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Every texter is connected with a Crisis Counselor, a real-life human being trained to bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem solving. All of Crisis Text Line's Crisis Counselors are volunteers, donating their time to helping people in crisis.
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At Crisis Text Line, we love to share what we know about mental health, tech, data, and more!

The Cool Calm

By the Numbers, For Your Health

Bob's Notes on COVID-19: Mental Health Data on the Pandemic

By the Numbers, For Your Health

COVID-19 is top of mind around the world—and for our texters. Everything from acute anxiety about public health to the best words to help each other cope, here’s what our Chief Data Scientist is seeing in our data about the pandemic.

By the Numbers, For Your Health

Staying On and Strong During the COVID-19 Outbreak

While we have sent our staff to work from anywhere and care for their families, because our Crisis Counselors have always been distributed remotely (instead of in call centers), we’re still here 24/7. We're 100% operational.

Everybody Hurts: The State of Mental Health In America

There’s a lot of pain in this country right now. Today we are releasing our first-ever national report with findings of the underlying reasons people are in crisis. Everybody Hurts: The State of Mental Health in America spotlights state-specific trends of who and when people are in crisis to create solutions that will alleviate that pain.

Photographer Damon Baker on #DBforCTL and Mental Health

This week, Crisis Text Line partnered with photographer Damon Baker to launch an interactive campaign that aimed to deconstruct the ‘highlight reel’ nature of social media and encourage users to be honest about their mental health. #DBforCTL is an opportunity for everyone to remember vulnerability, honesty, and empathy can be a vehicle for change.

In Our Words

The TL;DR on Suicide Prevention and Active Rescues at Crisis Text Line

In Our Words

We’re here to keep people safe. Usually, that’s by helping a texter find a healthy coping mechanism to work through their crisis. In some cases, that means collaborating to help the texter in crisis get help.

In Our Words

On Your Radar

10 Powerful Mental Health Moments of the 2010s

On Your Radar

In just the last ten years alone, we’ve seen a number of milestones that give us inspiration for the future and bring much needed help to those in crisis.

On Your Radar

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Learn more about crisis issues, including warning signs and how to help a friend in crisis.

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