Lightweight support for life's heaviest moments
Expert grief, caregiver, and mental health support, tailored for you, and delivered straight to your phone.
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Why Help Texts
Support that meets you where you are
Messages written by experts who understand grief, caregiving, and the weight of mental health challenges. Support should be accessible, affordable, and available when you reach for your phone.
Affordable care
At $9.99, because meaningful support shouldn't be a luxury.
Truly personalized
Tailored to your situation, written by specialists in grief counseling, caregiving, mental wellness.
Effective
95% of subscribers feel more supported in their grief journey.
Real stories, real support
"We wanted to improve the support offered to families following a patient's death, and discovered Help Texts. Help Texts will provide many more personalized touches for families who choose this service during the first year of bereavement than have ever been possible with past efforts. These encouraging and supportive texts are a great complement to the support resources we already have in place."
"I was gifted Help Texts after my father died, and I've gifted it to many others now, especially men. There's a stigma around male grief. With Help Texts, you can ponder the messages on your own time without the pressure of grieving in front of others. It feels like a private, personal consult for your grief."
"When my father passed unexpectedly it was the hardest experience I'd ever encountered. I didn’t feel grief counseling was helpful to me, but when my employer offered me Help Texts I said yes and found it very helpful. Twice a week I get messages that resonate with how I feel & I look forward to each new message. Help Texts is a tool I highly recommend for anyone who has lost someone close to them."
"A little over a year ago, I lost my dad. Help Texts didn’t try to “fix” my grief. They normalized it, gave me real, practical ways to take care of myself, and—somehow—made me look forward to text messages. I hope you never have to navigate this kind of loss, but if you do, Help Texts can, well, help."
Meet our experts
Help Texts' messages are expert-written and curated from the wisdom of over 100 world-leading experts, including nurses, doctors, therapists, thanatologists, social workers, and neuroscientists.
Hui-wen Sato
Pediatric ICU Nurse
Hui-wen is a pediatric ICU nurse whose work has been published in the American Journal of Nursing, Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, and AACN Advanced Critical Care. Her writing has also been published in the Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work and The Healer’s Burden: Stories and Poems of Professional Grief.
Matt Kaeberlein
Scientist & Researcher
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, and Co-Founder of the Dog Aging Project. A leading expert in aging biology, he has published over 250 scientific papers and received major honors from the NIH, Alzheimer’s Association, and Gerontological Society of America.
Julie Shaw
Founder, Hello I'm Grieving
Dr. Julie Shaw (she/her) is an educator, grief wellness advocate, and experienced griever. Dr. Shaw is committed to building an inclusive community of grievers who are curious, ready to explore and moved to find ways they can integrate grief into their lives and continue to thrive.
Mary-Frances O'Connor
Neuroscientist and Grief Expert
Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, where she directs the Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab, which investigates the effects of grief on the brain and the body. O’Connor earned a doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2004 and completed a fellowship at UCLA.
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FAQ
Everything you need to know about Help Texts
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What is Help Texts?
Help Texts is an easy, discreet way to receive expert mental health and grief support directly to your phone via text message, no app required. Personalized support is available for grief after a loss, pregnancy loss, pet loss, caregiving stress, mental health and well-being, and healthcare worker burnout.
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Are Help Texts messages written by AI?
No. Every Help Texts message is written by our team of world-leading experts and has been independently certified as human-created (non-AI generated) by Credtent. When you're navigating grief or a mental health challenge, you deserve real, human support, not AI-generated content.
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How does Help Texts keep my personal information private?
Help Texts adheres to strict privacy and security standards. Your personal data is never shared with third parties. We are committed to protecting the privacy of everyone who uses our grief and mental health text support service.
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How much does Help Texts cost?
Individual plans start at $9.99/month, less than the cost of a single hour of therapy. Gift and organizational plans are also available. Visit our pricing page for current pricing.
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What kinds of support does Help Texts offer?
Personalized text support is available for:
- Grief after the death of a loved one
- Pregnancy loss and miscarriage grief
- Grieving the death of a pet
- Caregivers supporting a loved one with a terminal illness or diagnosis
- Mental health and well-being (including depression, loneliness, and divorce)
- Healthcare worker burnout and compassion fatigue
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