Crisis planning
Suicide Survival Plan Template
A practical safety plan for moments when staying alive feels hard. Includes warning signs, first 10-minute safety steps, safe contacts, environment prompts and urgent help routes.
Resources
Guides and worksheets
Download practical Pathfinder resources for safety planning, grounding, trauma responses, veteran transition, therapy preparation and staying connected.
Important safety note
These resources are for information, self-support and preparation. They are not an emergency service, a substitute for therapy, or a replacement for medical, psychological or crisis support. If there is immediate danger to life, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. For urgent mental health help in England, call NHS 111 and select the mental health option. You can call Samaritans on 116 123 or text SHOUT to 85258 for crisis text support.
Overwhelm & anxiety
Grounding & Stabilisation Toolkit
Simple grounding, orienting, breathing and body-based exercises for emotional overwhelm, anxiety, trauma responses and shutdown.
Psychoeducation
Understanding Trauma Responses
A clear guide to fight, flight, freeze, collapse, triggers, shame and why trauma responses are survival responses rather than personal failure.
Veteran transition
From Service to Civilian Life
A reflection worksheet for veterans navigating identity, transition, purpose, loss of role and strengths carried forward after service.
Starting therapy
Preparing for Your First Therapy Session
A preparation sheet explaining what to expect, what you do not have to disclose, questions to ask and how to settle after a first session.
Emotional regulation
My Window of Tolerance
A worksheet for identifying hyperarousal, shutdown, early warning signs and what helps you return to a steadier state.
Emotional pressure
Managing Anger and Shutdown
A practical worksheet for noticing escalation, creating a pause plan, reducing risk and repairing after conflict.
Night-time support
Sleep After Trauma
Practical steps for trauma-related sleep disturbance, hypervigilance, nightmares and grounding after waking distressed.
Staying connected
My Support Map
A planning worksheet for identifying safe people, places, routines, professional contacts and what to do when risk escalates.
Need support?
Resources can help, but you do not have to do this alone.
If you are seeking therapy for yourself, a veteran, a family member, or someone you support professionally, our Get Support page explains the referral pathway.
Research & innovation
The Pathfinder TERRAIN Pathway™ and Retreat
Read about Pathfinder’s research-informed recovery model and 7-day funded TERRAIN Retreat, integrating psychological, physiological, lifestyle, physical activity and identity work.
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