National Mental Health Organisations 
Under 'Some useful organisations and services' below we've listed some key national organisations working in the mental health field.
The 'Counselling & Psychotherapy' organisations listed below are umbrella organisations that provide information about counselling or psychotherapy generally and keep registers of counsellors and psychotherapists nationwide. They can send you details of therapists and organisations working locally.
Sub-categories 
Counselling & Psychotherapy
Some useful organisations and services 
Alzheimer's Society
Target Group(s)   People with dementia, their families, carers and professionals.
Area Served   England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Anxiety UK (formerly National Phobics Society)
Target Group(s)   People with anxiety disorders, e.g. phobias, panic attacks, obsessive/compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and associated depressions, also eating disorders and tranquilliser issues. Also carers, families and professionals.
Area Served   UK.
Beat (formerly Eating Disorders Association)
Target Group(s)   People with eating disorders, their families and friends, professionals.
Area Served   UK.
Depression Alliance
Target Group(s)   People affected by depression.
Area Served   UK.
Depression UK (formerly Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous)
Target Group(s)   People with experience of depression, their partners, families and friends.
Area Served   UK.
First Steps to Freedom
Target Group(s)   Anyone with experience of phobias, panic attacks, general anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, anorexia, bulimia, tranquilliser and any other psychiatric drug withdrawal, also their families.
Area Served   UK.
MDF - The BiPolar Organisation (formerly the Manic Depression Fellowship)
Target Group(s)   People with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder/manic depression, their families, carers and friends, and mental health professionals.
Area Served   England and Wales.
Mental Health Foundation
Target Group(s)   Anyone with an interest in mental health and/or learning disabilities.
Area Served   UK.
Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)
Target Group(s)   Everyone with experience of mental distress, their families, friends, carers, and professionals.
Area Served   England and Wales.
National Self-Harm Network
Target Group(s)   People who self harm, their families and friends, people working with them.
Area Served   UK.
National Survivor User Network (NSUN)
Target Group(s)   Mental health service user/survivor run groups. Membership is also open to individual users/survivors.
Area Served   UK.
OCD Action (formerly Obsessive Action)
Target Group(s)   People with obsessive compulsive disorder and related disorders - such as body dismorphic disorder (BDD), compulsive skin picking (CSP) and trichotillomania. Also family, friends and carers, as well as interested professionals.
Area Served   UK.
PAPYRUS - Prevention of Suicide
Target Group(s)   Young people, families, friends and professionals.
Area Served   UK.
Rethink - National Information & Advice Service
Target Group(s)   People with severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, their families and carers.
Area Served   England and Northern Ireland.
Rethink (formerly the National Schizophrenia Fellowship)
Target Group(s)   People with severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, their families and carers.
Area Served   England and Northern Ireland.
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Target Group(s)   Psychiatrists. Also information available to general public.
Area Served   UK and Republic of Ireland.
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (SCMH)
Target Group(s)   Anyone interested in mental health provision.
Area Served   UK.
Samaritans
Target Group(s)   Anyone needing emotional support and/or going through a crisis, experiencing feelings of distress or despair, or feeling suicidal. Anyone supporting or worried about someone in a crisis or feeling suicidal.
Area Served   UK.
SANE
Target Group(s)   General public.
Area Served   UK.
SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide)
Target Group(s)   Anyone bereaved by the suicide of a relative or friend.
Area Served   UK.
Together (formerly MACA - Mental After Care Association)
Target Group(s)   Adults with mental health needs and their carers.
Area Served   England.
Triumph Over Phobia (TOP UK)
Target Group(s)   People over 18 years experiencing phobias or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and other related anxiety.
Area Served   UK.
Witness (formerly POPAN)
Target Group(s)   Health and social care professionals and adults (over 18) abused by health or social care professionals.
Area Served   UK.
YoungMinds
Target Group(s)   Parents, carers or professionals. Anyone concerned with the mental health of a child or young person or children
Area Served   UK.