Marie Harding Counselling Service
These official services may be useful alongside counselling, or when urgent, specialist, youth, family, or peer support is needed.
This practice is not an emergency or crisis service. You do not need to use these supports instead of counselling, but they may be helpful if you need urgent help, specialist information, or wider support.
Local and national supports
If you are in or around Kanturk, Co. Cork, these may be useful local starting points alongside the wider national supports below.
Official support services
These official supports may matter if you need urgent help now, or if you are worried about someone else.
Samaritans
24-hour emotional support in confidence by phone and email.
May be useful for: Anyone who needs someone to listen, or anyone worried about someone else.
Local note: Cork Samaritans also has a local branch serving Cork city and county.
Pieta
Crisis support for suicidal distress and self-harm, with additional bereavement support after suicide.
May be useful for: People in suicidal distress, people affected by self-harm, or people bereaved by suicide.
HSE
Official HSE guidance on getting urgent help for a mental health crisis in Ireland.
May be useful for: People in crisis, or family and friends who are worried about someone else.
Local note: The HSE urgent help page also explains what to do if you are worried about someone else.
Official support services
A small set of trusted Irish organisations that offer information, signposting, and practical support.
Aware
Support and information relating to depression, bipolar disorder, and low mood in Ireland.
May be useful for: People looking for information and support around depression, bipolar disorder, or related mood difficulties.
HSE
A 24-hour HSE information line for mental health supports and services in Ireland.
May be useful for: People looking for information about mental health supports, HSE services, or how to access help.
Shine
Support, advocacy, and information for people affected by mental illness, including relatives and supporters.
May be useful for: Individuals living with mental health difficulties and family members or supporters looking for information and support.
HSE
Information about HSE-funded counselling routes, including Counselling in Primary Care for adults with a medical card and other NCS pathways.
May be useful for: Adults looking for information on HSE counselling routes, including medical-card-based counselling and other eligible National Counselling Service pathways.
Official support services
Supports that may help young people, parents, guardians, and other adults supporting them.
Jigsaw
Free mental health support for young people aged 12 to 25 in Cork city and county.
May be useful for: Young people aged 12 to 25 in Cork city and county, and the adults supporting them.
Local note: Jigsaw Cork offers support online and in person for eligible young people in Cork.
Official support services
Group-based support can be helpful for some people, especially when it feels useful to hear from others with lived experience.
Grow Mental Health
Free peer support groups in person and online across Ireland.
May be useful for: People who would find it helpful to meet others with lived experience in a supportive group setting.
Local note: Use Grow's local support-group search to find current Cork meetings and online groups.
Official support services
Careful, practical support options relating to bereavement, suicide bereavement, and urgent distress.
Pieta
Crisis support for suicidal distress and self-harm, with additional bereavement support after suicide.
May be useful for: People in suicidal distress, people affected by self-harm, or people bereaved by suicide.
Irish Hospice Foundation
Information about finding bereavement support and understanding what kind of help may be available in Ireland.
May be useful for: People who have been bereaved, and family members trying to understand what support may help.
Official support services
Information and support that may help if you are trying to support a relative, partner, child, or friend.
HSE
Official HSE guidance on getting urgent help for a mental health crisis in Ireland.
May be useful for: People in crisis, or family and friends who are worried about someone else.
Local note: The HSE urgent help page also explains what to do if you are worried about someone else.
Shine
Support, advocacy, and information for people affected by mental illness, including relatives and supporters.
May be useful for: Individuals living with mental health difficulties and family members or supporters looking for information and support.
Irish Hospice Foundation
Information about finding bereavement support and understanding what kind of help may be available in Ireland.
May be useful for: People who have been bereaved, and family members trying to understand what support may help.
Support resources
If you need urgent help, or if you are looking for wider support alongside counselling, these official services may be a useful starting point.
The resources page includes official Irish and Cork-relevant supports for young people, bereavement, peer support, family information, and general mental health guidance.
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