Finding care
Therapist, counselor, psychiatrist, peer support: what each one does, how to search, and what to say on the first call.
GuideMental health support, and a map for getting through the world, wherever you are.
We are a nonprofit that explains mental health in plain language and helps people deal with the practical side of life: finding care, paying for it, keeping a job, keeping a home, and asking for help.
This site is for adults aged 18 and older.
What is going on right now?
Pick the closest one. You get a few small steps, nothing is saved or sent.
Navigating the world
Practical guides for the parts nobody explains
Feeling better often depends on boring logistics. Each guide is written in short sections, with scripts you can copy and the questions worth asking.
Paying for it
Public health systems, insurance, and charity care explained, plus sliding-scale clinics and how to ask for a lower rate.
GuideWork and school
Asking for accommodations, taking leave, and writing the email when you can't write the email.
GuideHousing and benefits
Where to start when stress puts rent, food, or paperwork at risk, and how to find local services that help you fill it out.
GuideRelationships
Setting boundaries, talking to family, and supporting a friend without burning yourself out.
GuideReading the news about your own brain
How to judge a source, what screening tools can and cannot tell you, and why a quiz is not a diagnosis.
GuideAvoiding Scientology
Why I hate it, how its recruiters and front groups approach you, and how to say no. A personal page.
Read the pageRight now
Two ways to slow down in under two minutes
5-4-3-2-1 grounding
Look around and name, out loud or in your head:
- 5things you can see
- 4things you can touch
- 3things you can hear
- 2things you can smell
- 1thing you can taste
Get involved
Help us reach the next person
Volunteer
Help review guides, translate them, or staff a peer-support listening line after training.
Donate
Gifts fund free guides, training, and plain-language translations. Donation setup is coming soon.
Partner with us
Clinics, schools, libraries, and employers can share our guides with the people they serve.
Share your story
Only if you want to, and only in your own words. We never publish without your written approval.
About
What we promise
- Plain language. If a sentence needs a dictionary, we rewrite it.
- Sources you can check. Every guide links to where its claims come from.
- Global, locally aware. Mental health is universal, but systems and words are not. Guides start with principles that travel and point to local services. Translations are drafts and we are improving them with native speakers.
- No diagnosing, no scoring. We explain and point you to people who can help. We do not replace them.
- Your information stays yours. This site does not collect or store what you tell it.
- Equity first. Care is easier to reach for some people than others, and differs a lot between countries. Our guides say so and plan around it.