TalkLife
TalkLife is an online peer to peer support network for mental health; a global community to share the ups and downs of life with like-minded people 24/7.Talk Life provides peer support for the moments when you just need a friend and some advice. Talk Life have a large community receiving support across anxiety, depression, eating disorders and those battling self harm. TalkLife is here for everyone and anyone who just needs someone to talk to.
TalkLife build global peer support communities that offer safe and engaging places for people to get mental health support anytime and anywhere. TalkLife started in 2013 with the aim of making sure that no one need battle with their mental health alone. It’s not easy to reach out for help when you’re struggling and long waiting times, high costs and stigma make it harder still. We wanted to create a place for people to instantly see that they weren’t alone and connect with other like-minded people across the globe who could help them through both the ups and downs of life.
TalkLife is home to a global team of passionate clinicians, engineers, researchers and designers. Together we build intelligent peer support platforms that combine the power of machine learning with social connection. Together with researchers at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Microsoft Research we have developed unique classifiers to better understand and predict self-harm. Our world first platforms use this machine learning and human in the loop computing to be able to offer users assistance and services, specific to their individual circumstances, in real time.
- For Individuals TalkLife is the world’s largest global peer support network for mental health providing support for anyone battling with the ups and downs of life.
- For Universities & Colleges Mental health support for your entire student body.
TalkCampus is the leading global peer support network built specifically for student mental health with real-time instant escalation and integration with student services. TalkLife and TalkCampus are mental health apps that offer a way to get instant support right now. Communities that are there when you need it and for as long as you need it; millions of other people just like you.
- Anonymous, safe spaces where people feel able to share.
- No waiting times, no stigma, no judgement. Just instant, ongoing support.
- Based on peer support and social connection, both clinically evidenced to make a real difference to mental health.
- Intuitive, familiar and engaging using the best elements of social networking.
- Download via App Store or Google Play and access anytime, anywhere.
- Clinically governed with world class real-time safeguarding and moderation​
At TalkLife, we’re here for the moments when you just need a friend, no matter where they are. We’re here when you’re looking for someone who just understands you and what you’re going through (because someone always does). Sure, life is full of highs and lows. But it’s full of highs and lows for each and every one of us. So why do we always try to go it alone? At TalkLife, we’ve created a place where we can all work through life together. Because everything is better together. Everything. Peanut butter and jelly have proven this for like, at LEAST eight decades now.
​So get on TalkLife and talk to people going through the exact same struggles you are – it’s peer support built around you. We know that sometimes it’s sort of hard to talk about certain things with family or even friends. This is a safe place where you can talk about anything: mental health, depression, self harm, eating disorders, a bad breakup or a relationship, school or work…it doesn’t matter. If you want to talk about it, someone else, does too. No judgments. No bullying. Just people who get you. Download TalkLife, the free online peer to peer support network today and make right now and everything after it a little bit better. Let’s talk and figure this life thing out together.​
TalkLife was created in 2012 when Jamie Druitt, having gone through his own battles, noticed there were few places to open up about mental health. The years that followed saw TalkLife evolve from a community where people from around the world could come together to share about the ups and downs of life to a sophisticated, award-winning, intelligent peer support platform spanning 125 countries and over 1.5 million users.
​TalkLife Story
TalkLife exists as a company dedicated to providing a practical, user-focused and relevant service without clinical compromise. An organisation with impact at its core TalkLife is proud of it's impact framework, focus on efficacy and an unwavering pursuit of ensuring a mental health service that is available for anyone who needs it, without barriers to entry.
​​TalkLife has benefited from a team consisting of leading researchers from MIT, Harvard and Microsoft Research including Dr Eric Horvitz, Dr Karthik Dinakar and Professor Matthew Nock who built a world-first machine learning engine specific to mental health, suicide ideation and self-harm. This machine learning underpins the TalkLife platform enabling it to intelligently bring people together, safeguard in real-time at scale and launch personalised digital support interventions.
TalkLife, originally staffed by in Australia by designer Jacob White and Communications specialist Andrew Montessi is now headed up at it's UK HeadQuarters by CEO Druitt ,COO Jennifer Russell, a professional counsellor with a background in mental health research and suicide prevention and CFO Catherine Murphy who brings with her over a decade experience at KPMG. The team are supported by a further 22 global full-time staff across engineering, design, safeguarding and partnerships.
TalkLife offers a safe, supportive environment to open up about mental health and to get support, any time of the day or night wherever you are. With all the functionality of a social network combined with the clinical governance, safeguarding and escalation required to ensure a safe, impactful environment TalkLife is a place where people can feel comfortable to talk about how life really is for them and not to have to struggle alone.
TalkLife has not only grown a global community characterised by authenticity and support but has also created a volunteering programme supporting community members to develop their peer support skills, contribute to testing and building the community, contribute to moderation and benefit from ongoing training and support. TalkLife has attracted some of the leading minds across mental health onto it's advisory board who offer both clinical governance and a steer from decades of experience at the forefront of mental health provision and suicide prevention both online and offline.
As TalkLife has grown so has it's ambitions for supporting research and development into suicide and self-harming behaviours online. The past two years has seen the company develop a research collaboration programme joining forces with Universities to support projects progressing research questions into key knowledge gaps with a specific focus on practical application. This year has seen TalkLife launch it's cutting edge TalkCampus platform, designed specifically for students and currently live at campuses across the USA, UK and Australia​
Research & Collaboration
TalkLife is committed to collaborating on world leading research projects working with teams and universities who can help us to understand and improve the lives of people who are struggling with mental illness. Their researchers are working on key research questions across topics including machine learning, NLP modelling, online safety, peer support and online communication, self harming behaviour and suicidal ideation.
All TalkLife research collaborations are subject to approval by the institutional review board or relevant ethics committee. Collaborations are strictly limited to universities and research institutes with the aim of increasing understanding of and expansion of the mental health evidence base. We believe that utilising the latest and best science available can help us achieve this goal. Transparency and preserving the community culture within TalkLife is priority, with every effort made to avoid disrupting the experience of users.
All data contributed is completely de-identified and inline with TalkLife’s privacy policies. Users are requested to undergo additional consent to take part in any surveys offered in app. Different to mainstream social networks, TalkLife is a community dedicated to youth mental health conversations. It is a culture of “giving and getting” help, where experiences and learnings are shared, and new innovations are welcomed.
Much is still unknown about the intersection of nonsuicidal self injury and suicidal self injury behaviours and the internet. TalkLife is leading the way by combining world class research with practical application and service. TalkLife not only provides users with ways to help each other through daily peer support, but is also providing insights that have the potential to change lives for years to come.
​Peer Support
Peer support is a well evidenced method of helping people who are struggling with their mental health. Here is a summary of some of the research exploring what makes this such an effective mechanism for support and how TalkLife measures impact. TalkLife are the leading global online peer to peer support network for youth mental health.
TalkLife is an online peer to peer support network designed to provide instant connection to like-minded people in a supportive and safe community. It facilitates the giving and receiving of support in a non-judgemental environment. Enabling users to share the ups and downs of life without fear of judgment and repercussion. We combine social networking with support to create a fun engaging place to share that also has a positive impact on mental health. The TalkLife team draws from a range of backgrounds across the psychology, research and technology fields, bound together by the same vision: To use innovative technology to create relevant, engaging support for people struggling with their mental health and to have a positive impact on the wellbeing of our users.
Does it Help?
TalkLife is based on the principles of peer support, the benefits of which are wide-ranging and well evidenced. Peer support can be an effective mechanism to support people with anxiety, depression, addiction and many other mental health issues. On TalkLife we promote the value of social connection, talking openly and exploring feelings. Our team of volunteers are trained in active listening and providing support online and are on hand to offer empathetic support, supported by our professional 24/7 safety team. However, we empower all users to both ask for and offer support within the community, to share experiences and build social capital.​ Participating in peer to peer support has been linked to
- An increased ability to cope
- A greater sense of wellbeing & resilience
- Higher levels of self-esteem and confidence
Peer support is a system of giving and receiving help founded on key principles of respect, shared responsibility, and mutual agreement of what is helpful. Peer support is not based on psychiatric models and diagnostic criteria. It is about understanding another’s situation empathically through the shared experience of emotional and psychological pain. We regularly ask our users to consider the impact that using TalkLife has had on them across a range of assessment variables including feelings of loneliness, anxiety, depression, hopefulness and self-worth. This is what we found. Since using TalkLife:
- 77% of our users find it easier to ask for help when they need it
- 73% said their relationships with others have improved
- 65% said they feel more positive about the future
- 73% feel more understood by others
- 68% feel more able to cope with life.​
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Talk Campus
Talk Campus
TalkCampus is a global 24/7 mental health support network for students, combining world class technology, intuitive design and clinical excellence. Currently supporting hundreds of thousands of students worldwide. TalkCampus instantly connects students with the right people any time of day in a safe, effective and encouraging environment. Supporting from 5 continents across 25 languages.TalkCampus is the perfect solution for large universities and small colleges alike, whether your students are studying onsite or remotely. We cover a range of student demographics with a global community that is truly diverse.
TalkCampus is world first global peer support community for students that provides your entire student body with support anytime of day, anywhere in the world via the TalkCampus app. Instant, ongoing support that relieves pressure on your student services, helps manage counselling wait times and integrates with your current services. Students are part of a safe, supportive, community built from the ground up for mental health combining real-time 24/7 safeguarding and escalation, trained peer supporters and professional staff. Bilingual support ensures they can open up in their own language and helps international students and those studying abroad.​​
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Fast Support: instant round the clock support, anytime of day and night from anywhere in the world via the TalkCampus app.
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Ease Demand: takes pressure off your student services and reduces counselling backlogs with support 365 days a year wherever students are: home, abroad or on campus.
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Transparent: open transparent reporting including real-time incident reports and quarterly sentiment and engagement reports.
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Customised: all of your existing student services embedded in app for intelligent signposting alongside our verified 24/7 crisis support partners and global resources.
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Clinical Excellence: clinically governed by the world’s best minds in mental health. Real-time moderation and escalation.
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Worldwide Support: global network built specifically and solely for students. Bilingual trained student peer supporters supporting over 20 languages.
Leading universities around the world are using TalkCampus to reduce pressure on existing mental health services, counselling backlogs and to reach students not engaging with existing services. If you're looking to bring truly unique student mental health support to your institution, then please register your interest below.
Why TalkCampus?
Student mental health is a growing concern. Demand for support is increasing and wellbeing teams need more resources to manage and encourage students to seek support as well as to provide out of hours care. TalkCampus offers an end to end solution combining upstream support with real-time crisis escalation that is integrated with your existing procedures. We bring students together from across the globe and combine this with our state of the art machine learning, built in collaboration with MIT and Harvard University to offer users intelligent peer support that is intuitively designed, engaging and safe.
Instant, Ongoing Support
A world first global peer support community for students that provides your entire student body with support anytime of day, anywhere in the world via the TalkCampus app. Instant, ongoing support that relieves pressure on your student services, helps manage counselling wait times and integrates with your current services.
Safe & Supportive
Students are part of a safe, supportive, community built from the ground up for mental health combining real-time 24/7 safeguarding and escalation, trained peer supporters and professional staff. Bilingual support ensures they can open up in their own language and helps international students and those studying abroad.
What TalkCampus Offers?
TalkCampus offers an end to end solution combining upstream support with real-time crisis escalation that is integrated with your existing procedures. We bring students together from across the globe and combine this with our state of the art machine learning, built in collaboration with MIT and Harvard University to offer users intelligent peer support that is intuitively designed, engaging and safe.
Address
TalkLife Limited | 09104043 HQ | 1 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6AA
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
TalkLife Wellbeing Experts
TalkLife Wellbeing Experts
TalkLife Wellbeing Experts work from the comfort of your home and have full control over your own schedule. Only take bookings when you want to and as appropriate. TalkLife is the largest peer support network globally. We have millions of members looking for support and professional services. In order to join our TalkLife Experts, you will need to possess the following:
- Full training and accreditation in your country of residence. Clinical practitioners must possess the highest clinical license in your state of residence , allowing independent clinical practice. TalkLife Experts only work with clients in the state(s) or regions where they are licensed and allowd to practice independently.
- Minimum of 3 years direct experience.
- Professional malpractice liability insurance policy.
- Ability to use video conferencing software with a stable and consistent internet connection.
- Focus on what you do best
No need to worry about the cost of acquiring new clients, billing or support. We will handle the leg work and software to get you started. We give you complete control of your hourly rates without session overheads or hidden charges. Earn additional income while doing what you love.
Organisation
Address: TalkLife Limited | 09104043 HQ | 1 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6AA
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
