Healwise

Mental healthcare innovation doesn't come cheap! If you have grant management experience and are passionate about building small nonprofits to scale up impact, we want to meet you. Join our team as a volunteer Grant Manager! ?? Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/ecv8BcPF For any questions, reply to us here or reach out to the recruitment lead, Jared Wigdor. ?? Find other ways to get involved with our work: healwise.org/get-involved

Calling all marketing wizards! Are you looking to make a difference in mental healthcare access? Do you have a knack for social media? Join our team (and our board!) as a volunteer Director of Marketing! ?? Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/e9TQThN4 For any questions, reply to us here or reach out to the recruitment lead, Ricardo Bilton. ?? Find other ways to get involved with our work: healwise.org/get-involved

Are you a developer looking to make a difference in mental healthcare access? Do you enjoy building websites and teams? Join our team as a volunteer Senior Developer! ?? Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eqgg-dDk For any questions, reply to us here or reach out to the recruitment lead, Rohit Shah. ?? Find other ways to get involved with our work: healwise.org/get-involved

Last month, Healwise announced the launch of our Mental Health Advisory Board--a group of therapists, founders, and mental health advocates formed to advise our team on platform development and amplify our mission. As they bring their valuable insights into our work, we want to share them with all of you, too. This week, I’m kicking off a new interview series with our MHAB, starting with the Chair, Dr. Jessica Jackson. She’s the Founder and CEO of Therapy Is For Everyone Psychological & Consultation Services. Here are a few takeaways and ?? quotes from our discussion. ?? Technology can’t provide access to everyone if we are not building for everyone. “A lot of people are building for options, not access,” said Jessica. “We cannot talk about reducing disparities and improving mental health equity if there are still people who can't even access infrastructure. So when you are building these products and services that only work for people who are connected to the internet, you should be very clear that you are not building it for everybody, because there are people, even in the U.S., who don’t have broadband access.” ?? The mental health system has a value problem. “People don’t talk about it a lot, but it often feels like we’re taught that we should give our work away for free. My response is always the same: “Did we get our education for free?” she said. “The people who are normally offering services at lower costs and for free are often people from marginalized communities. I’m not a believer that I have to set myself on fire to keep others warm, but that’s what I hear when people talk about therapy in the context of social justice. When they say, ‘but what about these communities?’ my response is ‘But what about myself and my community?’ That’s hard for me to reconcile. I have to be able to take care of myself to serve others to the best of my ability.” ?? Healwise is balancing expanding access and respecting therapists. “The thing that appealed to me most about Healwise was the vision. In mental health circles, we often see a lot of people blaming providers for charging too much. And on the other side you have people who argue that there aren’t enough resources available. Healwise is doing a good job of balancing both sides of that argument. You’re not only showcasing therapists who do therapy for free; you are also showing people options that could be affordable for them. Put another way, you are respecting the work that therapists do while also saying, ‘How do we help people in the public find options that fit their budget?’ To me, that’s huge.”

Are you a developer passionate about mental healthcare access? Do you have 10 hours to spare every month? Join our team! ?? https://lnkd.in/en8k875n

This is the "why" and the "??" of Healwise's work. (That emoji is our leadership team thinking through how a little nonprofit with few funds will build the solution where so many other efforts with lots of $$ have fallen short.)

Struggling to find mental healthcare online? You're not alone. Healwise’s new report reveals that many young adults face major challenges navigating the web for care. Read the full report here.

As an organization, Healwise is committed to building our platform around the needs of the help-seekers we’ve set out to support. Our view: If you want to increase #access to #mentalhealth services for people of color and low-income folks, you first must understand their experiences with seeking support. Young adults at the intersection of these identities have unique needs and challenges when seeking care. Though they have increasing independence, they must often still turn to adults in their lives for guidance and support. With the goal of developing a deeper understanding of young adults and their mental healthcare experiences,?last summer, Tali Ball, PhD, Harlee Onovbiona, and Monica Estrada interviewed eight young adults in the Chicago area. Their interviews particularly focused on the challenges young people faced when starting their mental health journeys. How do they search for help? What holds them back? Today, I’m excited to share the results of their work in our new report: “Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Mental Health for Young Adults.” Our hope is that mental health advocates and service providers can use this report’s insights to inform how they serve and support young people of color. Thanks for your support. #mentalhealthawarenessmonth https://lnkd.in/d9RRhb3A

What advice would you give to help-seekers on how to choose a therapist? In our latest post we help readers understand how to find a #therapist that is a good fit for them. Read our latest article ?? https://buff.ly/43tYVpq

Research has shown that the client-therapist relationship is the most important predictor of positive treatment outcomes. In our latest article we help readers understand how to find a #therapist that is a good fit for them. https://buff.ly/43tYVpq