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PTSD UK is run by a very small, part time team so unfortunately we cannot offer a support phone line or web chat service at this time.
IF YOU, OR ANYONE YOU KNOW IS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER, PLEASE CALL 999. For urgent psychological support, please call the Samaritans on 116 123 or text CONTACT to 85258 to reach trained volunteers at Shout.
We’ve got lots of resources on our website to support you including details about treatment and help options here. We’ve also got information about activities, practices and therapies that can help ease PTSD symptoms in our blog and on this page.
There are number of charities and organisations that offer phone lines if you’d like to speak to someone directly to get support, or regarding a specific trauma and you can find a list of them here.
Please note that PTSD UK does not offer a crisis or therapeutic service.
Our inbox is an information and guidance service, offering personalised, trauma-informed information, validation, and signposting relating to PTSD and C-PTSD. We can help you understand symptoms, make sense of your experiences, and learn about possible pathways to support and recovery.
We are unable to provide therapy, counselling, clinical care, medical advice, or crisis intervention, and we are not an advocacy service.
We understand that many people contact us carrying experiences that have been deeply painful or distressing. While we’re not able to explore or respond to the details of traumatic events themselves, we can support you to understand how trauma can affect you, help make sense of PTSD and C-PTSD symptoms, and share information about options and organisations that can support you further if you need help with the event itself.
In rare and exceptional circumstances, if information shared with us indicates a serious and immediate risk of harm (for example, to a child or vulnerable adult), PTSD UK may need to take action in line with our safeguarding policy. This could include sharing information with appropriate services such as local safeguarding teams or emergency services. Wherever possible, we will be open and transparent about this, but there may be situations where we cannot consult beforehand due to urgency.
If you need non-urgent information about PTSD support and services that may be available to you, please fill in the form below and we’ll be in touch.
PTSD UK Blog
You’ll find up-to-date news, research and information here along with some great tips to ease your PTSD in our blog.
Invisible Prison
The Invisible Prison: Living with Complex PTSD In this guest post, Billy McKay writes about growing up in Glasgow and how the things he learned as a child about staying safe shaped the person he became. Billy lives with C-PTSD,
PTSD: The Monstrous Conductor
Guest post: ‘The Monstrous Conductor’ We’re honoured to share a deeply moving and beautifully written piece by Emma. At just 16, Emma poured her heart into The Monstrous Conductor, a creative essay that captures her experience of PTSD and flashbacks—expressed through her love
Drowning drama
PTSD and the importance of authentic representation on screen: ‘Drowning’ PTSD and C-PTSD are often misunderstood, both on and off screen. Portrayals in the media frequently focus on dramatic flashbacks or military experiences, but the reality of living with PTSD
Writing poetry
Why writing poetry might help you with PTSD Writing has always been Fiona Fletcher Reid’s way of making sense of things. So when she began therapy for her trauma and found she could no longer face the page, the loss
why I made traumality
Why I Made TRAUMALITY – Guest Post This is a guest post by Ton Mazzone, director of the documentary TRAUMALITY, which we’re screening online with him on Tuesday 6 October 2026. Ton spent four years and spoke to 22 experts
The cost of birth trauma
Birth trauma is costing the NHS millions, and most people affected still aren’t getting help A report launched in Parliament this month is the first to work out what Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after childbirth costs the NHS. It comes
Treatments for PTSD
It is possible for PTSD to be successfully treated many years after the traumatic event occurred, which means it is never too late to seek help. For some, the first step may be watchful waiting, then exploring therapeutic options such as individual or group therapy – but the main treatment options in the UK are psychological treatments such as Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprogramming (EMDR) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Traumatic events can be very difficult to come to terms with, but confronting and understanding your feelings and seeking professional help is often the only way of effectively treating PTSD. You can find out more in the links below, or here.