Helplink Mental Health

Helplink Mental Health

About us

Helplink Mental Health’s mission is to provide accessible, free or low cost mental health services; locally, nationally and internationally, 7 days a week and out–of–hours.

The three types of mental health services that Helplink provides are: CounsellingInformation Provision and Education.

National Counselling Services

  • General Counselling
  • Couples Counselling
  • Youth Counselling (including addiction)
  • Addiction Counselling
  • Bereavement Therapy
  • Student Mentoring/Counselling Services

Employee Counselling Service: we provide a national staff (EAP) counselling service that is available 7 days a week; nationwide. This is a pay-as-you-go service; which is perfect for companies small, medium and large. 

Gambling Addiction Counselling Service: Helplink provides a free, gambling problem counselling service, nationally by phone and online (video consultations); 7 days a week and out-of-ours; funded by the Gambling Awareness Trust.

Local & International Counselling Services

Galway & Mayo: locally we provide the above suite of counselling services and also Play or Art Therapy; face-to-face.

Tusla Commissioned Services: we provide the following counselling services to any adult client referred from Tusla (Galway region); general counselling, addiction counselling, couples counselling, bereavement counselling, anger management counselling and art therapy.

Irish Abroad & Returning Irish Counselling Service: we also have an international service where we provide our unique online Irish abroad counselling service for Irish citizens living abroad and returning Irish emigrants as well.  

 

Helplink’s qualified, insured and Garda vetted counsellors are available for appointments 7 days a week and out–of–hours; for free or at low set costs.


Mental Health Information Provision & Educational Services

Mind Hacks is our e-learning platform that provides the following mental health and emotional wellbeing information and education services:


 Information Service: in this service we curate 100s of Videos and Podcasts (>1000 to choose from!) in our unique digital libraries around the topics of mental health & emotional wellbeing. Our libraries are free-to-use and available 24/7, with content for all ages.

Some say our libraries are the ‘Netflix’ and ‘Spotify’ of mental health content!

– Education Service: educational mental wellness and resilience building workshops for children and young people, that are continuously available for 10 months; 24/7.

Furthermore, we provide live webinars around managing mental health, building resilience and increasing good communication to those in crisis for employees and managers.

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