“I know you’re tired, but come. This is the way.”- Rumi
If you are experiencing emotional distress, struggling with your mental health, or navigating a crisis, please know that there is hope, and you deserve compassion, understanding, and support. A crisis does not define you, and you deserve to be heard, respected, and supported without fear or judgment.
My hope is that this page serves as a reminder that you have options, that meaningful support is possible, and that you do not have to navigate difficult moments alone. You deserve help that honors your humanity, respects your voice, and holds space for hope.
Project Lets-non carceral support page
Thrive Non Carceral resource list
Stronger U safety planing and coping tools
DBT Skills Website for distress tolerance and emotion regulation
CARESS Method for self harm reduction
24/7 Thrive non carceral text line: 1-313-662-8209
Thrive non carceral suicide and dissociation focused support groups
Suicide Hotline: 988
Text: 741741
Mobile Crisis:
Cecil Co/Eastern Shore: 888-407-8018
Baltimore Co: 410-931-2214
Harford Co: 800-639-8783
Northern DE: 800-652-2929
Southern DE: 800-345-6785
Coping Skills Helpful Links
Breathing:
Grounding Techniques:
https://www.goodrx.com/health-topic/mental-health/grounding-techniques-anxiety-coping
https://www.athenacare.health/use-your-dive-reflex-to-calm-down-instantly/
Distraction:
https://tetris.com/play-tetris
https://freegames.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ColarOWKo
(Funniest Animal Videos ever)
I am passionate about preventing involuntary hospitalization and advocating for compassionate, voluntary, trauma-informed alternatives that honor each person's dignity, lived experience, and right to make decisions about their own life and care. I proudly endorse the guiding principles of Abolish Forced Psychiatry, which affirm the importance of human rights, autonomy, self-determination, and support rooted in respect rather than force. I committed to working toward legislative change that reduces reliance on involuntary hospitalization and challenges laws that require therapists to initiate it under certain circumstances. Involuntary commitment laws are disproportionately enforced against marginalized groups, including racial minorities, unhoused individuals, and neurodivergent populations. Resources should be funnelled to developming more peer-run respites, community-led crisis response teams, and voluntary support systems. While I advocate for a system that better honors personal autonomy, dignity, and self-determination, I will continue to work hard to both balance my support for client dignity and autonomy as well as fulfill my legal and ethical responsibilities under the laws currently in effect.
Join the Movement for Change
If you believe that mental health care should be rooted in compassion, dignity, human rights, and respect for personal autonomy, I invite you to join this movement. Whether you are someone with lived experience, a family member, a mental health professional, an advocate, or simply someone who believes there is a better way, your voice matters. Together, we can challenge systems of coercion, advocate for meaningful alternatives to involuntary hospitalization, work toward legislative reform, and help create a culture of support that honors each person's humanity and right to self-determination. Change begins when we speak up, stand together, and imagine something better.
National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR)
IDHA (Informing Dissident/Democratizing Health Alternatives - IDHA NYC)
Protection & Advocacy (P&A) Networks / PAIMI Advisory Councils