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I'm
sorry but I can't enter into correspondence about, nor accept responsibility
for, personal problems emailed to me through this website.
If you do need my personal advice, contact me through one of my
columns at the following postal and email addresses:
Or alternatively via the internet at iVillage:
www.ivillage.co.uk/relationships/experts/counsel/.
If
you'd like more support with your relationship from other organisations,
then here's how:
Relate
- the couples counselling people - has local branches round the
country. They offer counselling and sex therapy for any adult
couple - or you can go on your own.
For
details, please contact Relate (National Marriage Guidance Council)
- www.relate.org.uk.
There
are several other relationship guidance organisations that focus
on particular groups.
British
Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy (BASRT) -
www.basrt.org.uk.
Jewish
Marriage Council - www.jmc-uk.org.
Marriage
Care - www.marriagecare.org.uk.
Couple
Counselling Scotland - www.couplecounselling.org.
London
Lesbian and Gay Switchboard - www.llgs.org.uk
Samaritans
(Header B)
If
you need to talk confidentially to someone about your relationship
at any time of the day or night, call The Samaritans. You don't
have to be thinking of suicide they'll help anyone who needs
to talk through their feelings, and will also usually have a list
of resources in your area.
Ring
0845 790 9090 (local rate) - (1850-609090 in the Republic of Ireland)
24 hours a day 365 days a year, for the cost of a local call.
If
you're deaf or hard of hearing, ring 08457-909192.
Write
to Chris, The Samaritans, PO Box 90 90, Sterling, FK8 2SA or email:
Jo@samaritans.org or go
to www.samaritans.org.uk.
If
you're getting stressed and strained by outside pressures - like
the kids playing up, redundancy or a death in the family - go
to your GP. He or she can refer you to a counsellor in your area.
The following organisations may also help.
Alcoholics
Anonymous - www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk.
Al-Anon
Family Groups - www.al-anonuk.org.uk.
The
British Association for Counselling - www.bac.co.uk.
Drinkline
(The National Alcohol Helpline) -0800 9178282.
Eating
Disorders Association - www.edauk.com.
MIND
(National Association for Mental Health), (support for anyone
worried about their own or others' mental health problems) - www.mind.org.uk.
Parentline
Plus (for anyone in a parenting role including step-parents,
grandparents, lone parents and addoptive parents) - www.parentlineplus.org.uk.
National
Drugs Helpline - www.talktofrank.com.
SANE
- www.sane.org.uk.
Seasonal
Affective Disorder Association - www.sada.org.uk.
Young
Minds - www.youngminds.org.uk .
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