Kooth

Posted on February 7th, 2022

All age, online, mental health support is now available to our local population provided by Kooth plc.
Kooth provides mental health support to children and young people aged between 11-25.
Qwell (the adult version of Kooth but operates under a different brand name) is accessible to Wirral adults aged 26 and over.

What does the service offer?
Both Kooth and Qwell offer free emotional support including; immediate access to online counselling, self-help resources and peer to peer support. The platform also encourages assigning self-defined goals which can be measured to better understand progress/outcomes. No referral is required and people can sign up anonymously.

How can the service be accessed?
To access Qwell, visit https://www.qwell.io/
To access Kooth visit https://www.kooth.com/

Both platforms and are available 365 days a year. The chat service (including counselling support) is available 12pm-10pm Monday-Friday and 6-10pm at weekends.
The services are accessible via desktop, smartphone and/or tablet.