Chris's House
Chris’s House stands for ‘Centre of Help, Response and Intervention Surrounding Suicide’ and has been set up to offer a safe environment where people in, or approaching, suicidal crisis can have a safe place to go and get professional support. This will help them to begin to recover from their current mental ill health.
At Chris’s House we call anyone using our service a “Guest” and we offer an individually tailored programme for each Guest. Our guests will be assigned to a volunteer who will develop a strong rapport to help them through the crisis and support them to counter depression, negative and despairing thoughts and exchange reasons for dying with reasons for living. We truly listen to our guests and offer them appropriate therapies to aid them in their recovery journey. We will work in partnership with other established agencies to offer the best possible ongoing care.
We provide a range of support including:
- 1:1 support
- peer support
- Men's self-help group
- Women's self-help group
- Art groups
- Counselling
- CBT
- Meditation
- Reiki
- Havening
These support groups offer our Guests the opportunity to continue their own personal development. Our volunteers are all trained in suicide intervention and as individuals offer the warmest and most compassionate approach to caring for others.
To find out more, please give us a call or send us an email. Our phone line is available 24/7.