Mental health resources
Looking for practical guidance to support your child with their mental health? Here you can find a range of professionally informed tips, handbooks, templates and guides.
Our easy to use and downloadable mental health resources offer practical guidance and support for you and your family's mental health. Scroll down to choose from the options below:
Find a sense of calm with our breathing exercises and animations:
Box breathing exercise
This box breathing animation, also known as square breathing can be used as a calming technique to slow down the breath and distract the mind.
Simply watch along, by clicking the link below, and repeat as many times as necessary. This is a great way to regulate the breathing, and gently reduce any anxious sensations.
Finger breathing exercise
Follow along with our finger breathing animation, which can used as a mindfulness tool on the go.
Watch along while you have a moment to yourself, or share the experience with your child. Repeat as many times as needed to create a sense of calm, and ground yourself in the present.
Self-soothe box
When we feel overwhelmed and anxious, it can be difficult to ground ourselves in the present moment and create a sense of calm. Having a self-soothe box can help you to relax and reduce anxiety and panic, when things become difficult.
Self-harm safety plan
Everyone has the right to feel safe. A safety plan is a tool for helping someone navigate suicidal or self-harm urges. We have put together a template so you can work together with your child to make a plan.
Read the guide either by yourself or with your child to support you to use the safety plan.
Download our template below.
Parent's guide to managing intrusive thoughts
Read our parent's guide on how to help a child with intrusive thoughts. We have included a range of tips, advice and guidance including a worksheet that you can use together with your child to put their thoughts on trial.
We have also included an example so you can give your child the strategies they need to challenge irrational thinking.
Explore more Spurgeons resources:
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Disordered eatingDisordered eating
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Help for prisoners' familiesHelp for prisoners' families
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Boredom bustersBoredom busters
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Emotions wheelEmotions wheel
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Stress bucketStress bucket
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Gratitude journalGratitude journal
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Feelings thermometer printableFeelings thermometer printable
Book Spurgeons counselling for a child in your care
Our counselling team deliver exceptional work to meet the individual needs of the children and young people that are referred for help, to give them the tools to manage their mental health in the future.
We have face-to-face and online sessions available.