the Suicide Intervention Service...
IF YOU FEEL THAT LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING and you are having thoughts of suicide, or you just need to talk...
HELP IS HERE...
We are here to help. If you are feeling vulnerable, please visit your GP and ask to be referred to us at Friends For Lives...
(Please note, we are an ongoing support and intervention service 'not' secondary therapy or an emergency response team. Our office hours are from 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday. For emergency services please call: 999)
Reach out to us...
AND GET THE HELP YOU NEED WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST...
Clients who wish to pay privately can 'self-refer' and should use our 'contact us' page to request access to this service.
We are located at: Suite 8 & 8A, Prittlewell House, 30 East St, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH
Want to go private?...
Some of our clients prefer to use our private service and book and pay for their sessions direct. This allows for 'out of hours' appointment with longer session times. If you wish to go private then please use the 'Private Appointments' button here to go to our private booking platform...
Friends for Lives are an established 'Not For Profit' Community Interest company.
Friends For Lives C.I.C
We are located at: Friends For Lives, Suite 8 & 8A, Prittlewell House, 30 East St, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH
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Donations...
Helping us, help others...
Friends for Lives is a "not for profit" Community Interest Company.
We do not charge clients for using our program and our support is provided free of charge.
To be able to continue to provide this service we need to apply for funding from caring and supportive organisations some of which are listed below, and we also need to reach out and ask for donations from whoever can afford to help us.
We appreciate anything you can do....
How we work...
At Friends For Lives we specialise in suicide intervention...
We are a team of suicide informed 'Self Awareness Coaches' who use psycho-educational therapeutic techniques to guide you to discovering more about the mental and emotional processes you are currently experiencing and help you to learn new coping strategies to support safety and healing.
Our team is reinforced by highly trained Suicide Prevention Specialists and we have created a unique programme of one to one coaching and additional supports that has been made available free to anyone experiencing thoughts of suicide.
Giving someone the opportunity to simply talk about suicide is often all that is needed to take them from a place of isolation and danger to a place of support and safety". In our lovely calm therapy rooms in Southend we offer safe, welcoming, non-judgemental and completely confidential spaces outside of typical public health and social care services. The people we support are invited to share their thoughts and feelings with highly trained people who truly care and who are comfortable talking about suicide. Our clients feel safe to talk about every aspect of their life and their feelings without the worry of over-intervention.
Our innovative training programme provides all of the above and more... A learning experience with Friends For Lives can be truly life changing. 'We are here to help'...
Scan the QR Code on the Friends For Lives App to save it to your smart phone...
Free Mental Health Training Courses for you, your staff, and your clients...
Book your course and delivery date nowVolunteer your services...
Friends For Lives are seeking the help of Qualified Mental Health Practitioners who have time to spare and would like to learn how our program works in order to be able to directly support vulnerable individuals experiencing thoughts of suicide. Friends For Lives provides full extensive ongoing training for those wishing to help us in the work that we do. Thank you for your consideration...
Our Support & Training Centre is located at:
Suite 8 Prittlewell House, 30 East St, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH