Mental health support for teenagers
Resolv is 18+, so this page is not recommending it to you.
Our terms of service set a minimum age of 18, and we are not going to point you at our own app and quietly hope you round your age up. Everything below is somebody else’s service, chosen because it is actually built for people your age.
If you need someone right now
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988 (US). Free, 24/7, and you do not have to be suicidal to use it.
- Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741.
- The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ young people, under 25) — 1-866-488-7386, or text START to 678-678.
More options, including what actually happens when you call, are on our crisis resources page.
Apps that are not age-gated to adults
These are third-party apps. We have not tested them against a clinical standard and we do not get paid if you download them — treat this as signposting, not a recommendation of one over another.
- Calm Harm — built specifically around urges to self-harm, with timed distraction and self-soothing tasks to ride out an urge. Free, and designed with under-18s in mind.
- Moodfit — mood tracking, goals, and CBT-style exercises. The tracking is the useful part; be aware the app also sells access to other services.
- Sanvello (formerly Pacifica) — mood and symptom logging plus guided coping exercises. A meaningful amount of it sits behind a subscription or an insurance plan, so check before you rely on it.
The thing an app cannot do
If you are under 18, the single highest-value move is usually getting one adult who can act on your behalf into the loop — a parent, a school counsellor, a GP, a relative, a coach. Not because apps are useless, but because the things that actually change a teenager’s situation — a referral, a diagnosis, time off, a change at home or at school — all require an adult with standing to make them happen. An app can help you get through tonight. It cannot get you an appointment.
If telling an adult feels impossible, the crisis lines above will talk through how to do it, and they will not call anyone without telling you first unless they believe you are in immediate danger.
When you turn 18
Resolv is a free, anonymous peer-support app for adults — you post what you are carrying and people who have been through something similar reply. If you want to know what the evidence says about that kind of support before you ever download anything, that is written up here with the citations.