Resources
Not a library. A handful of places we'd point a friend toward, with plain notes on what each one is.
When you're already overwhelmed, forty links is another thing to fail at. These are independent organisations — we're not paid to list them, and none of them is a crisis line. Urgent support lives on its own page, where it can't get lost in a list.
The whole list
Reading, at your own pace
For when you want to understand what might be going on without being told what you are. None of these diagnose you, and neither do we.
- National Institute of Mental Health(opens in a new tab)
Plain-language health information from the US government's mental health research agency. Dry, careful, and free of marketing.
Free · Reference reading
For when you want the careful, unglamorous version of things.
- NAMI(opens in a new tab)
A long-running US advocacy organisation. Their explainers are written for people living with something, not studying it.
Free · Explainers
For when you'd rather hear from people who live with it.
Care outside Magnet
Magnet introduces you to a small circle of therapists. That won't be the right route for everyone, and there's no reason to pretend otherwise.
- Open Path Collective(opens in a new tab)
A nonprofit network of therapists offering reduced-cost sessions for people without adequate insurance.
Nonprofit · One membership fee, then a fixed low rate
For when cost is the thing in the way.
- Inclusive Therapists(opens in a new tab)
A directory built around identity-affirming, culturally responsive care, with filters most directories don't offer.
Directory · Free to search
For when being understood is the thing in the way.
- SAMHSA National Helpline(opens in a new tab)
Free, confidential treatment referral and information, at any hour. A referral service rather than a counselling line.
Free · 24/7 · English & Spanish · 1-800-662-4357
For when you'd rather talk to a person than read another page.
When it's not about you
Being the steady one is its own kind of load. These are for the person holding it.
- NAMI Family & Friends(opens in a new tab)
Free sessions and guides for people supporting someone through a mental health condition, including what to do when they don't want help.
Free · Sessions & guides
For the person doing the holding.
If this isn't the moment for reading
Find immediate helpNothing on this page helps in an emergency.
Immediate help is free, always reachable, and never behind an account — and looking for the right link is the last thing anyone needs then.
How this list is kept
- No one pays to be listed here.
- Nothing here is ranked or sponsored.
- If something stops being useful, it comes off the list.
These are other people's organisations — we don't run them or vouch for individual practitioners. Think we've missed something, or listed something we shouldn't have? Tell us.
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