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LiveWell Foundation

Towards a healthier and more equitable society
The peer-led mental health movement that's making a difference
What We Do

Our Mission

The LiveWell Foundation empowers people with depression to transform their own lives by providing a free and effective Guided Self-Care behavioral health program, and by fostering supportive peer networks in which hope, resilience and wellbeing thrive.

Because we believe every person with depression deserves access to the support they need to live well, our peer-led nonprofit champions an equitable system that puts depression support, skill-based education and prevention directly into the hands of people themselves.  
 

Our Impact & Approach

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57,000

Log-ins to our virtual depression support groups from people ages 14-89* 


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92% agree: 

 "LiveWell taught me skills to better manage my own moods."

 

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83% agree:

 "LiveWell helps me to feel more connected to others."

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Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Widespread Individual Behavior Change

With both the private and public health systems failing to meet the needs of millions of Americans, we’re helping to a create the social infrastucture in which all people can access quality depression support.

 

The LiveWell Program® - a Guided Self-Care behavioral health curriculum - is uniqely designed to empower people with the skills they need to reduce their own symptoms and relapses of depression, and to live more menaingful, connected and productive lives.

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Our Core Values
Mental Health Equity

Self-Empowerment through Education

Connection & Community as “Medicine”

Commitment to Data and Evidence
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  • INCREASES access to depression support for a wide and diverse population in need;
 
  • BUILDS a sustainable social infrastructure in which everyone can access quality mental health services at no cost (moving away from the inequitable fee-for-service model);
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  • FOSTERS healthy lives through education and self-empowerment (our one-of-a-kind Guided Self-Care behavioral health curriculum);​
 
  • PROVIDES culturally-sensitive support for a wide range of people from their peers who are sensitive to their own experiences and cultures;​​
 
  • COMBATS the "epidemic of loneliness" that contirbutes to the societal rise in rates of depression and worsening individual symptoms by creating supportive peer communities; 
 
  • CHALLENGES the stigma that prevents millions of people from getting support by creating opportunities for people with depression to share their stories of resilience and living well;
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  • HELPS to save lives; and 
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  • ADVANCES both clinical and cultural change for depression treatment by advocating for the evidence-based practice of peer-led interventions to become a routine part of depression services.

All peer-led LiveWell support groups are FREE and easy to access - no insurance, diagnosis, or registration required.  Our communal approach to education, treatment, and prevention:

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