Mental Health Resources

Connections Peer Support

  • Support center with locations in Portsmouth and Exeter, NH
  • Step-up-step-down wellness residential program in Northwood, NH 
  • Warm line peer support from folks who have their own experiences with mental health challenges at (603) 427-6966
  • Find more info at  https://www.connectionspeersupport.org/


Trans Lifeline

  • Grassroots hotline run by and for trans folks
  • Offers direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis 
  • Hotline support at (877) 565-8860
  • Find more info at translifeline.org 


The Trevor Project 

  • National nonprofit focused on suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth 
  • Provides emotional support via phone call, texting, or online messaging from trained Trevor counselors who are knowledgeable about LGBTQ+ issues 
  • All communication is anonymous 
  • Text: 678-678
  • Call: 1-866-488-7386
  • Online chat:  https://www.thetrevorproject.org/


LGBT National Youth Talkline

  • National talkline serving LGBTQIA+ youth ages 25 and under in a free and confidential environment 
  • Trained LGBT volunteers offer peer support in the form of a listening ear, resources, and information across the US and beyond 
  • Call: 800-246-7743
  • Find more info at  https://lgbthotline.org/youth-talkline/


LGBT National Talkline

  • National talkline serving LGBTQIA+ folks in a free and confidential environment 
  • Trained LGBT volunteers offer peer support in the form of a listening ear, resources, and information across the US and beyond 
  • Call:  888-843-4564
  • Find more info at  https://lgbthotline.org/national-hotline/


Seacoast Mental Health 

  • Local mental health facility with offices in Portsmouth and Exeter, NH 
  • Offers adult services, crisis services, psychiatric services, and youth & family services 
  • Can prescribe/manage mental health medications in addition to mental health care plan 
  • Call Exeter location: (603) 772-2710
  • Call Portsmouth location: (603) 431-6703
  • Find more info at  https://smhc-nh.org/


NH Rapid Response

  • NH branch of National Suicide and Crisis Line
  • Offers in-person or video dispatch team for crisis support, as well as assistance in connecting with a crisis support center or local mental healthcare facility 
  • Call or text: 988
  • Find more info at  https://nh988.com/
  • PLEASE NOTE: This service may utilize non-consensual intervention (often in collaboration with law enforcement) if it is determined that there is an “imminent threat.” 


Reproductive Freedom Fund of NH

  • NH’s only independent nonprofit abortion fund 
  • Provides practical and financial support to abortion seekers (funding cost of care, transportation to/from appointments, remote abortion doula support, and more)
  • Call or text: (603) 395-9078
  • Find more info at reprofund.org


Reprocare

  • Peer healthline provides accurate information and compassionate emotional support to anyone planning or having an abortion 
  • Call or text: (833) 226-7821
  • Find more info at reprocare.com


All-Options Talkline

  • Pro-abortion peer-based counseling and support for folks with experiences of abortion, adoption, parenting, infertility, or pregnancy loss 
  • Call: 1-888-493-0092
  • Find more info at all-options.org 


Exhale Pro-Voice

  • Confidential textline offering non-judgmental support after abortion experiences 
  • Text: (617) 749-2948
  • Find more info at exhaleprovoice.org


Connect & Breathe 

  • Talkline for unbiased and nonjudgmental support after abortion (even if your abortion experience wasn’t recent!)
  • Call: 1-866-647-1764
  • Find more info at: connectandbreathe.org


Pregnancy Options

  • Free online .pdf workbooks for folks who want assistance in making a decision about their current pregnancy as well as for folks who’ve had an abortion that want to work through their feelings about it 
  • Find both workbooks available for download at pregnancyoptions.info 


Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline

  • Team of volunteer clinicians with decades of experience in miscarriage and abortion care, providing confidential, accurate, and compassionate information about miscarriage and abortion
  • Call or text: 1-833-246-2632
  • Find more info at mahotline.org 

Step-up-step-down wellness residential program in Northwood, NH 

Offers direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis 

Provides emotional support via phone call, texting, or online messaging from trained Trevor counselors who are knowledgeable about LGBTQ+ issues 

Offers in-person or video dispatch team for crisis support, as well as assistance in connecting with a crisis support center or local mental healthcare facility 

Offers in-person or video dispatch team for crisis support, as well as assistance in connecting with a crisis support center or local mental healthcare facility 

Trained LGBT volunteers offer peer support in the form of a listening ear, resources, and information across the US and beyond 

National talkline serving LGBTQIA+ youth ages 25 and under

Team of volunteer clinicians with decades of experience in miscarriage and abortion care, providing confidential, accurate, and compassionate information about miscarriage and abortion

Peer healthline provides accurate information and compassionate emotional support to anyone planning or having an abortion 

Provides practical and financial support to abortion seekers (funding cost of care, transportation to/from appointments, remote abortion doula support, and more)

Pro-abortion peer-based counseling and support for folks with experiences of abortion, adoption, parenting, infertility, or pregnancy loss

Free online .pdf workbooks for folks who want assistance in making a decision about their current pregnancy as well as for folks who’ve had an abortion that want to work through their feelings about it 

Talkline for unbiased and nonjudgmental support after abortion (even if your abortion experience wasn’t recent!)

Talkline for unbiased and nonjudgmental support after abortion (even if your abortion experience wasn’t recent!)