Free Resources

We all could use a little help from time to time.

Reaching or asking for help can often be a scary thing to do.

 

But, it doesn’t mean you’re weak at all. It takes courage to admit that you can’t face things alone. 

  • The National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline) is available for anyone experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or information, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship.Hotline: 1 (800) 799 – 7233
    Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via phone and online chat.
  • Love is Respect offers information, support, and advocacy to young people who have questions or concerns about their dating relationships.Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via phone, text, and online chat.
  • The StrongHearts Native Helpline is a safe, anonymous, and confidential service for Native Americans experiencing domestic violence and dating violence.

    Hotline: 1 (844) 762 – 8483 Available Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm CST via phone.

  • Pathways to Safety International assists Americans experiencing interpersonal and gender based violence abroadHotline: 1 (833) 723 – 3833
    Email: crisis@pathwaystosafety.org
    Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via phone, email, and online chat.

  • Anxiety and Depression Association of America
    Offers help with finding treatment options and support groups in your area.

  • Anxiety Forum A global community for anxiety sufferers.

  • American Psychological Association Articles and blog posts,research studies,treatment guidelines,self-help resources The APA website may include self-help resources for individuals dealing with anxiety, such as tips for managing stress, relaxation techniques, and information about support groups and professional resources. The APA website serves as a comprehensive resource for individuals seeking information and support related to anxiety.
  • Psychology Tools Worksheets for Panic
    Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) worksheets to help you deal with panic.
  • Anxiety BC Complete Home Toolkit
    A resource of simple, step-by-step instructions on how to deal with specific issues related to anxiety, and activity forms to help with fears, worries, obsessive thinking, and sleep disturbances
  • Healthy Place Panic Attack Test
    A test to help determine whether you are suffering from panic attacks and should seek professional help.
  • Anxiety Center Self Test
    Take this short self-quiz to see if you have an anxiety disorder.
  • National Institute of Mental Health
    Offers insight into causes, signs and symptoms, who is at risk, diagnosis, treatments, and living with both panic disorder and anxiety disorder.

 

  • Battered Women’s Justice Project
    Offers training, technical assistance, and consultation on the most promising practices of the criminal and civil justice systems in addressing domestic violence.
  • The Survivors Forum
    For women who have been affected by domestic abuse to share their experiences and offer support to one another.
  • National Network to End Domestic Violence
    Works to address and respond to needs identified by victims by providing tools that strengthen advocacy and help change the way society responds to domestic violence.
  • Psych Central Domestic Violence Screening Quiz
    Helps you determine if you might need professional help to deal with a domestic violence or abusive relationship situation.
  • Psych Forums for Domestic Violence
    Community forums where those affected by domestic violence can share stories, seek guidance and offer support.
  • Domestic Violence Hotline 1-
800-799-7233
  • Grief Share
    Free recovery groups that meet weekly around the world; meetings include seminars with experts, support group discussions, and workbook-based personal study and reflection.
  • Grief Haven
    Provides support and resources to parents and others who have lost a child; offers free newsletters, free funeral planning guides, and reader-submitted stories, videos, and poetry.
  • Healthful Chat
    Offers a bereavement and grief peer support chat room, bereavement and grief peer support forums, and a bereavement and grief peer support social network to keep in touch with new friends made.
  • Grief.net
    Offers over fifty email grief support groups and two sites (one for adults and one for children).
  • Grieving.com Forums
    Offers online grief support for those coping with loss; forums, message boards, and chat.
  • Good Grief Center for Bereavement Support
    A nonprofit charitable organization that provides compassionate support services and resources to individuals of all ages coping with the death of someone important in their life, including a companion animal.
  • National Alliance for Grieving Children
    Offers online education, hosts an annual symposium on children’s grief, and maintains a national data base of children’s bereavement support programs.
  • The Compassionate Friends
    Provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.
  • National Widowers Organization
    A site that helps men grieve the loss of their wives.
  • The Widdahood
    Free grief support network dedicated to widows, widowers, and anyone who has lost their significant other
  • Authentic Happiness
    Provides free resources where people can learn about positive psychology through readings, videos, research, opportunities, conferences, questionnaires with feedback, and more.
  • Mental Earth   Provides support for people with mental illnesses/mental disorders, those recovering, and those in remission, as well as their families, friends, and mental health providers.
  • Psychological Screening Tests
    All quizzes are free, and most are based upon scientific research. They are instantly and automatically scored once completed, giving you immediate results.
  • Mental Health America
    The nation’s leading community-based network dedicated to helping all Americans achieve wellness by living mentally healthier lives. Offers mental healthy screening tools and help finding treatment and support.
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness
    The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization. Provides support, education, awareness, advocacy, and research.
  • Strength of Us
    An online community designed to inspire young adults impacted by mental health issues to think positive, stay strong, and achieve their goals through peer support and resource sharing.
  • Mental Health Service Locator A source of information for people seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance abuse/addiction and/or mental health problems.
  • Mental Health Forum
    A forum that aims to be the friendliest place on the web to discuss mental health issues.
  • ULifeline An anonymous, confidential, online resource center for college students seeking information about mental health

 

 

 

  • After Silence
    Support groups, message board, forums, and chat room for rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse survivors.
  • Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse
    An international support group program for adult survivors of neglect, physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse. Offers community, provider, and web-based support group, along with Survivor to Thriver workbooks.
  • Pandora’s Project
    A non-profit dedicated to providing information, support, and resources to survivors of rape and sexual abuse and their friends and family.
  • RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network)
    The nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization; offers a hotline, information, and help finding support.
  • Support for Partners
    Partners of survivors who have joined the forums find support, understanding, and ideas for improving their situation from other partners.
  • Male Survivor
    Provides critical resources to male survivors of sexual trauma and all their partners in recovery by building communities of hope, healing, and support.
  • Safe Horizon
    The nation’s leading victim assistance organization; provides support, prevents violence, and promotes justice for victims of crime and abuse, their families, and communities.
  • Sexual Assault Hotline 
1-800-656-4673
  • Suicide.org
    Suicide prevention, awareness, and support.
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
    Understanding and preventing suicide through research, education, and advocacy.
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
    Provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress: 1-800-273-TALK.
  • Alliance of Hope
    Provides healing support for people coping with the shock, excruciating grief, and complex emotions that accompany the loss of a loved one to suicide.
  • The Trevor Project
    The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people. Hotline: 1-866-488-7386

 

  • Self-Injury Outreach and Support
    Provides information, resources, and online videos for anyone who has self-injured, who has recovered, or who knows someone who self-injures.
  • The Adolescent Self-Injury Foundation
    A non-profit organization created for the purpose of offering hope in the recovery process for the adolescent and young adult self-injurers and their family.
  • Recover Your Life
    Articles, forums, chat, and live help to find the support you need, any day at any time.
  • Self-Injury (Information only—not a crisis line) 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288)
  • The American Institute of Stress
    A non-profit organization that imparts information on stress reduction, stress in the workplace, effects of stress, and various other stress related topics.
  • Stress Management Society
    A non-profit organization that offers various tools and resources to help you better recognize stress and develop strategies to deal with it.
  • Global Organization for Stress
    Offers a free and paid membership; free membership includes the guide “101 Ways to Less Stress,” regular blog posts, and regular weekly email tips for stress management and relief.
  • Stress Management Worksheets
    Downloaded printable stress worksheets to help you identify your causes of stress, find healthy coping skills to deal with stress, and find ways to take care of yourself physically and emotionally to better withstand stress.
  • Mind Tools Stress Management Techniques
    Offers action-based strategies, perception-based strategies, and many other coping strategies and tools.
  • Harvard Health Resources
    Free tools to help you cope with stress.
  • Psyber Guide Mental Health Apps Guide
    A mental health app guide that shows ratings such as credibility, user experience, and more for apps related to stress and other topics, as well as which devices support which apps. Professional reviews provided, and you can filter by cost and find free apps.
  • Stress Relief Games
    A great collection of hand-picked games suitable for keeping your thoughts away from stressful and annoying things.

**The resources listed are not affiliated with Connect2Prosper. They are suggested tools that may or may not assist you. Please use it at your discretion.**

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