The right mental health support for a creator depends on the problem and the country. Use a crisis line if you are not coping right now, a GP, counselling line or free service for ongoing support, the platform and your online-safety regulator for abuse, a specialist helpline if intimate images are involved, and a peer community if you want people who understand the work. The tables below list each option for Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand, with contact details checked against each service's own site on 1 October 2026.
How to use this directory
Find your country, then the row that matches what is happening. Each service is linked so you can confirm hours before you rely on them, because helplines change their opening times and channels more often than their numbers. This page is signposting only: it does not offer clinical advice and cannot tell you which treatment is right for you. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call the emergency number given for your country first.
- Crisis: you feel unable to cope, unsafe or overwhelmed right now and need to talk to someone today.
- Ongoing support: you want regular help over weeks or months, starting with a doctor, a free service or a counselling line.
- Online abuse: harassment, pile-ons or abusive messages from accounts, short of an intimate image being involved.
- Image-based abuse: someone has shared, or is threatening to share, intimate images or videos without your consent.
- Peer support: you want to hear from people with similar experiences, including other adult industry workers.
Australia
In an emergency, call 000. For threats to your safety that are not an emergency, eSafety points people to the police on 131 444.
| Need | Service | How to reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Crisis | Lifeline, or 13YARN for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people | Lifeline: call 13 11 14, text 0477 13 11 14 or chat online, around the clock. 13YARN: call 13 92 76, at any hour |
| Ongoing support | Beyond Blue Support Service and Medicare Mental Health | Beyond Blue: brief counselling on 1300 22 4636 or by online chat, any time. Medicare Mental Health: a free government service on 1800 595 212 that connects you with local options, including Medicare Mental Health Centres. A GP can also discuss a mental health treatment plan |
| Online abuse | eSafety adult cyber abuse scheme | Report to the platform first, then to eSafety if it does not act. eSafety can investigate when content targets an Australian adult and is both intended to cause serious harm and menacing, harassing or offensive |
| Image-based abuse | eSafety image-based abuse and 1800RESPECT | Report sharing or threats to eSafety, which can help with removal. If a partner or ex is involved, 1800RESPECT answers on 1800 737 732, by text on 0458 737 732 and by chat, every hour of every day |
| Peer support | Beyond Blue Forums, SANE community forums, QLife and Scarlet Alliance member organisations | Anonymous forums; SANE says its forums are free and moderated around the clock. QLife offers LGBTIQ+ peer support on 1800 184 527, with webchat from 3pm to 9pm daily. Scarlet Alliance lists peer sex worker organisations and projects by state and territory |
United States
The National Domestic Violence Hotline's site tells people to contact 911 if they are in immediate danger, and that applies to any emergency.
| Need | Service | How to reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Crisis | 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and Crisis Text Line | Call, text or chat 988; Spanish-speaking counsellors on 988 then 2, or text AYUDA to 988; TTY users dial 711 then 988. Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741, free, at any hour |
| Ongoing support | SAMHSA National Helpline and the APA Psychologist Locator | SAMHSA: 1-800-662-4357, a free, confidential treatment referral and information line open every day of the year, in English and Spanish. The APA locator lists licensed psychologists who are APA members |
| Online abuse | The platform's own reporting tools, then local police for threats | We found no federal service that takes individual harassment complaints the way Australia's eSafety does; keep evidence and report through each app |
| Image-based abuse | CCRI Crisis Helpline | Toll-free on 844-878-2274, around the clock, with interpretation in most languages; it offers information, support, referrals and non-legal advice |
| Peer and emotional support | NAMI HelpLine | 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 62640, Monday to Friday 10am to 10pm Eastern; NAMI says it is not a crisis line |
United Kingdom
The NHS says to call 999 or go to A&E if a life is at risk, and to use 111 online or call 111 and choose the mental health option when you need urgent help that is not an emergency (NHS urgent mental health help).
| Need | Service | How to reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Crisis | Samaritans and Shout | Samaritans: free from any phone on 116 123, day or night, across the UK and Ireland. Shout: text 85258 for free, confidential support at any hour |
| Ongoing support | NHS Talking Therapies and Mind | In England, adults can refer themselves to NHS Talking Therapies without a diagnosis, or ask a GP. Mind's information line is 0300 123 3393 |
| Online abuse | Report Harmful Content | Explains each platform's rules and links to the right reporting route; it does not handle terrorism content or sexual images of under-18s |
| Image-based abuse | Revenge Porn Helpline | For adults on 0345 6000 459; its site says it is currently email-only on Fridays, at help@revengepornhelpline.org.uk |
| Peer support | Mind's Side by Side community and National Ugly Mugs | Side by Side is Mind's online community for listening and sharing. National Ugly Mugs supports people in adult industries, with caseworkers on 0800 464 7669 from Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 4pm, and a guide to removing stolen content |
Canada
The 9-8-8 helpline's site says to call 9-1-1 right away if your safety is at risk.
| Need | Service | How to reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Crisis | 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline and Hope for Wellness | Call or text 9-8-8, every hour of the year. Hope for Wellness serves Indigenous people across Canada on 1-855-242-3310 or by online chat, around the clock |
| Ongoing support | Canadian Mental Health Association | Find your provincial division or local branch; CMHA's national programs include BounceBack |
| Online abuse | Platform reporting, then police for threats | We found no national service for adults equivalent to eSafety. Cybertip.ca handles the online sexual exploitation of children only |
| Image-based abuse | B.C. Intimate Images Protection Service | For people in British Columbia: emotional support, information on legal options, help with a Civil Resolution Tribunal claim and protection orders sent to platforms. Elsewhere, report to police |
| Peer support | CMHA's Peer Support Canada program | Listed among CMHA's national programs; ask your local branch what runs near you |
New Zealand
The 1737 service tells people to call 111 if someone is in immediate danger of harming themselves or others.
| Need | Service | How to reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Crisis | 1737, Need to talk? and Lifeline Aotearoa | 1737: free call or text to a trained counsellor at any time. Lifeline: 0800 543 354 or text 4357; its Suicide Crisis Helpline is 0508 828 865 |
| Ongoing support | Mental Health Foundation helplines list | A national list of helplines, including Samaritans on 0800 726 666 at any hour; a GP is the usual route to ongoing care |
| Online abuse | Netsafe | Online harm reports on its website, 0508 638 723, help@netsafe.org.nz, or text Netsafe to 4282; the helpline is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm |
| Image-based abuse | Netsafe | The same Netsafe channels; its site has specific guidance on sextortion |
| Peer support | NZPC, Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers' Collective | A national organisation run by sex workers for sex workers |
One discrepancy to know about: Lifeline Aotearoa's own home page gives its numbers without hours, while the Mental Health Foundation's list, last updated on 22 October 2025, gives Lifeline's hours as 7am to midnight. If you need someone overnight, 1737 is listed as available around the clock.
If intimate images are involved, wherever you live
StopNCII.org works in every country above. You select the image on your own device, it creates a hash, which is a digital fingerprint, and only the hash leaves your device; partner platforms can then look for matching copies. It sits alongside a report to your regulator or helpline rather than replacing one. For Australian step-by-step plans, see the leaked content response plan and the guide to sextortion safety steps.
If the person hurting you is a partner, ex or family member, specialist family violence services can help with safety planning as well as the images: 1800RESPECT in Australia, the National Domestic Violence Hotline in the US on 1-800-799-7233 or by texting START to 88788, and the National Domestic Abuse Helpline in the UK on 0808 2000 247, which is free and open 24 hours.
Before you call: what helps
- You do not need to explain the platform or justify the work. Saying you make content online and what is happening right now is enough to start.
- If you would rather type than talk, most crisis services above offer text or chat; check the channel on the linked page.
- For abuse reports, keep screenshots, links, usernames, dates and times before you block anyone; eSafety recommends collecting this evidence first.
- If a service feels judgemental about adult work, it is fine to end the conversation and try another, including the peer organisations listed.
- Threats of violence are a police matter; the guide on what to do if a fan threatens you sets out how to triage and report them.
For ongoing therapy rather than a one-off call, the guide on finding a sex-work-friendly therapist covers Medicare-subsidised psychology, directories and questions to ask at a first session. If the strain comes mainly from workload, start with the audit in content creator burnout; if it comes from comment sections, see how to deal with trolls and hate comments.
Limitations of this directory
This list is general information, not a substitute for emergency services or professional care, and it covers adults only. Numbers, hours and channels were taken from each service's site on 1 October 2026 and can change without notice; some services, such as Samaritans' web chat and QLife's systems, describe themselves as being upgraded or piloted. Coverage is uneven: we found no national adult service for online harassment in the United States or Canada, and Canadian image-abuse support is provincial. Adult creators who want the wider wellbeing picture can read the OnlyFans creator mental health guide.