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About Us

We improve behavioral well-being through engaging technology-enabled content and intervention solutions

  • individually-focused 

  • evidence-based

  • community-driven

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Kids in Crisis

  • 182% increase in child mental health emergency calls

  • Children on a 10-month wait list for care (Washington Post)

  • Students have fewer counselors

  • 30% of students reporting anxiety (Harvard University)

  • 65% of psychologists have no capacity for new patients

  • 33% of teen girls experiencing suicidal ideation (CDC 2023)

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THE SHARPEN® SYSTEM

Providing peer-focused health education along with resources to improve community connectedness positively impacts mental and emotional wellness.

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A LIBRARY IMPROVING SHARED PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR EACH AUDIENCE

Providing a comprehensive library created from peer stories of 
resilience and strength increases engagement and compliance.

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​Trauma, ACEs & Resiliency

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  • Trauma-informed, trauma-aware library developed after working in Resilient Schools initiatives for 10 years in collaboration with over 40 researchers and agency partners in child welfare

  • Peer-resiliency focus

  • MBSR framework

  • Films feature national experts in childhood trauma and resilience

Suicide Prevention & Postvention​

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  • Developed after working with state and county-level suicide prevention efforts

  •  ZERO Suicide framework

  •  Increasing caring contacts and connectedness

  • Alignment with Surgeon
    General's national strategy for suicide prevention

  • Strength focused, peer resiliency

Mental Disorders and SEL​

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  • Mental health literacy

  • Developed after delivering live trainings in over 14 states for 20 years

  • Collaborations with over
    200 researchers, practitioners and individuals with lived experiences

  • Led by over 80,000
    audience member surveys providing qualitative and quantitative feedback

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We improve mental and emotional health through evidence-based technology

Prevention / Diagnostic

  • Mental Health Engagement

  • Screening

  • Mental Health Literacy, MBSR and
    SEL Training Library

  • Strength based video library

  • Professional Development / CEs

Therapeutic

  • CBT/DBT in between clinical sessions

  • Psychoeducational content

  • Mental health literacy for patients and families

  • MBSR and SEL interventions

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Sharpen ® Impact

"Sharpen is a game-changer for any parent interested in improving their own mental health or mental health and wellbeing of their children."

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