Crisis Support

If you are finding things difficult right now, support is available.

This page provides information on immediate crisis services and grounding techniques to help you navigate moments of overwhelm.

Samaritans
Call 116 123
(Free, 24/7)

If you are an immediate danger to yourself or others, please call 999 or go to your nearest Accident & Emergency department immediately. Support is available for you.

Urgent Crisis & Emergency Support

Lifecraft (Local to Cambs)
0808 808 2121
lifecraft.org.uk

(Free, 11am-11pm)

Shout Text Line
Text 'SHOUT' to 85258
(Free, 24/7)

Grounding techniques provide a way to reconnect with the 'here and now' when your mind or body feels pulled into past trauma or intense emotional states.

Grounding Techniques

Sensory Grounding (5-4-3-2-1)

Physical Connection

Mental Orientation

Scan your environment to name:

5 things you can see
4 things you can feel
3 things you can hear
2 things you can smell
1 thing you can taste

Press your feet into the floor. Hold onto a textured object firmly to bring your attention back to your body in the present.

Describe your surroundings or count backwards from 100. Say the current date and your location out loud clearly.

Slow your breath. Simply focus on the sensation of air entering and leaving your nostrils and chest with awareness.

Gentle Breathing

External Learning Resources

General Grounding Techniques

Grounding Techniques for CPTSD

Grounding Techniques for Dissociation

Support Between Sessions

If we are already working together, we can develop a personal safety plan that includes grounding strategies tailored specifically to you.

Please be patient with yourself. Healing is not linear, and it is okay to have difficult days. Looking for support is a brave step toward your wellbeing.