Changing how mental healthcare happens
Mission
LivingWith provides a collection of free mental health resources designed to be used by anyone and shared with everyone. These resources cover a range of topics that we consider broadly applicable even to those without a mental health diagnosis. LivingWith is not and should not replace professional help. However, we recognize that access to professional services in the current mental healthcare system is limited and complicated for many. At LivingWith, we believe sharing resources from our personal experience can be an extremely powerful tool.
Purpose
The mental healthcare system is expanding a lot to try to meet today’s demand - and it’s not working. The professionals in the system are limited in availability, an only growing problem as mental health crisis rates increase. Worse, accessing the available professionals is limited to a privileged few - with insurance, with time, with childcare, with transportation. It is easier than not to slip through the cracks. LivingWith aims to fill some of those gaps with free resources accessible on web and mobile for everyone.
Vision
Today's LivingWith is a bundle of resources on this website and across the web, designed to bring skills often only taught in therapeutic settings to anyone who could use them, formal diagnosis or not. Our future will grow these collections into adaptable, self- or group-taught skill-building curriculums, accessible to all. We aim to create a community that has learned these skills and bring them to a wider audience to support their own communities. Learn more about our classes.
Meet Kim
I’ve been a patient in the mental health system for nearly twenty years. In that time, I’ve had incredible access to countless hours of therapy and psychiatry offices and hospital programs when I needed them.
I consider myself a success. I also consider myself lucky. These resources are often not widely available nor accessible. I want to change that.
I’m not a professional, but I’ve learned a lot over the years. LivingWith is how I can pass it on.