Healthy Minds Peer Chatline
The Healthy Minds Peer Chatline is a free, confidential service where trained Certified Peer Specialists provide real-time support for anyone navigating mental health challenges, questions, or concerns. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, seeking connection, or exploring your next steps, you’re not alone. Chat support is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM (EST)—just click the chat button on the bottom right corner of any page to connect.
Support from Someone Who Gets It
Denice, one of our Certified Peer Specialists, knows the power of lived experience. Through her personal journey with mental health recovery, she offers empathy, understanding, and guidance to others on their own paths. In this video, Denice shares how peer support creates safe spaces for real conversations, practical coping strategies, and lasting hope.
The chatline provides emotional support, resource referrals, and guidance from trained peer specialists. While it's not a crisis line, it's a safe place to talk through everyday stress, decisions, or mental health concerns.
You’ll be connected with trained Certified Peer Specialists—individuals who have lived experience with mental health recovery and are certified to support others on similar journeys.
Yes. The chatline is completely free and confidential. You can share as much or as little as you like, and your privacy is always respected.
The chatline is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM (EST), and is closed on MHP-observed holidays.
Yes. If you'd prefer a phone conversation, just let your peer specialist know in the chat—they can arrange a call or direct you to additional phone-based support.
Absolutely. This service is designed for non-crisis mental health support. If you are in immediate danger or need urgent help, please call or text 988.
You can ask about signs of mental health challenges, how to talk with loved ones, how to find professional care, navigating insurance, self-help strategies, local support groups, or anything else on your mind.
Certified Peer Specialists in Mental Health Support: Empathy, Guidance, and Recovery
A certified peer specialist is an individual providing crucial support to those dealing with mental health challenges. Drawing from personal experiences and their own recovery journey, these specialists offer empathetic and relatable guidance to peers facing similar struggles. Collaborating with mental health professionals, they form an integral part of a supportive team, offering encouragement and sharing practical coping strategies. Certified peer specialists, through their specialized training and certification, play a pivotal role in fostering recovery, empowerment, and instilling hope within the mental health community.
Peer-Centered Support for Every Step of the Journey
Mental Health Partnerships offers a full continuum of trauma-informed, peer-led programs designed to meet people where they are. Whether you're seeking direct support, caregiver resources, professional training, or systems-level advocacy, our services are built to empower individuals and strengthen communities across every stage of recovery.
Let’s Take the Next Step Together
At MHP, we understand that the journey to mental wellness can feel overwhelming. With peer-led support, proven resources, and a warm, caring community, we’re here to guide you through every step—so you never have to walk this path alone.