Mental Health Supports

You are not alone

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you go; they merely determine where you start.” Nido Qubein

I will continue to add to this as needed. Here is a list of resources to support you and your well-being and mental health.

“There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen

Find a therapist:

Therapy Den: “TherapyDen believes in inclusivity and representation at every level. We want everyone to be able to find the care that they need with a therapist that is a good fit and we want every therapist to find the clients they are perfectly suited to treat.”

Inclusive Therapists: “ Inclusive Therapists is a social justice and liberation-oriented mental health directory, community, and resource hub. We offer a safer, simpler way to find a therapist, counselor or coach committed to Racial, 2SLGBTQIA+, Neurodivergence, and Disability Justice. We center the needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Queer, Trans, Nonbinary, Intersex, ACE+ intersections (QTBIPOC). We amplify the voices and expressions of Neurodivergent and Disabled Communities of Color. We are a mental health liberation movement creating change through decolonial education, collective care, and activism. Celebrating marginalized identities, abilities, and bodies!”

Open Path Collective (low-cost therapy): “Open Path provides people in need with access to transformative and affordable mental health care. We envision a just, compassionate world where all people can easily access the care they need to thrive.”

Somatic Experiencing: Somatic Experiencing (SE™) seeks to address and alleviate symptoms of stress, shock, and trauma that build up in our bodies and nervous systems. From the perspective of SE, trauma is examined based on its manifestation in the nervous system and the resulting impact of this dysregulation on our lives. SE aids in releasing, recovering from, and building resilience against fight, flight or freeze response patterns. It is a therapeutic approach that focuses on the body.

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” Henry David Thoreau

If you are feeling suicidal/homicidal:

• Twloha- “To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and invest directly into treatment and recovery.”

• Suicide and Crisis Lifeline- “The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States.”

• The Trevor Project- “To end suicide among LGBTQ youth. For more than 23 years, The Trevor Project has worked to save young lives through our 24/7, free, and confidential crisis intervention services, TrevorLifeline, TrevorText, and TrevorChat.”

• Crisis Text Line- “At the intersection of empathy and innovation — we promote mental well-being for people wherever they are.”

• Go to your nearest hospital, urgent care, or mental health walk-in clinic or call 911

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

If you are in an abusive relationship or have been trafficked:

• The National Domestic Violence Hotline- “We answer the call to support and shift power back to those affected by relationship abuse.”

• National Human Trafficking Hotline- “The Trafficking Hotline's mission is to connect human trafficking victims and survivors to critical support and services to get help and stay safe. The Trafficking Hotline offers round-the-clock access to a safe space to report tips, seek services, and ask for help.”

“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
Maya Angelou