Useful information & resources
Curated links to support information, research, professional bodies and crisis services. If you're in crisis, please use the urgent help section first.
If you need urgent help
- Samaritans — call 116 123 free, 24/7
- NHS 111 — 111, mental-health option, 24/7
- SHOUT — text SHOUT to 85258, free 24/7 text support
- Mind Infoline — 0300 123 3393, Mon–Fri 9am–6pm
- Papyrus HOPELINE (under-35s, suicide prevention) — 0800 068 4141
- If life is in danger, call 999
Tapping therapy is a complementary practice and is not an emergency service.
About Thought Field Therapy
- Association for Thought Field Therapy (ATFT) — atft.org — international professional body, practitioner directory, training standards
- Callahan Techniques — rogercallahan.com — site of TFT's founder, Dr Roger Callahan
- Is TFT evidence-based? — research summary
- TFT vs EFT — comparison
- The 5 essential TFT tapping points
NHS & mental-health information
- NHS — Anxiety: nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/anxiety
- NHS — Depression: nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/depression-in-adults
- NHS — PTSD: nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd
- NHS — Stop smoking: nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking
- NHS Talking Therapies — free, GP-referred psychological care: find your local service
Charities & specialist support
- Mind — mind.org.uk — mental-health information and local services
- Cruse Bereavement Support — cruse.org.uk
- Rape Crisis England & Wales — rapecrisis.org.uk — 24/7 helpline 0808 500 2222
- Refuge (domestic abuse) — refuge.org.uk — 24/7 helpline 0808 2000 247
- Combat Stress (veterans' mental health) — combatstress.org.uk
- Action on Addiction — actiononaddiction.org.uk
- Beat Eating Disorders — beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Recommended reading
- Tapping the Healer Within — Roger Callahan (the foundational TFT book)
- The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk (essential reading on trauma)
- Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? — Dr Julie Smith (practical mental-health primer)
- Lost Connections — Johann Hari (a thoughtful look at depression)
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone — Lori Gottlieb (memoir of therapy from both sides)
Professional bodies
- Association for Thought Field Therapy (ATFT)
- Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals (FDAP)
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
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