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The Unsilenced Advocacy Team
Mental Health
Support Groups and Survivors Spaces
Peer-to-peer support may significantly help with a range of mental health issues, as well as provide empowerment and a sense of belonging. Support groups (either virtual or in-person) are usually self-run and involve people with similar experiences.
- Unsilenced Survivor Facebook Group
- Unsilenced Facebook Page
- Unsilenced Survivor Discord
- For survivors of abuse, rape, and sexual assault
- For grief
- For mental health
Free mental health treatment centers by location
- Free Mental Health
- Local Organizations With Mental Health Expertise
- Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator
- Find a Board Certified Counselor in Your Area
- Find a Psychiatrist
Mental Health Support Groups
- Support Groups Central
- The Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (The DBSA)
- This is a peer-run support group for anyone seeking support for a mental illness. It does not just have to be depression or bipolar disorder. It can be any mental illness. All are welcome.
- Type in your zip code on the website and it will tell you where the nearest meeting is.
- National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
Online Therapy/ Meditation/ Helpful Apps
- A range of therapy websites and apps are available. These forms of telemedicine permit a person to access various mental health support remotely. Additionally, teletherapy or telepsychiatry are typically more cost-effective than in-person treatment.
Meditation Apps
- Calm
- Headspace
- Breathwrk
- Some other apps include: Insight Timer, Smiling Mind, MyLife Meditation, and UCLA Mindful.
Free Yoga Videos
Community Mental Health (non-crisis intervention)
- Mental healthcare, including the cost of insurance and copayments, can get expensive, especially if a person is ineligible for benefits. In that case, the following mental health support may be an appropriate option for services that are free or have reduced rates.
Training clinics
- Some universities have clinics that offer various mental health services from graduate students training to become psychologists, counselors, or social workers. Since the students are not yet fully qualified, services are often offered at reduced rates or for free. One can research and contact local universities to see if a training clinic is nearby.
Other services with reduced costs
- Another option to receive psychological services at reduced costs may be to meet with a trainee rather than a professional. Qualified staff often supervise those in training, so there is still a sufficient level of support from such organizations.
Crisis Hotlines
- National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
- Call: 988
- Chat online
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Options for Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
- For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988
- Chat online
- Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio
- (888) 628-9454
- Crisis Text Line
- Text HOME to 741741
- Veterans Crisis Line
- 988, then PRESS 1
- Text 838255
- Chat online
Is there a resource we are missing? Please email us at info@unsilenced.org so we may add it.