If you're concerned about your thoughts about children or someone else's behavior
If you’re concerned by your own sexual thoughts about children and young people, or by someone else's behavior (such as a friend or family member), there are organizations that can provide support for people who need help coping with these feelings and urges.
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Organizations and resources
United States
Stop It Now!
- Description: confidential, online resources, helpline
- https://www.stopitnow.org/
1-888-PREVENT
Canada
Talking for Change/Parler pour Changer
- Description: online resources, anonymous helplines (phone and chat), free therapy
- English site: https://talkingforchange.ca/
- French site: https://parlerpourchanger.ca/
Global
Troubled Desire
- Description: online resources, confidential
- https://troubled-desire.com/en/
- https://troubled-desire.com/en/your-online-session (online assessment)
Helplinks.eu
- Description: online resources, some confidential
- https://helplinks.eu/
Help Wanted Prevention Intervention
- Description: online course, confidential
- https://www.helpwantedprevention.org
Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins
- Description: online resources, confidential helplines, self-help content
- https://publichealth.jhu.edu/moore-center-for-the-prevention-of-child-sexual-abuse/get-support/resources-for-people-concerned-about-their-own-sexual-thoughts-and-behavior
Karolinska Institutet Study (Anonymous therapy)
- Description: online program, individual support, Tor use, free, confidential
- https://www.iterapi.se/sites/preventit/register
- .onion link
ReDirection Self-Help Program
- Description: online resources, confidential
- English website
- English .onion link
- Spanish website
- Spanish .onion link
Belgium
Stop it Now!
- Description: confidential, online resources, helpline
- https://stopitnow.be/
Czechia
Projektu Parafilik
- Description: confidential, online resources
- https://parafilik.cz/
Finland
Seksuaalinen Kiinnostus Lapsiin-Omahoito
- Description: confidential, online resources
- mielenterveystalo.fi/
Germany
The Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Description: confidential, online resources, therapeutic support
- https://troubled-desire.com/
India
Don't Offend India
- Description: confidential, online resources, helpline
- https://dontoffendindia.org/
Netherlands
Stop It Now!
- Description: confidential, online resources, helpline
- https://downloaders.stopitnow.nl/
New Zealand
Safe to talk / Kōrero mai ka ora
- Description: Helpline, confidential, free, 24/7
- safetotalk.nz
Spain
PrevenSI.
- Description: Helpline, confidential, online resources
- https://prevensi.es/
Sweden
Preventell.se (ANOVA, Karolinska University Hospital)
- Description: online resources, helpline
- http://preventell.se/
United Kingdom and Ireland
Stop It Now!
- Description: confidential, online resources, helpline, live chat
- https://www.stopitnow.org.uk/
- https://contactus.stopitnow.org.uk/ (confidential messaging)
The Portman Clinic
- Description: health service clinic
- https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/care-and-treatment/our-clinical-services/portman-clinic/
Stop So
- Description: health service clinic
- https://stopso.org.uk/
The Safer Living Foundation
- Description: local community help service
- http://saferlivingfoundation.org/