Useful Support Links

Counselling and Support Organisations
www.aware.ie for depression
www.smaritans.org or freephone 116 123 (24 hrs)
www.turn2me.ie for low cost online counselling and mental health support groups
www.Pieta.ie for self-harm and suicidal thoughts or freephone 1800 247 247 (24 hrs)
www.jigsaw.ie for young people age 12 to 25, and for parents/guardians
www.mensnetwork.ie for free counselling for men or freephone 1800 81 65 88
www2.hse.ie for free counselling available to medical card holders (GP referral required)

Addiction
www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie
www.gamblingcare.ie
www.rutlandcentre.ie private treatment centre for all forms of addiction
www2.hse.ie for all types of addiction and where to get help, freephone 1800 459 459
www.al-anon.org for family members affected by alcoholism

Self-help for Mental Health
www.hse2.ie for guides, activities and tools
www.grow.ie peer-led support groups held online or in-person locally

Menopause and Pregnancy Services
WellWoman Clinic at Cooper MediCare, 17 Ashe Street, Tralee
Mná Women's Health Clinic, 1-2 New Street, Killarney
HSE Women's Health Hub, Tralee (GP referral required)

Relationship and Domestic Abuse
Adapt Kerry Women's Refuge 24 hrs helpline 066 712 9100
www.womensaid.ie 24 hrs freephone 1800 341 900
www.childline.ie for young people up to 18 years of age, freephone 1800 66 66 66 (24 hrs) 

ADHD and ASD
www.neurofocus.ie for ADHD and ASD assessment of young people and adults in Kerry
ADHD Ireland information for young people, adults and family members
The Irish Society for Autism information for young people, adults and family members
Aspect for support and interventions for adults with ASD in Cork and Kerry
As I Am ASD information for young people, adults and family members

Eating Disorders
www.bodywhys.ie extensive resources for adults, helpline 01 210 7906
www.spunout.ie resources for young people
www2.hse.ie for signs, symptoms and where to get help
www.rutlandcentre.ie private treatment of eating disorders

LGBTQI+
www.lgbt.ie support for LGBTQI+ and their family members, freephone 1800 929 539 
www.belongto.org support for young people age 14 to 23

Cancer Support
www.recoveryhavenkerry.com extensive supports for cancer patients and their families
www.CanTeen.ie support and events for young people with cancer
www.cancer.ie support for young people, adults and carers of those with cancer

Bereavement Support
www.anamcara.ie support for parents after the loss of a child
www.féileacáin.ie for stillbirth and neonatal death support
www.hospicefoundation.ie for general bereavement support, helpline 1800 80 7077
www.embracefarm.com support for farming families affected by injury or sudden death
www.hugg.ie range of supports for people who have been bereaved by suicide