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Nationwide Directories and Resources
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Nationwide Directories and Resources

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🧺 Additional Resources By Topic

Because support looks different for everyone. These tools offer more ways to find safety, healing, and connection.
 
Abuse
  • Bloom For: Teens and Adults | Website | Courses | Informative | Bloom offers support and courses designed by survivors, allies, and mental health professionals to support survivors of abuse. They combat the idea that healing trauma has to be isolating by creating a community of survivors
  • Breaking Code Silence For: Teens/Adults | Website | Advocacy | Support | Breaking Code Silence is a network of institutional abuse survivors who were institutionalized in the U.S. through the “troubled teen industry.” Breaking Code Silence provides support to survivors, educates about the TTI, investigates programs for abuse, and advocates for youth
  • Deaf Overcoming Violence through Empowerment For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides support for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the deaf community. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)
  • Elder Abuse For: Adults/Seniors | Advocacy | Informative | Resources | Elder Abuse is an organization whose mission is focused on ending elder abuse and creating a safer world without abuse and neglect of this population. Their site includes information about their advocacy and education work.
  • Know Your IX For: Teens and Adults (high school/college students) | Website | Informative | Support Know Your IX is a survivor and youth-led project of Advocates for Youth that seeks to end sexual and dating violence in schools. It educates and empowers students by teaching about Title IX, what legal rights and protections it offers, and by providing support for medical care, reporting abuse, and strengthening peer and family relationships.
  • Life After Hate For: Adults | Support Life After Hate is committed to helping people leave the violent far-right to connect with humanity and lead compassionate lives.
  • National Children's Advocacy Center For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy Provides information, local help, and strategies for parents, children, and professionals in order to prevent or intervene when child abuse occurs.
Anti-Racism & Discrimination
  • American Civil Liberties Union For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy Provides information and resources on the rights of Americans in a broad range of situations, such as: being stopped by the police, religious freedom, voting rights, LGBTQ rights, disability rights, prisoner’s rights, immigrants rights, and more.
  • Asian Mental Health Collective For: Adults | Website | Informative | Forum A website dedicated to providing information, resources, and personal stories to the AAPI community.
  • Asian Mental Health Project For: Teens and Adults | Website | Peer Support | Resources The Asian Mental Health Project seeks to end the stigma surrounding mental health in Asian communities. They provide free, weekly community wellness spaces for the Pan-Asian community.
  • Black Emotional and Mental Health For: Adults | Website | Informative Provides a toolkit with journaling prompts and worksheets for: self de-escalation, self care, and coping strategies for Black and marginalized communities. Also provides resources for finding a therapist or a mobile crisis team.
  • Black Girl Tribe (TRIBE, Inc.) For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Advocacy | Resources TRIBE is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the betterment of Black girls. They advocate, educate, and provide opportunities for Black girls to thrive.
  • BlackLine For: Adults | Website | Immediate Support Offers an anonymous hotline for the Black, Black LGBTQ+, Brown, Native, and Muslim community to confidentially report negative, physical, and inappropriate contact with police and vigilantes. No one will be turned away from the Hotline based on race.
  • Informed Immigrant For: Adults | Website | Informative | Resources | Services Website offers informational resources about DACA, TPS, deportation, and mental health.
  • Loveland Therapy Fund For: All Ages (specifically Black women and girls) | Website | Affordable Care The Loveland Therapy Fund provides financial assistance to Black women and girls seeking therapy within the U.S. They have an application process and collaborate with other organizations that seek to offer provide affordable therapy.
  • Mijente For: Adults & Teens | Website | Advocacy Mijente helps people effect gender, racial, economic, and environmental change through campaigns, connecting people across a wide network that serves as a hub for culture, learning and advocacy.
  • Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Adoptive Families For: Adults | PDF | Informative This fact sheet aims to educate and engage adoptive parents and parents considering adoption about parenting children who may come from ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds different from their own. It includes information about how to support a child’s racial and cultural identity while developing a family identity.
  • Parents4Peace For: Teens and Adults | Website | Informative | Resources | Helpline Parents For Peace supports families, friends, and communities concerned about people of all backgrounds becoming involved with extremism. They offer a helpline at 1-844-49-PEACE (73223), raise public awareness, and advocate for oversight in social media.
  • Obama Foundation For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy Provides resources to help users stay informed, engaged, and actionable about police violence and antiracism in the US.
  • South Asian Sexual & Mental Health Alliance For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Resources The South Asian Sexual & Mental Health Alliance seeks to empower South Asian people by celebrating the diversity of South Asian experiences. They want to encourage anti-oppression, authenticity, and well-being via sharing resources about mental and reproductive health, being LGBTQIA, and more.
  • Staying Safe During a Protest For: All Ages | PDF | Informative Educates readers on staying safe when attending a protest or civil demonstration.
  • Stop AAPI Hate For: All Ages | Interactive | Website Provides action steps for reporting AAPI hate crimes and shares resources for getting involved.
  • Talking about Race For: All ages | Website | Education Provides tools and guidance to empower everyone to learn and talk about race. Helpful for educators, parents/caregivers, allies, and any person committed to equity.
  • The Boris L. Henson Foundation: Let’s Talk Resource Guide For: Adults | Directory | Advocacy The Boris L. Henson Foundation seeks to erase the stigma around mental health in the African-American/Black community by increasing mental health support in schools, increasing the number of African-American therapists, and more. Their directory offers a list of mental health providers and programs centered on this community.
  • Therapy for Black Girls For: Black Women | Directory | Podcast | Website | Mental health support space featuring a therapist directory, blog, and podcast centered on Black women’s experiences.
  • Therapy for Black Men For: Black Men | Directory | Website | Therapist directory dedicated to supporting Black men’s mental health through culturally competent care.
  • Therapy for Latinx For: All Ages | Directory | Servic Provides a directory for Latinx folks to find culturally-attuned and inclusive therapists.
  • United We Dream For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy Advocates for DACA recipients and Latinx immigrants with additional resources like legal, leadership development, deportation defense, community sustainability, and health and wellness.
  • We R Native For: 14 - 24 Yrs | Website | Informative Provides comprehensive health resources and information for Native youth, by Native youth. Includes information about culture, environment, mental health, physical health, relationships, life tips, spirituality, wellness, and activism.
Autism and Neuro
  • Autism Source For: All Ages | Directory | Support | A directory of resources for individuals with autism and their families.
  • Autistic Self Advocacy Network For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Offers resources, education, and advocacy for autism in the disability rights movement.
Anxiety/Stress
  • 54321 Grounding Technique For: All Ages | PDF | Coping Skill/Immediate Support Leads texter through a five step grounding exercise to find calm. Also includes additional grounding exercises.
  • Action for Happiness For: All Ages | Website | Support & Advocacy Action for Happiness is an international, nonreligious, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to help people create a happier world. They do this by helping people connect with one another, learn evidence-based skills for happier living, and feel a sense of belonging.
  • Anger Diary For: All Ages | PDF | Interactive Offers a way to reflect on how we respond to anger and identify triggers in order to prevent future outbursts.
  • Anger Management Helpguide For: All Ages | Website | Informative Provides techniques to help with anger management and expressing feelings.
  • Anxiety and Depression Association of America For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative Promotes prevention, treatment, and support for anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, suicide, and co-occurring disorders. Also includes a therapist directory.
  • Anxiety Coping Skills Worksheet For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Support Provides coping skills for anxiety, including breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation, and strategies for challenging irrational thoughts.
  • Breathing GIF For: All Ages | GIF | Immediate Support Leads viewers through a breathing exercise using animated visuals. Helpful for anxiety or panic attacks.
  • Butterfly Hug for Trauma and Anxiety For: All Ages | PDF | Immediate Support Demonstrates the “butterfly hug,” a repetitive motion coping strategy that promotes relaxation and deeper breathing.
  • Calming Strategies Toolbox For: All Ages | PDF | Immediate Support Offers a set of coping skills that target the mind, body, and both internal and external self-regulation techniques.
  • Challenging Anxious Thoughts For: All Ages | PDF | Reflection Activity This worksheet helps individuals reflect on anxiety-inducing situations, explore short- and long-term outcomes, and process their emotional responses.
  • Columbia’s Holiday Stress For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative Covers coping strategies, boundaries, and grief support around holiday stress, including concerns related to COVID-19.
  • Coping with the Stress of the Holidays For: Adults | PDF | Informative Provides insights on stress, catastrophizing, and unrealistic expectations during the holidays, with guidance for healthier coping.
  • Dartmouth Relaxation Downloads For: All Ages | Website | Coping Skill Audio files for guided relaxation, mindfulness, meditation, and imagery exercises.
  • DBT Skills Workbook For: All Ages | PDF | Informative | Activity Includes practical DBT exercises for mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.
  • DBT: TIPP Skillset For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Activity Explains DBT’s TIPP skillset—temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, and progressive muscle relaxation—with how-tos and worksheets.
  • Dealing with Change For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Guide & Activity Supports reflection around life changes, emotions that surface, and coping resources that have helped in the past.
  • Decatastrophizing For: All Ages | PDF | Interactive A worksheet designed to help challenge exaggerated or irrational thoughts and reduce panic or anxiety.
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy For: All Ages | Website | Informative Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on teaching people strategies to help them live their best and most productive life. DBT is often used to help people with depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, addiction, eating disorders, and PTSD.
  • Dissociation and Dissociative Disorder For: Teens & Adults | Website | Support | Informative | Third-Party Explains what dissociation and dissociative disorders are, including potential causes, treatment options, and support strategies for individuals and third parties.
  • Distress Tolerance For: All Ages | PDF | Informative Offers guidance on handling and accepting situations that are out of our control.
  • Emotional Safety Planning For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Interactive | Immediate Support Provides grounding and self-care exercises to manage distress and recover from difficult emotions.
  • Everytown Support Fund For: All Ages | Website | Support | Informative Provides information on gun violence, coping after a mass shooting, and offers a forum for survivors.
  • Exposure Hierarchy For: Adults | PDF | Reflection Activity Helps users list anxiety-inducing situations and work through them gradually from least to most distressing.
  • Goal Breakdown For: All Ages | PDF | Interactive Guides users in breaking large goals into manageable steps—especially helpful when feeling overwhelmed.
  • Greater Good in Action Practices For: Adults | Website | Immediate Support Offers 80+ evidence-based practices for mindfulness, happiness, and emotional regulation, curated by UC Berkeley.
  • HelpGuide (Main Site) For: All Ages | Website | Informative Provides self-help tools and evidence-based articles on 21+ topics including stress, addiction, and suicide prevention.
  • Helping Children Cope For: Adults | Website | Informative Offers guidance for parents and caregivers to support children through emergencies and natural disasters.
  • Homeless Shelter Directory For: All Ages | Directory | Informative National directory of shelters and resources including clinics, rent help, food banks, and soup kitchens.
  • Looking After Yourself For: Adults | Website | Informative Provides workbooks for self-guided mental health support on topics like perfectionism, body image, and assertiveness.
  • Medito App For: Teens & Adults | App | Immediate Support Provides meditation and breathwork tools to support those experiencing stress, sadness, anxiety, and more.
  • MHA: How to Keep a Mental Health Journal For: All Ages | Website | Tips Offers tips on maintaining a mental health journal, highlighting its value for understanding habits and wellbeing while creating a judgment-free space.
  • My Study Life For: Teens & Adults | App | Interactive An organizational planner app that helps students develop time management and scheduling skills.
  • OCD Exposure Hierarchy For: Adults | PDF | Activity | Informative A guided exposure worksheet to help individuals with OCD confront anxiety-producing situations and track their progress.
  • Parental Stress Line For: Adults | Hotline | Immediate Support 24-hour helpline for parents to discuss child-related concerns, with translators available for all languages.
  • Pixel Thoughts For: All Ages | Website | Coping Skill A 60-second interactive meditation tool for processing worries and releasing intrusive thoughts.
  • Progressive Muscle Relaxation For: All Ages | PDF | Immediate Support Guides users through muscle relaxation exercises to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms.
  • PTSD Coach For: Adults & Teens | App | Support | Informative An app offering education, symptom tracking, coping tools, and treatment options for individuals with PTSD.
  • Self-help Anxiety Management App For: Adults & Teens | App | Interactive An app that supports anxiety management by building a personalized anxiety toolkit (iOS and Android).
  • Self-Help Strategies for Social Anxiety For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative | Reflection Activity Explores social anxiety, its impacts, and self-help strategies to manage symptoms; includes spaces for personal reflection.
  • Skin Picking Disorder Support For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative Shares insights into skin picking behavior, including causes, coping techniques, and advice on seeking professional support.Smiling Mind For: All Ages | App | Interactive A mindfulness and meditation app designed to support mental wellness across age groups.
  • Support Groups Central (HeyPeers) For: Adults | Support Groups | Peer Support Online peer support groups with trained facilitators, some with a small fee, offering a safe space for connection.
  • Ten Ways to Untwist Your Thinking For: Adults & Teens | PDF | Informative Provides techniques to manage and challenge negative, intrusive thoughts through cognitive restructuring.
  • The Zen Zone For: All Ages | Website | Immediate Support A minimalistic meditation area designed to help users reach calm via small and oddly satisfying activities.
  • Thought Diffusion Techniques For: Adults | PDF | Tips This PDF helps address distressing thoughts by introducing several techniques for creating distance from them.
  • Toolkit: Panic Attacks For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Tips | Support Provides information about panic attacks, including potential causes and short- and long-term coping strategies.
  • Trauma and Gun Violence | Everytown For: All Ages | Informative | Support Explains what trauma after gun violence can look like and how to cope with the aftermath of shootings.
  • We R Native For: Ages 14–24 | Website | Informative Provides comprehensive mental, physical, and spiritual health resources for Native youth, created by Native youth.
  • What’s Up? Mental Health App For: Teens & Adults | App | Immediate Support | Support This app offers tools for coping with depression, stress, and anxiety through journaling, habit tracking, and de-escalation strategies. iOS: https://apple.co/3x7BQtc | Android: https://bit.ly/wua_r
 
Bullying/ Harassment
  • Be Strong For: Teens | Website/App | Informative Offers resources, support, and intervention for those affected by bullying, depression, suicide, and other adversities.
  • Disability.gov For: Adults | Website | Informative Educates people with disabilities on civil rights, benefits, employment, emergency preparedness, housing, technology, and transportation.
  • Ditch the Label! For: Teens & Young Adults | Website | Peer Support | Advocacy Supports youth ages 12–25 with coping skills and information on bullying, relationships, and mental health. Includes a peer support forum.
  • Know Your IX For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Support Empowers high school and college students by teaching about Title IX and providing support related to sexual and dating violence.
  • Obama Foundation For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy Provides resources to help users stay informed and take action on police violence and antiracism
  • Quick Guides For: Parents | Adults | PDF | Informative Provides quick internet safety and bullying prevention tips for parents.
  • Right to Be For: Teens & Adults | Website | Support | Informative Offers tools and support for people experiencing online harassment and information on how to report abuse.
  • Stomp Out Bullying For: Teens | Website | Informative | Advocacy Provides education and resources to combat bullying, cyberbullying, sexting, and peer abuse.
  • Stop Bullying For: All Ages | Website | Support | Informative Focuses on preventing bullying through resources for families, schools, and youth.
  • STOPSTALKINGUS For: Teens & Adults | Website | Support | Advocacy Provides community, advocacy, and education for people impacted by stalking.
  • Workplaces Respond For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support | Advocacy Provides legal info, safety planning, and immediate resources for people facing workplace harassment or abuse.
Caregivers/Parents
  • Caregiver Action Network For: Caregivers | Website | Informative | Offers education, peer support, and advocacy for people who care for loved ones with chronic conditions.
  • Center for Parent Information & Resources For: Parents | Website | Directory | Resources | Connects parents to resources and support services for children with disabilities.
  • Family Caregiver Alliance For: Caregivers | Website | Informative | Advocacy | Supports caregivers of adults with chronic physical or cognitive conditions with education, services, and advocacy.
  • Grandfamilies For: Adults | Informative | Support | Website | Supports grandparents raising grandchildren by offering legal, policy, and resource assistance.
  • HealthyChildren.org For: Parents | Families | Website | Pediatrics | Informative | Powered by the American Academy of Pediatrics, this site provides child health guidance from birth through young adulthood.
  • Postpartum Support International (PSI) For: New Parents | Website | Support | Directory | Provides information and support for individuals experiencing postpartum depression and mood disorders.
Coping Skills & Self-Help Tools
  • 75 Coping Skills For: All Ages | Informative | PDF | Provides a print-out of 75 coping skills and strategies.
  • Anger Coping Skills
      • For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Support | A list of ways to cope with and manage anger to express it more healthily.
  • Anger Diary For: All Ages | Interactive | PDF | Helps reflect on anger responses and identify triggers to prevent future outbursts.
  • Anger Management Helpguide For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides techniques to help with anger management and expressing feelings.
  • Balanced Mind Parent Network For: Parents | Website | Support Group | An online community for parents of children with mood disorders to find support and share experiences.
  • Calm App For: All Ages | App | Mindfulness | Provides tools for meditation, sleep, and relaxation to reduce stress and improve mental well-being.
  • Coping with Nightmares For: Teens / Adults | Website | Informative | Tips | Mayo Clinic page on causes, treatments, and strategies for managing nightmares and nightmare disorders
  • Creating Healthy Routines For: Teens/Adults | PDF | Support | Activity | Helps identify values and turn priorities into sustainable routines through guided reflection.
  • Daily Strength For: All Ages | Website | Support Groups | Online support groups for various physical and mental health challenges.
  • DBT Nightmare Protocol For: Teens/Adults | Immediate Support | Support | Informative | PDF | PDF with DBT-based tips for processing and coping with nightmares.
  • DBT Travel Guide For: Teens and Adults | APP | Service | App for tracking feelings, actions, and DBT skills. Includes mindfulness guides and can be used solo or with a provider.
  • DBT Travel Guide For: Teens and Adults | APP | Service | App for tracking feelings, actions, and DBT skills. Includes mindfulness guides and can be used solo or with a provider.
  • Decision Making Worksheet For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative | Worksheet | PDF that supports decision-making through guided questions and structured activities.
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Overview of DBT skills for managing anxiety, BPD, depression, and more with tools for emotional regulation and mindfulness.
  • Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders For: Teens & Adults | Website | Support | Informative | Third-Party | Explains dissociation, symptoms, and long-term treatment options. Includes tips for self-help and third-party support.
  • Distress Tolerance For: All ages | PDF | Informative | Provides guidance on how to handle and accept distressing situations beyond one’s control.
  • Emotions Matter For: Teens | Adults | Website | Provides information, community, and advocacy for individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder.
  • Emotions Wheel For: All Ages | Tool | Visual Aid | PDF | Helps people identify and articulate their emotions by showing related feeling categories in a wheel format.
  • Emotion Regulation Skills (DBT-Informed) For: Teens, Adults | PDF | Informative | Skills | Outlines DBT-informed emotion regulation strategies including mindfulness, opposite action, and self-validation.
  • Feelings Wheel For: All ages | Informative | Webpage | Helps users describe their emotions more clearly and reflectively. Can aid conversations or self-awareness exercises.
  • Feeling Words List For: All Ages | PDF | Visual Aid | Provides a printable list of feeling words categorized by intensity to support emotional literacy.
  • Goal Breakdown For: All ages | PDF | Interactive | A worksheet that helps break down large goals into smaller, manageable steps when feeling overwhelmed.
  • Habitica For: All Ages | APP | Interactive | Habit-building and productivity app that gamifies life with tasks, rewards, and in-game motivation.
  • Hearing Voices Network: USA For: Adults | Website | Support | Helps individuals connect to local support groups for those hearing voices or experiencing extreme states.
  • Help Someone Else For: Teens and Adults | Website | Informative | Lifeline’s page offering guidance on supporting a loved one in crisis, including signs and tips.
  • How Right Now For: Teens & Adults | Website | Immediate Support | Resources | CDC site that supports users in naming and coping with emotional experiences such as grief, anger, and sadness.
  • How to Cope with Depersonalization For: Teens and Adults | Website | Informative | Tips | Provides education and coping strategies for those dealing with depersonalization.
  • How We Feel (Journal APP) For: All ages | APP | Interactive | Journal | Free journaling app to track emotional patterns and develop coping strategies over time.
  • Intrusive Thoughts Worksheet For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative | Worksheet/Activity | Helps manage intrusive thoughts using mindfulness strategies, with a thought diary and self-assessment.
  • Intrusive Thoughts, Inc. For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Support | Resources | Nonprofit that provides education, expert videos, and support for people with intrusive thoughts and OCD.
  • Making a Coping Plan For: All Ages | PDF | Worksheet | Support | This worksheet helps you list warning signs, identify helpful coping strategies, and build a personal support plan.
  • Managing Emotions During Crisis For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Tips | Immediate Support | Provides calming techniques and reminders to help navigate intense emotions in high-stress moments.
  • Mindfulness Exercises For: All Ages | Website | Guided Practices | Free mindfulness resources including meditations, worksheets, and courses for stress reduction and emotional well-being.
  • MoodMission For: Teens, Adults | App | Coping | Mental Health | An app that recommends ‘missions’ based on how you're feeling to help improve your mood and mental health.
  • MyLife Meditation For: All Ages | App | Mindfulness | App that offers personalized meditation and emotional wellness practices based on daily check-ins.
  • Sanvello For: All Ages | App | Coping Tools | Therapy | Mental health app offering CBT-based tools, mood tracking, and guided journeys for anxiety and depression.
  • The Body Keeps the Score Companion Resources For: Adults | PDF | Tools | Trauma | Companion tools and exercises inspired by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s book, focused on trauma healing.
Depression/Sadness
  • Action for Happiness For: All Ages | Website | Support & Advocacy Action for Happiness is an international, nonreligious, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to help people create a happier world. They do this by helping people connect with one another, learn evidence-based skills for happier living, and feel a sense of belonging.
  • Alzheimer’s Association For: All Ages | Website | Support | Information Offers resources, support, and evidence-based education on those affected by Alzheimer's or related dementia.
  • Antidepressant Skills Workbook For: Adults | PDF | Informative A self-care guide with antidepressant skills for individuals managing depression or concerned family, friends, or partners.
  • Anxiety and Depression Association of America For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative Promotes prevention, treatment, and support for anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, suicide, and co-occurring disorders. Also includes a therapist directory.
  • Asian Mental Health Collective For: Adults | Website | Informative | Forum A website providing information, resources, and personal stories for the AAPI community.
  • Be Strong For: Teens | Website/App | Informative Resources and intervention for bullying, depression, suicide, and other adversities.
  • Black Emotional and Mental Health For: Adults | Website | Informative Toolkit with journaling prompts, self-care worksheets, and resources for finding therapists or mobile crisis teams in Black and marginalized communities.
  • Calming Strategies Toolbox For: All Ages | PDF | Immediate Support A toolbox of coping skills covering mental, physical, internal, and external regulation strategies.
  • Connect2Affect For: Elderly Adults | Website | Directory/Search | Support Resources for isolated elderly adults to build social connections and access services such as transportation, wellness, and food support.
  • DBT: TIPP Skillset For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Activity Explains DBT’s TIPP skills—temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, and muscle relaxation—with how-tos and worksheets.
  • Decatastrophizing For: All Ages | PDF | Interactive A worksheet to challenge irrational thoughts and reduce panic or anxiety.
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy For: All Ages | Website | Informative DBT teaches strategies to support productive and fulfilling lives; used for depression, anxiety, BPD, addiction, eating disorders, and PTSD.
  • Everything Is Awful, and I'm Not Okay For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Immediate Support A reflection worksheet guiding users through questions and steps for self-regulation during high distress or anxiety.
  • Families for Depression Awareness For: Families | Website | Education | Support | Helps families recognize and cope with depression and bipolar disorder through education and resources.
  • Find Your Words For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Support Offers information and support about suicide, suicidal thoughts, and depression. Encourages open conversation around mental health.
  • Heads Up Guys For: Adults | Website | Informative Resources tailored to men experiencing depression and for loved ones offering support.
  • HelpGuide (Main Site) For: All Ages | Website | Informative Evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and topic guides for mental health and wellness across age groups.
  • Helping Children Cope For: Adults | Website | Informative Guidance for caregivers on supporting children after natural disasters and emergencies.
  • Inclusive Therapists For: Adults | Directory A therapist directory centered on social justice values such as anti-discrimination, anti-oppression, and cultural responsiveness.
  • Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders For: Teens & Adults | Website | Support | Informative | Third-Party Explains what dissociation and dissociative disorders are, including potential causes, treatment options, and support strategies for individuals and third parties.
  • Distress Tolerance For: All Ages | PDF | Informative Offers guidance on handling and accepting situations that are out of our control.
  • Emotional Safety Planning For: Teens & Adults | Interactive PDF | Immediate Support | Coping Strategies An interactive resource with grounding and self-care exercises for distressing moments.
  • Everytown Support Fund For: All Ages | Website | Support | Information Provides resources for coping after mass shootings, combating gun violence, and survivor forums.
  • Exposure Hierarchy For: Adults | PDF | Reflection Activity Supports users in organizing anxiety-provoking experiences from least to most distressing to practice exposure techniques.
  • Goal Breakdown For: All Ages | PDF | Interactive Helps break large goals into smaller, manageable tasks to reduce overwhelm.
  • Greater Good in Action Practices For: Adults | Website | Immediate Support Curated by UC Berkeley, offers over 80 practices for mindfulness, self-compassion, and stress management with user-friendly guides.
  • HelpGuide (Main Site) For: All Ages | Website | Informative Evidence-based self-help articles and tools for 21+ mental health topics for all ages, including Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing resources.
  • Helping Children Cope For: Adults | Website | Informative Offers guidance for parents and caregivers supporting children after emergencies or natural disasters.
  • Homeless Shelter Directory For: All Ages | Directory | Informative A searchable national database for shelters, food banks, clinics, housing, and financial assistance.
  • How to Walk Through a Panic Attack For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Immediate Support | Tips Outlines grounding and coping strategies for managing panic attacks in the moment.
  • KidsHealth For: Kids, Teens, & Parents | Website | Informative Provides reliable content on health, relationships, puberty, self-esteem, and more for children and families.
  • Learning About Depression Worksheet For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative | Activity | An educational worksheet that helps individuals understand depression, its signs, and ways to manage it.
  • Loving Someone with Depression For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative | A compassionate guide for partners or loved ones of someone experiencing depression.
  • Life Skills: Wellbeing and Resilience For: All Ages (Geared toward youth) | Website | Immediate Support | Coping Strategies Minnesota-based site with school-friendly coping strategies and resources for students, caregivers, and educators.
  • Looking After Yourself For: Adults | Website | Informative A resource hub of mental health workbooks covering topics like anxiety, body image, self-esteem, and perfectionism.
  • Medito App For: Adults & Teens | App | Immediate Support Free app with meditations, breathing tools, and practices for stress, anxiety, depression, and sadness.
  • Mental Health America For: Adults | Website | Advocacy Provides education, resources, and screenings to detect mental illness and support those living with it.
  • Mental Health Directories For: Adults | Directory/Search | Informative Offers a list of top directories to find a therapist, including directories tailored for Black and Black LGBTQ+ communities.
  • Mental Health is Health For: College Age | Website | Informative Offers resources and information for young people on various mental health challenges, aiming to reduce stigma and connect them to help.
  • NAMI: Getting Treatment During A Crisis For: All Ages | Website | Informative Explains the differences between mental health crisis response options and helps individuals choose the most appropriate support.
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness For: Adults & Teens | Website | Advocacy Provides information, advocacy, and support services for those affected by mental illness, including a HelpLine and local resources.
  • Not One More Vet For: Adults | Website | Support | Informative Supports veterinary professionals’ mental health with peer support, awareness initiatives, and resource access.
  • Open Counseling For: All Ages | Directory | Affordable Health Care A searchable directory for finding affordable local or virtual counseling options.
  • PostpartumDepression.org For: Adults | Website | Support Supports families facing postpartum depression with resources, education, and online support groups.
  • Postpartum Support International For: Adults | Website | Informative Provides information and resources related to postpartum complications, pregnancy-related anxiety, and loss.
  • Seize the Awkward For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Resources | Third-Party Support Provides resources and conversation starters to talk about mental health and support oneself or others.
  • Self-Injury Recovery Anonymous For: All Ages | Website | Support | Information Provides a safe space for individuals who engage in physical self-injury to come together to share experiences without judgment or criticism.
  • South Asian Therapists For: All Ages | Directory | Informative Offers a directory of trusted, culturally competent therapy by and for those in the South Asian community.
  • Support Groups Central (now HeyPeers) For: Adults | Support Groups | Peer Support | Video Chat Peer support groups hosted over video chat and monitored by trained facilitators. A small fee for some groups.
Eating/Body Image
Eating Disorders Anonymous For: Adults & Teens | Forum | Support Offers online and live communities who support each other in their struggle to recover from eating disorders. 12 Step style.
KidsHealth For: Kids, Teens, & Parents | Website | Informative Informs teens, kids, and parents about physical and mental health, wellness, relationships, puberty, studying, sports, nutrition, self-esteem, and more.
Looking After Yourself For: Adults | Website | Informative Offers workbooks for self-guided techniques to improve mental health. Topics include: assertiveness, sleep, procrastination, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, self-compassion, body dysmorphia, perfectionism, and more.
Mental Health Directories For: Adults | Directory/Search | Informative Provides a list of top mental health directories for help finding a therapist. Offers an additional list of directories for Black, and Black LGBTQ+ people.
Mental Health is Health For: College Age | Website | Informative Offers information on a wide variety of struggles that young people face and connects students with resources to decrease mental health stigma, help themselves, or a third party.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders For: All Ages | Support | Hotline Provides information, peer support groups, and hotlines for those struggling with eating disorders.
National Eating Disorder Association For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative Offers forums, support groups, and free screenings to determine if an individual with an eating disorder should seek professional help.
Project HEAL For: All Ages | Website | Services Provides support to people recovering from eating disorders by removing treatment access barriers, particularly for BIPOC and LGBTQIA communities.
Recovery Dharma For: All Ages | Website | Support Provides addiction recovery support through the practice of Buddhist teachings and meditation. Offers support for a variety of addictive behaviors, including eating disorders.
Recovery Record For: Adults & Teens | App | Interactive Supports recovery and tracks progress for people with eating disorders through self-monitoring, coping tools, meal planning, and affirmations.
Sanctuary in the City: Eating Disorder Support Group for Black Folks For: Black Adults | Website | Support | Support Group Offers a monthly online support group for Black individuals struggling with eating disorders or disordered eating. No diagnosis required.
Ten Steps to Positive Body Image For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Tips Provides tips to support a more positive body image/body neutrality by focusing on the body's abilities and celebrating small steps.
The National Alliance for Eating Disorders For: Teens & Adults | Website | Support Offers a free therapist-staffed helpline, online referral database, and free weekly therapist-led (virtual and in-person) support groups.
The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors For: All Ages | Support | Information Provides a holistic approach to overcoming and healing from body-focused repetitive behaviors such as trichotillomania and dermatillomania.
Education
  • Khan Academy For: All ages | Website | Service | Free learning platform offering K–12 and college-level courses in math, science, and more.
  • Libby For: All Ages | APP | Service | Reading | Free app that connects to your local library so you can borrow eBooks, audiobooks, and more.
    Employment
    • Jails to Jobs For: Adults | Website | Support | Supports formerly incarcerated individuals with job resources, free interview clothes, and tattoo removal services.
    • Job Accommodation Network For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Offers free, confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment rights.
    • Job Corps For: Ages 16–24 | Website | Service | Provides tuition-free education, job training, housing, and healthcare for young people entering the workforce.
      Finances
      • Childcare.gov For: Parents | Website | Directory/Search | Service Connects parents to safe childcare options in their community and provides information on financial assistance for those struggling to afford care.
      • Coping With Debt PDF For: Adults | PDF | Informative Outlines strategies for managing debt, including self-help, debt relief services, consolidation, and bankruptcy.
      • Debtors Anonymous For: Adults | Support Group A 12-Step recovery program for individuals wanting to stop incurring unsecured debt.
      • Help with Bills For: Adults | Website | Informative | Provides information about government programs that help with bill payment and temporary financial assistance.
      • HUD Housing and Homeless Assistance For: All Ages | Directory/Search | Informative | Provides access to national homeless assistance programs, food banks, and a 24/7 veteran support hotline.
      • Modest Needs Foundation For: Adults | Website | Support Provides short-term financial assistance to individuals and families in temporary crisis who are ineligible for conventional financial assistance.
      • mRelief For: Adults | Website | Service Facilitates a fast and simplified process for qualifying for food stamps via their website or text (Text the word SNAP to 74544).
      • My Money Tools For: Older Teens/Adults | Website | PDFs Offers templates and guides to help with financial literacy and planning, including budgeting, debt management, and vehicle purchasing.
      • Patient Access Network Foundation For: All Ages | Website | Affordable Healthcare Provides copay assistance grants for people living with life-threatening, chronic, and rare diseases.
      • Patient Advocate Foundation For: Adults | Website | Support Provides case management services and financial aid to access healthcare for chronic, life-threatening illnesses.
      • Savvy Ladies For: Women | Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Helpline | Resources Empowers women through financial education, money management, and a free helpline for guidance.
      • SCORE Mentoring For: Adults (especially entrepreneurs) | Website | Mentorship | Resources Connects business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs with free local mentorship and support.
      • Upsolve For: Adults | App | Support An app that helps screen and file for bankruptcy, with free lawyer consultations available.
      Frontline Workers, First Responders, & Emergency Personnel
      • Active Shooter Recovery Guide For: Adults | PDF | Informative CISA developed this guide to help organizations proactively create policies and procedures to support recovery after an active shooter event.
      • The Emotional PPE Project For: Healthcare Workers | Support | Service | Directory Connects healthcare workers impacted by COVID-19 with volunteer mental health professionals for free support.
      • Therapy Aid Coalition For: Frontline Workers | Website | Directory | Low-cost/Sliding Scale Service Provides short-term, free or low-cost therapy for frontline workers, with a searchable directory by state, specialty, and language.
      Gender/Sexual Identity
      • CenterLink LGBTQ+ Community Centers For: LGBTQ+ | Directory | Website | Provides a directory of LGBTQ+ community centers across the U.S. and supports their development.
      • LGBT National Help Center
          • For: All Ages | Hotline | Website | Support | Provides confidential peer-support and local resource referrals for the LGBTQ+ community, via hotline and chat services.
      • LGBTQ+ Youth Guide to Coming Out
          • For: Teens & Young Adults | PDF | Informative | Support | A thoughtful guide for LGBTQ+ youth on how to come out safely and on their own terms.
      • National Center for Transgender Equality For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy Provides information and multi-level resources about transgender people and issues such as healthcare, homelessness, and civil rights.
      • National Harm Reduction Coalition For: All Ages | Website | Informative Shares resources for harm reduction, racialized drug policy, and sex worker rights, centering marginalized voices.
      • Our Trans Loved Ones For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative Provides guidance for supporting Transgender and Gender Expansive friends and family members.
      • OutCare For: All Ages | Database | Informative Connects LGBTQ+ individuals with affirming healthcare providers and shares extensive health education resources.
      • PFLAG For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative Offers education, peer support, and advocacy tools for LGBTQ+ individuals and their families.
      • Point of Pride For: Adults | Website | Service Provides financial assistance for gender-affirming surgeries, binders, shapewear, and electrolysis. Limited services for minors.
      • Q Chat Space For: Teens | Forum | Support Provides moderated, live online chat groups for LGBTQ+ teens ages 13 to 19.
      • SAGE For: Adults & Older Adults | Advocacy | Website | Immediate Support Supports and advocates for LGBTQ+ older adults. Hotline: 877-360-LGBT.
      • Sex Etc. For: Teens | Information Provides comprehensive sex education including state-specific rights for teens on STIs, birth control, relationships, and more.
      • The Network/La Red (EN) For: Adults | Website | Helpline | Resources Works to end abuse in LGBTQIA, kink, and polyamorous communities through organizing, education, and support.
      • Trans Affirmation Coloring Book For: Youth | Activity | PDF A printable, affirming coloring book that validates trans identities, encourages reflection, and builds emotional awareness.
      • Trans Can Work For: Teens & Adults | Service Supports trans, intersex, and nonbinary job seekers in finding safe and affirming employment opportunities.
      • Trans Lifeline For: All Ages | Hotline | Support A 24/7 anonymous and confidential hotline run by and for transgender people. Call: (877) 565-8860.
      • Trans Teen and Family Narratives (TTFN) Toolkit For: Teens & Families | Website | Support | Toolkit Supports conversations between trans teens and their families through videos, guides, and activities. Developed by Boston Children’s Hospital.
      • Trevor Project For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support | Informative Provides 24/7 crisis intervention services for LGBTQ+ youth. Call: 866-488-7386.
      • TrevorSpace For: Ages 13–24 | Forum | Support An online peer support forum for LGBTQ youth. Registration requires an email.
      • Two Spirit and LGBTQ Health For: All Ages | Informative | Website Offers culturally relevant resources for Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ individuals in the American Indian/Alaska Native community, including mental health, legal rights, and healthcare connections.
      General
      • 211 For: All Ages | Website | Directory | Helpline | Connects people with local resources and assistance. Text zip code to 898211.
      • 211 Puerto Rico For: All Ages | Directory | Helpline | Connects people in Puerto Rico with local affordable resources by providing their postal code.
      • AARP: Caregivers and Families For: All Ages | Webpage | Informative | Provides information about elder care, caregiver wellbeing, and support for elders and caregivers.
      • Backline Care For: Adults, music industry professionals specifically | Website | Peer Support | Resources | Connects music industry professionals with mental health and wellness resources.
      • Compassion & Choices For: Adults | Website | Advocacy | Resources | Non-profit that improves care, expands options, and empowers people in their end-of-life journey.
      • Connect2Affect For: Elderly Adults | Website | Directory/Search | Support | Helps seniors connect with social, financial, and wellness resources to reduce isolation and loneliness.
      • Deaf and HoH For: Teens | Adults | Website | Online peer community with forums, chat nights, and resources for people with hearing loss.
      • Dweebs Global For: Teens & Adults | Website | Offers mentorship on job and career-related topics like resume building and professional development.
      • Eldercare Locator For: Adults/Elder adults | Website | Directory | Resources | National directory with chat and phone support to help locate eldercare services including housing and legal aid.
      • End Family Fire For: Adults | Website | Informative | Educates about gun safety and preventing "family fire"—shootings involving improperly stored or misused firearms in the home.
      • Find Shelter For: Adults | Website | Directory/Search | Informative | Offers a national directory to help locate shelters, food pantries, clothing, health clinics, and more.
      • Get Your Refund For: Adults | Interactive | Service | Provides free tax filing assistance to families earning under $66,000 per year.
      Grief
      Healthcare
      • American Cancer Society For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support | Offers treatment, low-cost resources, and support to people with cancer and their loved ones.
      • American Chronic Pain Association For: Adults | Website | Informative & Support | Provides peer support and education on pain management for people with chronic pain, families, and professionals.
      • American Diabetes Association For: All Ages | Information | Support | Provides education, information, and resources for those affected by diabetes.
      • Caregiver Action Network For: Caregivers | Website | Informative | Offers education, peer support, and advocacy for people who care for loved ones with chronic conditions.
      • Crohn's and Colitis Foundation For: All Ages | Support | Information | Provides info, local support, and online communities for individuals with Crohn’s, IBD, and Colitis.
      • HRSA Health Centers Database For: Adults | Website | Affordable Healthcare | Searchable directory of public health centers that provide affordable care to underserved populations.
      Hotline
      • Boys Town National Hotline For: Youth, Parents | Helpline | Website | 24/7 crisis support, parenting advice, and youth resources through call, chat, and text.
      • Crisis Text Line For: All Ages | Text Line | 24/7 Support | Free 24/7 support via text from trained crisis counselors for anyone in emotional distress.
      • Disaster Distress Helpline For: All Ages | Helpline | 24/7 Support | Free, confidential support for anyone experiencing distress related to natural or human-caused disasters.
      • Empower Work For: Adults | Immediate Support | Hotline | Text-based support line offering free and confidential help for people facing difficult work situations.
      • Find a Helpline For: All Ages | Hotline | Database | Database of nearly 1,600 international emotional support helplines.
      Identity-Affirming Support Spaces
      • Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) For: Black Communities | Website | Support | Advocacy | Provides mental health support and education centered on Black emotional and mental healing.
      • BlackLine For: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ | Helpline | Support | A peer support line prioritizing BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, staffed by volunteers with lived experience.
      • Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network (GSA Network) For: Youth, LGBTQ+ | Website | Advocacy | Community | Supports LGBTQ+ youth and student-led clubs (GSAs) to create safer, inclusive schools.
      • GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality For: Adults, LGBTQ+ | Website | Health Directory | Advocacy | Provides a directory of LGBTQ+-affirming healthcare providers and advocates for equality in health care.
      • LGBT National Help Center For: LGBTQ+ | All Ages | Helpline | Chat | Support | Offers free and confidential peer-support chat and hotlines for LGBTQ+ people of all ages.
      • MindOut For: LGBTQ+ | Website | Support | Advocacy | Mental health service run by and for LGBTQ+ people, offering peer support, resources, and mental health information.
      • National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network For: QTPOC | Directory | Website | Advocacy | Provides a directory and resources to support queer and trans people of color in accessing affirming mental health care.
      • One Sky Center For: Native/Indigenous Communities | Website | Addiction | Wellness | A national resource center supporting Native communities with mental health and substance use information.
      • She Recovers Foundation For: Women, Nonbinary Individuals | Website | Recovery | Community | A nonprofit offering support for women and nonbinary individuals in or seeking recovery from mental health and substance use issues.
      • Sexuality and Disability For: Adults | Website | Education | Sexual Health | Educational site exploring issues of sexuality for people with disabilities, offering tools an
      Isolation/Loneliness
      Legal
      • American Civil Liberties Union For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy Provides information and resources on the rights of Americans in a broad range of situations, such as being stopped by the police, religious freedom, voting rights, LGBTQ rights, disability rights, prisoner’s rights, immigrants’ rights, and more.
      • Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Provides legal advocacy for individuals with mental disabilities and educates about their rights.
      • Community Justice Exchange For: Adults | Directory/Search | Support Provides a directory of local bail funds for people who cannot afford bail. Also offers resources for protest and immigration bail funds.
      • Fair Shake Reentry Resource Center For: Adults | Website | Resources | Informative | Supports current and formerly incarcerated people with reentry resources, guided by the Ubuntu philosophy.
      • Get Help App™ Program (GHAPP) For: Formerly incarcerated individuals | APP | Support & Resources | A free nationwide app to support formerly incarcerated people with jobs, healthcare, and more to reduce recidivism.
      • Kidmates For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Support | Third-Party KidsMates seeks to support children of incarcerated parents as they navigate through the effects of incarceration. The site provides information about incarceration in the United States, adverse childhood experiences, parental incarceration, and structural racism.
      • LawHelp For: Adults | Website | Informative | Connects users to local legal aid offices, court forms, and immigration/legal rights information by state.
      • TimeDone For: People with a past arrest/conviction | Website | Advocacy | Resources Offers legal and financial resources, employment tools, and workshops to support people with criminal records.
      Mental Health
      • An Infinite Mind For: Teens | Adults | Informative | Website | Educates people about Dissociative Identity Disorder and supports those struggling with it.
      • BetterMynd For: College Students | Website | Teletherapy | Offers online therapy sessions for college students through their schools’ counseling services.
      • CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Education | Provides information, support, and advocacy for individuals and families affected by ADHD.
      • CPTSD Foundation For: Adults | Website | Support Groups | Resources | Informative | Supports survivors of chronic trauma through education, peer groups, and directories of informed providers.
      • Inclusive Therapists For: Marginalized Groups | Directory | Website | Connects people with therapists who center cultural humility and justice in mental health care
      • International OCD Foundation For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Connects people with OCD and related disorders to support networks, information, and resources.
      • LearnPsychMed For: Adults | Website | Informative | Guide | An educational site offering easy-to-understand guides about psychiatric medications, created by psychiatrists.
      • Mental Health America For: All Ages | Website | Education | Screening Tools | Offers information, screening tools, and advocacy for mental health awareness and prevention.
      • Mental Health Directories For: Adults | Directory/Search | Informative Provides a list of top mental health directories for help finding a therapist. Offers an additional list of directories for Black, and Black LGBTQ+ people.
      • Mental Health First Aid USA For: Adults | Website | Training | Education | Offers public education programs to help individuals identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use.
      • NAMIDeaf Mental Health Resources For: Deaf Community | Website | Informative | Accessible | Mental health resources from NAMI tailored to support individuals in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
      • NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) For: All Ages | Website | Education | Advocacy | Nationwide advocacy organization providing education, resources, and support for individuals and families affected by mental illness.
      • Open Path Psychotherapy Collective For: Adults | Website | Directory | Affordable Therapy | Connects people with affordable in-person and online therapy options nationwide.
      • SAMHSA Treatment Locator For: All Ages | Directory | Website | Searchable national directory of substance use and mental health treatment facilities in the U.S.
      Military/Veteran
      • Child Care Aware For: Adults | Website | Informative | Service Connects families to local child care, including resources for financial assistance, health and social services, and supports for military/DOD families.
      • Give an Hour For: All Ages | Directory/Search | Support | Connects military members and their families with free mental health services from volunteer professionals.
      • Make the Connection (Veterans) For: Veterans | Website | Stories | Resources | Veteran-focused mental health resource with personal stories and connection to VA support services.
      • Operation Homefront For: Military/Veteran Families | Support | Resources | Services | Programs Offers relief and recurring support programs to help military families overcome short-term difficulties.
      • USAA Educational Foundation For: Military Community | Adults | Programs | Education | Services Provides free expert resources on financial readiness and personal finance for military families.
      • Veterans Affairs Homeless Programs For: Veterans | Website | Informative | Tangible Support | Referrals Provides outreach, referrals, and support for veterans facing homelessness, including access to employment and housing resources.
      • Veterans Affairs Veteran Training For: Military/Veterans | Adults | Courses | Education VA training courses are free, confidential, and available 24/7, covering topics like sleep, parenting, and problem-solving.
      • Veterans Crisis Line For: Veterans | Helpline | 24/7 | Support | Free, confidential support for veterans and their families in crisis, available 24/7 via phone, chat, or text.
      • Wounded Warrior Project For: Veterans | Website | Support | Services | Provides mental health programs, peer support, and career resources for veterans and service members.
      • Veterans Yoga Project For: Military/Veterans | Adults | Support | Education | Scholarships Works with veterans and their families to offer mind-body practices, post-traumatic growth support, and scholarships.
      Relationships
      • Bright Sky App For: Teens/Adults | App | Directory | Resources | Bright Sky offers a secure journal tool, links to resources, and can use location services to identify the closest shelters and domestic violence support services. The app also allows for safety planning. Note: The app is not concealed behind a different image or name once downloaded
      • Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Provides information and resources about relationship abuse, sexual assault, gender violence, barriers for leaving, and safety planning. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)
      • Cyber Civil Rights Initiative For: Adults | Website | Support | Informative | Provides information & support to U.S.-based adults who are survivors of imaged-based sexual abuse, including nonconsensual pornography, sextortion, and deepfakes. If someone has shared or threatened to share an intimate image of you without your consent, visit their Safety Center. (Deaf/HoH approved)
      • Cybersmile For: Teens | Information | Support | Shares resources, support, and information on various cyber issues including revenge porn, doxxing, cyberbullying, gaming addictions, cyber abuse and harassment, swatting, and online security.
      • Domestic Shelters Directory For: Adults | Directory/Search | Website | Informative | Toolkits | Domestic Shelters is a website that helps survivors of domestic violence learn about and locate shelters and crisis interventions services in their communities. Their site also provides informative toolkits and other resources.
      • DomesticShelters.org For: Survivors of Abuse | Directory | Website | Searchable directory of domestic violence shelters, programs, and services across the U.S.
      • Guide to Wellness For: Adults | PDF | Interactive Offers a workbook for survivors of domestic abuse that can help track progress, practice ways to calm down, and teach the basics of self-care while healing.
      • How to Help Someone in an Abusive Relationship For: Adults | PDF | Informative Provides a guide to help a friend or family member support someone who is struggling in their relationship as well as take care of yourself while doing it. Best for third party conversations.
      • Love is Respect For: Teens, Young Adults | Website | Chat | Text Line | Provides information and support for young people experiencing dating abuse or seeking healthy relationship help.
      • Moving Ahead For: Adults | PDF Educates survivors of domestic violence on navigating financial and safety challenges when ending an abusive relationship.
      • My Plan App For: All Ages | App | Interactive Offers intimate partner violence safety planning with personalized safety information and resources for self or someone else in an abusive relationship.
      • My Story, My Terms For: Teens and Adults | PDF | Informative | Workbook “My Story, My Terms” is a workbook that supports survivors in discovering their own resilience and in learning how to tell their story with self-compassion. It invites survivors to learn about sharing their story on their terms – what parts of their story, who they tell, when and how.
      • National Domestic Violence Hotline For: Adults & Teens | Website | Immediate Support Offers 24/7 help for domestic assault survivors over the phone, and has information on how to recognize and prevent domestic abuse.
      • StrongHearts Native Helpline For: Teens & Adults | Support | Helpline | Advocacy StrongHearts Native Helpline is a 24/7 line for domestic, dating, and sexual violence that offers culturally appropriate support and advocacy for Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Their site also includes information about abuse and identifying abuse. Texters can call 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483) or visit the site to chat with an advocate.
      Reproductive Health / Information
      Amaze For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides sex education via fun videos for teens, kids, parents, educators, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
      American Sexual Health Association For: Teens/Adults | Website | Informative | Resources | Offers information about sex/sexuality, STIs, and healthy conversations around sexual health.
      Our Bodies Ourselves Today
      For: Adults | Website | Sexual Health | Informative | A digital update of the classic book, offering inclusive and comprehensive information on sexual and reproductive health.
      Self-Harm
      • Self-Injury Recovery Anonymous For: All Ages | Website | Support | Informative Provides a supportive, nonjudgmental space for individuals who self-injure to share experiences and heal.
      • Self-Injury Outreach & Support (SIOS) For: Teens, Adults | Website | Education | Coping | Provides resources and educational materials for those who self-injure and their supporters.
      Sexual Violence
      • 1-in-6 For: Men | Website | Informative | Provides support for men who have been sexually abused.
      • BetterBrave For: Adults | Website | Informative | Resources | BetterBrave is a nonprofit focused on tackling sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Their programs include a community resource platform, a research hub, and events and workshops.
      • Enough: Support for Student Survivors For: College students | Website | Informative | Toolkit | Advocacy ENOUGH provides free and confidential support and legal information to survivors of sexual assault/harassment. They also have a Toolkit for student survivors who want to learn about Title IX on their own.
      • Heart to Grow For: Teens and Adults | Website | Advocacy | Resources | Service Heart to Grow seeks to ensure that Muslims have the language and resources to confront sexual violence. Their resource library contains resources that acknowledge and are rooted in the Muslim faith.
      • Incest Aware For: All ages | Website | Informative | Resources Incest Aware educates and advocates to end sexual violence that comes from incest by providing educational information about different types of incest, resources for survivors, support, and broader advocacy.
      • Just Detention International For: Adults | Directory/Search | Support Just Detention International seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention, and they support both currently and formerly incarcerated people. Their site provides resources for support, including both counseling and legal services, through a state-by-state directory.
      • Know Your IX For: Teens and Adults (high school/college students) | Website | Informative | Support Know Your IX is a survivor and youth-led project of Advocates for Youth that seeks to end sexual and dating violence in schools. It educates and empowers students by teaching about Title IX, what legal rights and protections it offers, and by providing support for medical care, reporting abuse, and strengthening peer and family relationships.
      • Me Too: What To Expect When Reporting a Sexual Assault For: Adults | PDF | Informative This quick guide covers what happens after someone chooses to report sexual violence. It covers medical forensic exams, interactions with the police and legal system, and some grounding/coping techniques.
      • National Human Trafficking Hotline For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative Offers a crisis hotline and resource directory serving victims and survivors of human trafficking.
      • RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) For: All Ages | Helpline | Chat | Website | The nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization offering support, information, and crisis assistance.
      • Sex Workers Outreach Project For: Adults | Advocacy Sex Workers Outreach Project is a national org run by and for sex workers. Offers resources, info on advocacy, and a community support line.
      • Support for Victims of Sextortion For: Adults ( parents/caregivers of teens) | Website | Informative | Support This page discusses the topic of sextortion: the types, warning signs to look for, how to support victims, and where to get additional help.
      • Survivor's Sanctuary and Healing Room For: Teens and Adults | Website | Informative Survivor’s Sanctuary and Healing Room was created as a learning and healing platform to aid survivors of sexual violence as they move through their healing journeys. It’s self-guided and self-paced and includes learnings for three major areas: the mind, body, and an integrative approach that incorporates both.
      Students
      • Project LETS For: Students, Marginalized Communities | Website | Peer Support | Advocacy | Peer-led organization focused on mental health advocacy, disability justice, and peer support systems on campuses and in communities.
      • ULifeline For: College Students | Website | Screening | Support | Mental health resource center for college students, including campus support info and self-assessments.
        Substance Use/Addiction
        • Drugfree.org (Partnership to End Addiction) For: Families, Parents | Website | Resources | Helpline | Provides resources and a helpline for families navigating substance use issues.
        • Gamblers Anonymous (GA) For: Adults | Website | 12 steps | Peer Support | Offers a 12-step peer support program for those struggling with gambling. Includes virtual and in-person meetings.
        • National Harm Reduction Coalition For: Adults | Website | Advocacy | Substance Use | Advocates for the health and dignity of people who use drugs and offers harm reduction strategies and training.
        • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) For: All Ages | Website | Resources | Government | U.S. government agency providing extensive resources, reports, and services for mental health and substance use treatment.
        Suicide/Suicide Loss
        Hope for the Day For: All Ages | Website | Suicide Prevention | Advocacy | Focuses on proactive suicide prevention and mental health education through creative outreach.
        Make a Safety Plan For: All Ages | Website | Interactive | Support | Interactive tool to help individuals build a personalized mental health safety plan.
        Safety Plan App (Stanford) For: Teens, Adults | App | Safety Planning | Support | A free app developed by Stanford that guides users through creating and using a suicide safety plan.
        Samaritans: Coping with Suicide Loss For: All Ages | Website | Support | Grief | Resources and support for individuals grieving a suicide loss, including survivor groups and coping tools.
        Suicide Prevention Lifeline (988) For: All Ages | Helpline | 24/7 | Website | 988 connects individuals in emotional distress with trained crisis counselors through phone, chat, and text.
        Youth
        • Active Minds For: Students | Website | Informative | Empowers high school and college students to speak out about mental illness and offers resources to help self and others (third party).
        • Amaze For: All Ages | Website | Informative Provides information and fun, animated videos that answer questions about sex, the body, and relationships. Helpful for kids, teens, educators, parents, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
        • Be Strong For: Teens | Website/App | Informative Resources, support, and intervention for those affected by bullying, depression, suicide, and other adversities.
        • Bring Change to Mind For: Students | Website | Mental Health Clubs | Empowers high school students to create mental health awareness clubs and reduce stigma.
        • Child Mind Institute For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative Mental health info for parents and educators, including symptom checkers and resources for military families.
        • Cybersmile For: Teens | Information | Support Resources for online safety issues: revenge porn, doxxing, cyberbullying, gaming addiction, and cyber abuse.
        • Ditch the Label! For: Teens and Young Adults | Resources | Peer Support Peer forum and support about bullying, relationships, mental health, and more.
        • DIY Doula (Abortion Support) For: Teens + Adults | PDF | Informative Self-care guide for before, during, and after abortion (only for intentional termination).
        • Do Something For: Teens | Website | Advocacy Volunteer and campaign opportunities on a wide range of social and community topics.
        • Dweebs Global For: Teens & Adults | Website | Mentorship Mentorship and career advice, including resume help and job search guidance.
        • Eating Disorders Anonymous For: Adults & Teens | Forum | Support 12-step recovery community for eating disorders. Offers both live and online groups.
        • FosterClub For: Youth in Foster Care | Website | Community | Support | A national network for young people in foster care offering resources, stories, and advocacy opportunities.
        • Go Ask Alice! For: Teens, Young Adults | Website | Q&A | Informative | An anonymous health advice platform run by Columbia University covering mental health, sex, and wellness.
        • Half of Us For: Students | Young Adults | Website | Video Stories | Support | Mental health awareness campaign sharing personal stories and mental health resources for college students.
        • Jason Foundation For: All Ages | Website | Informative Resources for students, parents, and teachers to support youth experiencing mental health struggles.
        • Jed Foundation For: Teens | Website | Informative Promotes suicide prevention through skill-building and support for healthy development.
        • KidsHealth For: Kids, Teens & Parents | Website | Informative Covers topics like physical and mental health, wellness, relationships, puberty, studying, self-esteem, and more.
        • Mental Health School Supplies: Teens For: Teens | Website | Toolkit Back-to-school toolkit from Crisis Text Line with activities and mental health resources.
        • My Study Life For: Teens & Adults | App | Interactive Free planner app to support time management and organization.
        • National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) For: Children | Families | Professionals | Website | Trauma | Education | Provides resources and education on treating and supporting children who have experienced traumatic events.
        • NotOK App For: Teens, Adults | App | Alert Tool | Mobile app that allows users to quickly signal trusted contacts when they’re not okay and need support.
        • OK2TALK For: Teens, Young Adults | Website | Blog | Mental Health | A community for teens and young adults to share stories, poetry, and messages about mental health.
        • OkaySo For: Teens | Website & App | Informative Access to sex, stress, and relationship info delivered by health experts.
        • Peer Health Exchange For: Teens, Young Adults | Website | Education | Health | A health equity nonprofit that supports young people with inclusive, accurate, and youth-informed health resources.
        • Preparing to Share For: Teens and Adults | PDF | Reflection Activity Guided questions to help prepare for difficult conversations.
        • ReachOut USA For: Teens, Young Adults | Website | Peer Support | Mental Health | Youth-driven platform offering resources, forums, and stories to support mental health and well-being.
        • SelfSea For: Youth | App | Resources Mental and physical health resources created for and by young people.
        • Sex Etc. For: Teens | Website | Information Comprehensive sex ed info including legal rights by state.
        • Shrinking the Elephant For: Teens, Adults | Website | Education | Mental Health | Campaign offering tips, videos, and relatable content to reduce stigma around mental health conversations.
        • Smoke Free Teen For: Teens | Website | Informative Support for quitting smoking, managing stress, and tracking progress.
        • Sound It Out Together For: Pre-teens/Teens and Caregivers | Website | Informative Uses music and prompts to support mental health conversations between youth and caregivers.
        • SOVA (Supporting Our Valued Adolescents) For: Teens, Parents | Website | Blog | Education | Youth-centered blog and resource site helping adolescents and families understand and navigate mental health challenges.
        • Steve Fund For: Youth of Color | Website | Mental Health | Advocacy | Organization dedicated to supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.
        • Supportiv For: Teens, Adults | Website | Peer Chat | Support | An anonymous, moderated peer support chat platform for emotional well-being and mental health topics.
        • Teen Line For: Teens | Helpline | Text Line | Website | A confidential support line for teens, staffed by trained teen volunteers offering peer-based support.
        • Teen Mental Health For: Teens, Educators, Families | Website | Informative | Education | Offers evidence-based resources to help teens understand and manage their mental health.
        • TeenTalk For: Teens | Text Line | Website | Peer-to-peer texting service where trained teen volunteers provide support and information.
        • UPchieve For: Teens | Website | Mentorship & Tutoring 24/7 free tutoring and college counseling for high school students.
        • We R Native For: Native Youth | Website | Education | Support | Health resource for Native youth offering information on mental, sexual, and emotional health, culture, and identity.
        • You Matter (Suicide Prevention Resource Center) For: Teens, Young Adults | Website | Blog | Education | Suicide prevention blog and storytelling platform for young adults, promoting connection and resilience.
        • YouthLine For: Teens (13+) | Helpline | Support Teen-to-teen crisis support, available 24/7 with teen staff from 4-10PM PST.
         
         
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