Research says the top 3 reasons for not getting help are stigma, cost and not knowing how to find it. Stigma and cost are complicated problems to solve. Providing reliable and trustworthy information isn’t. When people search for help online they’re bounced around to different websites and it’s difficult to verify the quality of each resource.

That’s why we’ve built a comprehensive directory that has many types of resources in it and are making it easy to find the right match for each person. Click here to learn more about how we’re different than other directories.

We believe it’s hard to find the right mental health resource and that this is contributing to the high suicide rate in America.

We admit that editing resources in a directory isn’t always exciting, but we believe connecting someone who needs help to a resource is worth a little boredom. We’ve had people write thank you letters for helping them find a resource and others who have said, “just the fact a nonprofit like Thero exists gives them hope.”

Absolutely. Our volunteers donate 2 hours of their time per week. We’re not exaggerating when we say your efforts are giving people hope and helping save lives.

Yes. Our volunteers work independently on their own schedule and communicate through online chats.

No. If you were able to get to this far in this FAQ you can help a lot. You just need to know how to fill out forms online or be polite on the phone.