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Short films in Somali, Urdu & Bengali/Sylheti explore mental health and therapy by combining medical and faith advice

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Further support and information

If you are looking for practical support, as well as more information, have a look at the links below.

National organisations:

NHS Direct - provides online and telephone support, plus search for mental health services in your area
Counselling Directory - find a qualified counsellor near you, plus info about different types of support
Mind - provides practical information sessions, talking therapies, drop-in sessions and welfare advice, plus other related services 
Suffolk Mind - provides a booklet 'The Qur'an and Emotional Health' which draws on the heritage of Islamic psychology as well as medical guidance, available to order or buy as an e-book
Rethink - provides practical support through talking therapies, information & welfare advice, and further information on different conditions
Samaritans - helpline providing immediate support by phone
Sane - provides emotional support online and by telephone, as well as further information about mental illness

Mental Health Foundation - conduct research into mental health, run awareness campaigns and help influence policy
Centre for Mental Health - national organisation working in mental health policy and research
Institute of Mental Health - national research institute into mental health issues
Time to Change 
- advocacy organisation helping to raise awareness and change attitudes towards mental health

Organisations based in London:

Working across London:
Asian Women's Resource Centre - provides services for Asian women and children, including multi-lingual advice, counselling, outreach & training
Black Women’s Health and Family Support - provides health information sessions and counselling as well as advice on immigration and FGM
Immigrant Counselling & Psychotherapy (icap) - provides counselling; search for therapists
Nafsiyat - provides culturally- and religious-specific counselling and support to various minority communities
Nasima Khanom - psychotherapist specialising in women's and couples mental health, within an Islamic framework
Refugee Therapy Centre - provides counselling, including individual, group and family therapy, to refugee communities
Sangam Association of Asian Women - provides group classes, advice sessions, counselling and support to all communities

East London:
East London Asian Family Counselling -  provides bi-lingual family counselling to vulnerable adults and their families
Women’s Health & Family Services - provides bi-lingual health advocates to improve doctor-client communication, as well as other services

North London:
The Maya Centre - provides free counselling for women on low incomes living in Islington
Women & Health - provides complementary therapies, counselling, workshops and classes for women in Camden
Women’s Therapy Centre - provides individual or group psychotherapy for women under the age of 30

North West London:
Marlborough Family Services - provides counselling and other therapies to children, young people and families
Harrow Refugee Forum - runs classes, events and training for all refugee and minority ethnic communities in Harrow
Sangat Advice Centre - provides welfare and practical advice to Asian communities in Harrow, as well as supporting access to mental health services

Somali community in London:

Association of Somali Women & Children
(Wandsworth)
Coram Parents Centre 
(Camden)
Chadswell Healthy Living Centre  
020 7713 5545 (Camden)
Dadihiye Somali Development Organisation  (Kensington & Chelsea)
Helping Hands Support Association
(Kensington & Chelsea)
K&C Somali Women's Group 
(Kensington & Chelsea)
Midaye 
(Ladbroke Grove, in London borough of Kensington & Chelsea)
Mind in Barnet
Mind in Camden
Mind in Harrow
Mind in Harrow – Hayaan Project
Mind in Kensington & Chelsea
Mind in Tower Hamlets & Newham
Ocean Somali Community Association 
(Tower Hamlets)
Somali Cultural Centre 
(Camden)
Somali Family Support Group 
(Barnet) 
Somali Women's Association 
(Kensington & Chelsea)
Somali Women's Association 
(Hammersmith & Fulham)
Somali Women's Association
(Waltham Forest)
West Hampstead Women's Centre 
(weekly drop-in for Somali ladies)

To search more Somali organisations in London, visit this website.

Pakistani community in London:

An-Nisa 
(Brent)
Asian Women Lone Parents Association 
(working across London)
Hopscotch Asian Women's Centre 
(Camden)
Mind in Brent 
Mind in Ealing & Hounslow
Mind in Harrow
Mind in Kensington & Chelsea
Mind in Redbridge
Mind in Tower Hamlets & Newham
Pakistan Community Centre
(Brent)

Bangladeshi community in London:

Asian Women Lone Parents Association 
(working across London)
Bangladesh Centre 
(Kensington & Chelsea)
Bangladeshi Mental Health Forum 
(Tower Hamlets)
Bengali Women's Health Project
 (Camden)
Bengali Workers Association 
(Camden)
Chadswell Healthy Living Centre
020 7713 5545 (Camden)
Hopscotch Asian Women's Centre 
(Camden)
Mind in Camden
Mind in Kensington & Chelsea
Mind in Tower Hamlets & Newham

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