatia:
- The KBC Zagreb crisis line, 24 hours a day: Tel: 01 2376 470
- Japan:
- Inochi no Denwa Suicide Hotline: Tel: 0120-783-556 (freephone) | Tel: 0570-783-556 (Navi Dial, 10:00 to 22:00, call charges apply)
- Poland:
- Centrum Wsparcia, free and answered at any hour: Tel: 800 70 2222
- Kryzysowy Telefon Zaufania, for adults in emotional crisis: Tel: 116 123 | Tel: 22 668 70 00, an alternative to 116 123 for the same advice line
- Pakistan:
- Sehat Tahaffuz 1166, the national health helpline: Tel: 1166
- Nigeria:
- She Writes Woman, toll-free and answered at any hour: Tel: 0800 800 2000
- SURPIN, Suicide Research and Prevention Initiative: Toll-free: +234-8000787746 | Tel: +234-908-021-7555 | Tel: +234-903-440-0009 | Tel: +234-814-224-1007
- Sri Lanka:
- Malaysia:
- Talian HEAL 15555, the Ministry of Health's crisis line: Tel: 15555
- MIASA Crisis Helpline: Tel: 1800 180 066 | WhatsApp: 03-9765 6088, its crisis WhatsApp
- Zimbabwe:
- CONTACT Family Counselling Centre, Bulawayo: Tel: 08010187 — toll-free helpline. | Tel: +263 71 262 9303 | Tel: +263 29-2272400 | Tel: +263 29-2881842
- Bangladesh:
- Kaan Pete Roi, 3 PM to 3 AM every day: Tel: +880 9612-119911
- Lebanon:
- The National Lifeline 1564, answered day and night: Tel: 1564
- Vietnam:
- Đường dây nóng Ngày mai, psychological first aid by phone: Tel: 096 306 1414
- Botswana:
- BOFWA 24 Hour Youth Helpline: Tel: 16658. 24 hours.
- the Republic of Cyprus:
- Cyprus Samaritans: Tel: 8000 7773
- Portugal:
- Linha Nacional de Prevenção do Suicídio, the national line: Tel: 1411
- SNS 24 psychological counselling, 808 24 24 24, option 4: Tel: 808 24 24 24, then select option 4
- Egypt:
- The national psychological support hotline: Tel: 16328
- Oman:
- Al Masarra Hospital, the psychiatric emergency line: Tel: 24873268
- Uganda:
- Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital, 0800 211 306: Tel: 0800 211 306, toll free.
- Namibia:
- LifeLine/ChildLine Namibia, the adult and gender-based violence line: Tel: 106 | SMS: 081 398 5510, the counselling centre's SMS channel
- Tanzania:
- Wizara ya Afya, the Ministry of Health call centre on 199: Tel: 199 | SMS: 15061
- Singapore:
- national mindline 1771, the national mental health helpline: Tel: 1771 | WhatsApp: +65-6669-1771
- HealthServe crisis helpline, for migrant workers: Tel: +65 3129 5000
The practitioners on this page have offered to see people affected by the war in Ukraine without charge. They are ordinary listed practitioners who have marked themselves as available for this, and the offer is theirs, not the platform's.
It is for people who left Ukraine, for people still inside the country, and for families elsewhere who are carrying what is happening at home. You do not have to have been in the fighting. Displacement, separation from family, an interrupted life and the waiting are enough.
What is offered differs between practitioners. Some work only online, which for many people is the only workable option. Some have a limited number of places. Some speak Ukrainian or Russian, and some work through English.
All of that is on the individual profiles. Read them before you write.
Say in your first message that you found the practitioner through this listing, which language you would prefer, and where you are, so they can tell you straight away whether they can help. Most will answer either way.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, keeps a help page for people affected by the war in Ukraine, covering assistance and services inside the country and for people who have left.
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