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We provide specialist mental health and wellbeing support designed specifically for people who work in the creative industries

Mental health and wellbeing support

If you work in the creative industries and would like to speak with us in strict confidence about your mental health and wellbeing, please get in touch via:

Counselling

We work with a diverse network of over 175 trainee and experienced Counsellors, all of whom are registered with the BACP or UKCP, and have a deep understanding of the unique challenges of working in the creative industries.

Sessions start from £25 each, and support is available for a wide range of personal and professional challenges – from anxiety, depression and stress to trauma, addiction and eating disorders.

To help us match you appropriately, you will be invited to complete a short online assessment form. This allows us to understand your background and needs, and gives you the opportunity to express preferences regarding your Counsellors’ age, gender, ethnicity, specialisms and lived experience.

There are no waiting lists, and we make every effort to schedule sessions around your work patterns and personal commitments.

Coaching

We work with a diverse range of specialised Coaches, each with a professional background in the creative industries. This lived understanding of the sector enables them to offer informed, practical support tailored to the realities of creative careers.

Coaching provides a forward-focused, goal-oriented space to strengthen resilience, navigate pressure, and build sustainable working practices. Our Coaches can support you to manage stress more effectively, prevent burnout, develop healthier work–life boundaries, enhance confidence and leadership skills, and progress personal or professional ambitions.

Whether you are navigating a career transition, stepping into greater responsibility, preparing for auditions or leadership roles, or seeking greater clarity and balance, coaching offers structured support to help you move forward with confidence.

As with our counselling service, you are able to express preferences regarding who you would like to work with, and sessions are arranged flexibly around your professional and personal commitments.

Our Promise

All sessions are delivered online, offering flexible access wherever you are based.

Confidentiality is fundamental to our service. You engage with us directly and privately, and no information is shared without your consent.

We aim to respond to all enquiries within 72 hours.

Once your assessment has been completed, you will typically be matched with a Practitioner within one week — sooner in urgent circumstances.

Our role is to provide a safe, non-judgemental space where you feel heard, respected and appropriately supported.

"So many of us in the arts are struggling with our mental health at the moment, and finding Wellbeing in the Arts was a huge help, enabling me to access counselling at a time when it would otherwise have been unaffordable. The process of finding a counsellor and arranging sessions was smooth and easy, and I'm very grateful to the whole team"
DanielleWriter
"It was my first time accessing mental health support and I had a really positive experience. Working in the arts is a funny beast, it's both hugely enriching and totally draining. By working with a counsellor who understood my context, I felt like the whole of me could turn up to the sessions and be heard. I'd highly recommend Wellbeing in the Arts to other creatives in the sector!"
GenevieveCommunity Artist
"I was nervous about reaching out for support, but I'm so glad I did. It's been invaluable and really helped me during a difficult time. I feel empowered now and have a strong sense that I can thrive. Wellbeing in the Arts has given space to something that I would have denied at all costs because I was scared the industry would think I was incapable of doing my job. It is a vital resource"
SarahActor
"Wellbeing in the Arts helped me find someone suitable who I could talk to and I now have a better relationship with myself, the industry and others as a result. It was affordable, easy to access, and I have already recommended it to many of my friends in the industry"
RebeccaActor and writer
"The sessions have helped me immensely, I feel brand new, and without Wellbeing in the Arts it would not have been financially possible for me to get this help. The good it has done for me can't be fully put into words"
AbbeyWriter & performer
"Easy-to-access counselling with a counsellor who understood the creative life with its stresses and strains. I felt I had been very well matched and found the process very helpful. Having never tried counselling before I was really relieved to find it so pressure-free!"
MoiraAuthor
"An inexpensive and essential piece of support that stands tall and helped me to navigate the choppy waters of both life and our industry"
JoeActor
"Seeking and receiving grief counselling whilst navigating other difficulties in life was the best thing I ever did. I thought the sessions would solely be about processing my grief but they quite organically segued into other quite important areas that were all interconnected with the difficulties I was experiencing. I came away feeling quite empowered having uncovered quite a bit that I had been compartmentalising for far too long"
DwayneFreelancer
"I found Wellbeing in the Arts extremely helpful in pairing me with a suitable counsellor. They were quick to find someone for me, and that counsellor was a great fit! It really helped me work through some difficult issues that I was facing. Thank you!"
AlexActor
"Wellbeing in the Arts is an organisation I hadn't realised existed and upon finding them it was like a rescue blanket or hug that I knew I needed but didn't know where to get it from. They are beyond supportive, offered so much support to me and have continue that support at times of difficulty. My counsellor was amazing and I can't praise her enough. She has taken me through tricky times, frustrating times and positive times. Her patience, understanding and support was second to none and I can't thank Wellbeing in the Arts enough for their support. We need more of this in our sector and further afield"
PennyCreative Programme Manager
'I just wanted to thank you for your support and for the brilliance of the Counsellor I was paired with, she’s been just fantastic. She has helped me to an enormous extent and her professionalism, expertise, guidance, humour and patience has been wonderfully inspiring and really helped steer me through some recent changes'.
TimActor

In addition to one-to-one support, you may wish to join our Creative Industries Community – a supportive, inclusive network where people across the creative industries can connect with one another, share experiences, and engage in structured mental health and wellbeing support 

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