About us
A little more about who we are and what we do.
How Are You Holding Up Ltd is working to make compassionate, accessible and effective support easier to find for people experiencing suicidal thoughts or serious distress.
Who we are
Who We Are
We believe no one should have to face suicidal pain without being heard, offered real options and helped to find a path forward. We are building an organisation that listens to people with lived and living experience and values their expertise. We will work with health and community partners, while taking responsibility for our own purpose and the support we develop.
Our why
Our Why
We do this because suicidal distress is deeply personal and can be shaped by experiences across a person’s life, yet too many people encounter support only when distress has reached crisis. People deserve to be heard, treated with compassion and connected with support that responds to their circumstances—earlier, and where they are.
This work is bigger than any one service. People with lived experience, families and carers, communities, services and governments all have a role in reducing distress and strengthening connection and hope. Approaches should recognise the distinct experiences, strengths and barriers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQ+ people, person with disability, and people in rural and remote locations, and be shaped with the communities they intend to serve.
We want to help make support easier to find, reduce isolation, fundamentally change their thoughts and help people see a path forward.
What we do
What We Do
This website shares Australian support contacts and information to help people explore options for themselves or someone they care about. We are developing our work carefully, with the aim of making support easier to access and helping people find hope, connection and possibilities beyond a crisis.
We aim to work in line with relevant Australian Government initiatives and guidelines, supporting collaborative efforts with health and community partners.
We will build and expand services only when they are informed by lived experience, community input, capable staff, appropriate safeguards and reliable support pathways.
Our longer-term plans include one-to-one psychological counselling and workshops that support lived-experience projects. These services are not available yet. We will develop them with qualified practitioners, appropriate clinical governance and safeguards, and input from people with lived experience.