Online Support
Check out these online therapy options
Best Overall
- Communicate via text, audio, or video call
- Fast response times with a high-quality app
- Matched to multiple therapists by a real person, then you pick the therapist
Talkspace
Best Overall
- Communicate via text, audio, or video call
- Fast response times with a high-quality app
- Matched to multiple therapists by a real person, then you pick the therapist
Runner-up
- Great flexibility – ability to choose your therapist
- Helped over one million people
- $60 to $90 per week
BetterHelp
Runner-up
- Great flexibility – ability to choose your therapist
- Helped over one million people
- $60 to $90 per week
Best for Teens
- Designed for teens
- Communicate via text, audio, or video call for $60 to $90 per week
- Sessions are confidential, but therapists will alert parents if there’s a safety issue
Teen Counseling
Best for Teens
- Designed for teens
- Communicate via text, audio, or video call for $60 to $90 per week
- Sessions are confidential, but therapists will alert parents if there’s a safety issue
Best for LGBTQ Community
- Designed for LGBTQ community
- Counselors are professionals as well as LGBTQ specialists
- Focused on confidentiality, allowing you to use a nickname when using the service
Pride Counseling
Best for LGBTQ Community
- Designed for LGBTQ community
- Counselors are professionals as well as LGBTQ specialists
- Focused on confidentiality, allowing you to use a nickname when using the service
Best for Peer Support
- Users can speak to trained listeners for free
- Offers many different support options – listeners, therapists, group support, chat rooms
- Anonymous
7 Cups
Best for Peer Support
- Users can speak to trained listeners for free
- Offers many different support options – listeners, therapists, group support, chat rooms
- Anonymous
Best for Couples
- Sole focus on relationship counseling
- Can attend as couple or alone
- $60 to $90 per week
ReGain
Best for Couples
- Sole focus on relationship counseling
- Can attend as couple or alone
- $60 to $90 per week
Best for Christian Approach
- Therapists are practicing Christians
- You choose the degree that religion is involved in therapy
- Free 7-day trial
Faithful Counseling
Best for Christian Approach
- Therapists are practicing Christians
- You choose the degree that religion is involved in therapy
- Free 7-day trial
For Unlimited Therapist Access
- Unlimited access to a therapist for a monthly flat fee
- Communicate via text, audio, or video call
- Over 4000 therapists available through iCounseling
iCounseling
For Unlimited Therapist Access
- Unlimited access to a therapist for a monthly flat fee
- Communicate via text, audio, or video call
- Over 4000 therapists available through iCounseling
CBT Toolbox
- Thorough online therapy toolbox
- In addition to access to therapists, there are worksheets, exercises, and a daily journal
Online-Therapy.com
CBT Toolbox
- Thorough online therapy toolbox
- In addition to access to therapists, there are worksheets, exercises, and a daily journal
For access to doctors, psychologists, and psychiatrists
- Access to doctors, therapists, and psychiatrists
- Can prescribe medication
- Insurance may be able to help
Amwell
- Access to doctors, therapists, and psychiatrists
- Can prescribe medication
- Insurance may be able to help
- Access to psychologists and psychiatrists
- Free mental health screening tool
- Ability to prescribe medication
Doctor on Demand
- Access to psychologists and psychiatrists
- Free mental health screening tool
- Ability to prescribe medication
MDLive
- Access to counselors and psychiatrists
- Psychiatrists can prescribe medication
Search for mental health professionals in your area
Resources you may find helpful
988 — National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
(+1) 800-799-7233 — National Domestic Violence Hotline
(+1) 800-366-8288 — Self-Harm Hotline
(+1) 800-662-4357 — SAMHSA’s National Helpline
(+1) 800-784-2433 — National Hopeline Network
(+1) 800-222-1222 — American Association of Poison Control Centers
(+1) 866-488-7386 — TREVOR Crisis Hotline
(+1) 888-843-4564 — LGBT National Hotline
(+1) 800-622-2255 — Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Hope Line
(+1) 800-233-4357 — National Crisis Line -Anorexia and Bulimia
(+1) 800-996-6228 — Family Violence Helpline
(+1) 800-230-7526 — Planned Parenthood Hotline
(+1) 877-565-8860 — Trans Lifeline
(+1) 800-221-7044 — AIDS Crisis Line
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
TREVOR Text: Text START to 678678
*The resources listed above are for informational purposes.
If you are in a crisis or may be in danger, don’t use this site. Use these resources for immediate help.
