Helpful Resources for Mental Health & Wellness

This page was created to offer additional support, encouragement, and even healthy distractions for those navigating their mental health journey. You'll find a variety of tools, websites, and resources related to mental wellness, coping skills, and emotional well-being.

Please note: None of the links provided below are owned or maintained by A Way Forward, PLLC or A Way Forward Studio. We cannot guarantee the content, accessibility, or safety of third-party sites. Use discretion and consult with a licensed mental health provider if you have questions about what may be appropriate for your needs.

We hope you discover something here that feels supportive, useful, or even a little fun.

This resource page is consistently being updated! Please feel free to add anything helpful (or let me know about broken links) by emailing me at ember@awayforwardtherapy.com

Free, Confidential, 24/7 Helplines:

Please note that all experiences may differ when contacting these phone numbers. If you have a negative experience with any of these helplines, please consider utilizing a different one in the future and do not give up advocating for yourself and your needs. You are important.  

  • Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text): 988  ~ Click here for more information on what happens when you text 988.

  • Veteran's Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255. ~ Click here for more information on what happens when you call the Veteran's Crisis Line. 

  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)  ~ Click here for more information on helpful resources related to Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services as well as SAMHSA. 

  • The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ youth): 1-866-488-7386 ~ Click here for more information on The Trevor Project.

  • Crisis Text Line: Text "SIGNS" to 741741 ~ Click here for more information on the Crisis Text Line

Websites that may help provide coping skills, comfort, or a fun distraction:

**Please note that not all self-care is created equally for everyone! This is not an extensive list and you may not find a site on here that fits your specific needs or interests.**

This is a website that asks helpful questions about why you may be feeling so icky, and offers ideas on what may be helpful. 

This website has a bunch of downloads and ideas you can use to help enrich your own self care routines. 

This website is an incredible peer support group for mental health. This particular page that is linked here lists a bunch of great alternatives to try instead of self-harm.

This website offers many coping skills and ideas of how to self-manage difficult emotions and feelings using a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) approach. 

This website offers many helpful coping skills and guided activities including mindfulness, hopeful quotes, and exercises that may be useful to help alleviate stress or difficult emotions. 

This website offers multiple ambient sounds that you can mix and match as well as control the volume. 

Visit this site for a continuous stream of a rainstorm. 

A cool visual and interactive program where you can create neat images. Allows you to save them. 

This site offers guided meditation for beginners, ranging from 2 minutes to 10 minutes long in duration. 

This site is very similar to "Weave Silk" listed above. It is a neat visual and interactive program where you can create images that look similar to flames or galaxies. 

This website offers an interactive sand tool where you can make your own sand art. It is similar to the sand in bottles activity and becomes very addictive!

This website allows you to make your own music. The interactive layout allows you to place notes wherever you want and although basic, it has a lot of potential. 

This website is basically a paint program but online! 

This website is full of mini mazes that you can complete with your keyboard. It tracks how long each maze takes you to complete, but I encourage you to just have fun!

This website is fun, silly, and addictive. You start with a dog, and you scroll down to make it longer! Wow! :) 

Helpful Resource Websites:

To Write Love on Her Arms: https://twloha.com/find-help/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-treatment

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/tools-resources/individuals/index.htm

The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Help Guide: https://www.helpguide.org

Psych Central: https://psychcentral.com

Succeed Socially: https://www.succeedsocially.com

Rehab 4 Addiction: https://www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/guides/finding-addiction-mental-health-services-usa

Blogs for Mental Health:

Healthy Place: https://www.healthyplace.com