Support Nido’s Mission and Our Community
Access to Mental Health Care for All
Mental health care is not a solo endeavor, and it’s through connection that we build structures of care that unconditionally meet the needs of everyone in our communities, regardless of circumstance, identity, or need.
When we say attentive, quality, accessible mental care health to all people, that includes not just those cared for, but those doing the caring. Our mission extends to therapists not only being able to provide depth-oriented care, but to receive it themselves, well-compensated and without burnout — and for their wellbeing to coexist with our values of accessibility and affordability.
Both the unaffordable, inaccessible options and the high potential for burnout of care workers are the greatest barriers to mental health care, and we can’t address them in isolation. This is especially true in marginalized communities, where financial resources and restricted educational opportunities mean fewer patients getting care they need and fewer therapists with intimate knowledge of their lived experience getting trained to meet that need.
Care is necessary regardless of resources, and the cost of therapy shouldn’t be a limiting factor for giving or receiving care. It’s through community support that we dismantle this paradigm and create the future we want to see of unconditional care for all.
Help someone start therapy. Donate a session!
The Importance of Mental Health Care
People with marginalized identities don’t need statistics to tell them what they live firsthand: mental health is inequitable but shouldn’t be. Numbers can’t fully capture hard realities faced every day, but they do highlight how essential access to care really is.
60%
of LGBTQIA2-S+ youth who wanted mental health care in the past year were unable to receive it.
Neurodivergent individuals are
3x
as likely to attempt suicide compared with neurotypical people.
1 in 5
transgender and non-binary individuals attempted suicide, and LGBTQIA2-S+ people of color reported higher rates of suicide attempts than than their peers.
Nearly
55%
of adults with a “mental illness” receive no treatment.
This may be the current reality — but it doesn’t have to be.
Ways to Support
Make a contribution
Make a cash donation either in full or in support of a therapy session with one of our clinicians at Nido through our GoFundMe page or through Venmo. Your contribution is a tangible, literally life-changing act that will allow someone in your community to get the mental health support they need.
Book wishlist
At our Nido Individual & Family Therapy office in Manhattan Beach, CA, we are building a library of books for clients to have access to utilize for their own learning and support.
This is important because:
Psycho-educational information needs to be more accessible
Therapeutic resources both help supplement the support that happens in session and support the educational growth and learning of our therapists
Libraries where individuals can borrow and return books promote a sense of community interdependence and are more environmentally sustainable, less consumerist and hyperindividualistic alternatives to buying books
Explore our wishlist of books for the library and pick one or a few off the (virtual) shelf to gift to our Nido community.
Not in a space to contribute financially?
• Share the link to this page with anyone who has resources to donate to our therapy fund and library
• Support us on social media by following @NidoIFT on Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn
• You are welcome to leave a review of your positive experience on Yelp or Google
• Contact us to start a fundraiser!
Bonus:
Donating and providing support has been shown to reduce stress levels, depression, anxiety and boost overall wellbeing and satisfaction with life. When you help other people, it activates the reward center in your brain and releases serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins, which increase positive, relaxed feelings.