Emotional support

From the section: Support offer for carers

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Emotional support

Carers can sometimes find it difficult to manage in their caring role, this can often leave them feeling stressed, overwhelmed, guilty or experiencing a change in relationships as their caring priorities shift, often without time to plan.

These feelings and experiences are often combined with other issues such as financial problems, physical or mental health issues and difficulties managing or accessing support systems for the cared for.

Emotional support for carers is available from a range of services who can listen, offer advice, and support or provide 1-1 support if needed, these include:

Wellbeing support for carers

For help with issues such as debt, housing and accommodation or other social care issues you can use the Community Advice Hubs in North and South Solihull.

Sandant Care

Sandant Care provides mental health drop-in sessions on behalf of the Council.  

You can find out more on our mental health support services page or by:

Oasis Mental Health Support (formerly Solihull Mind)

Solihull Mind is now Oasis Mental Health Support.  It offers a number of services for carers requiring emotional support

You can contact Oasis Mental Health Support by:

NHS counselling and psychological services

Counselling and other talking therapies are accessible on the NHS.

In Solihull, therapies are provided by the Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) service.

You can be referred to IAPT by your GP or refer yourself by:

Further emotional support services

Further emotional support services can be found below.

Bereavement

Dementia and Alzheimer’s

Domestic abuse

Drugs or alcohol

Gambling

Health support services

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)

Older people

Age UK Solihull works to make sure the most appropriate service is provided for older people in Solihull.

Relationships

Victims of crime