Our Mission
Nicky’s House is a nonprofit support space for adolescents navigating mental health challenges. We aim to provide an inclusive, empowering environment for youth of all backgrounds, with special attention to women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with disabilities.
What We Do
Through peer support, community workshops, and mental wellness resources, we help young people heal, grow, and thrive.
Meet the Board of Directors
Meet Elizabeth
“Nicky's House is an organization that helps adolescents age 12–17 who are living with mental illness. A lot of the adolescents we recruit are from psychiatric hospitals that really need a space to talk about their feelings with other peers. I am not a psychiatrist or a therapist, but I have been down that road before. I have been an adolescent living with mental illness, and I am an example as an adult that things will get better. I have been living with mental illness for 10 years. I like to say that I picked up some wisdom and empathy along the way. I will support you or your child as much as I can.”
Meet Courtney
"I want to talk about the world of mental health awareness because we all have those days when we feel aggressive or get triggered by certain thoughts. Sometimes it is angry thoughts, sometimes it is painful memories. People share their experiences, whether it is anger, mental abuse in a relationship, divorce, childhood trauma, or anything else, and the truth is that everyone deals with their problems differently. When we go through hard times, it can shape us into someone we are not, not the person we truly are. People will still talk about us and keep talking as if we are nothing, but we are something. My testimony today is that when people deal with frustration the hard way, they can end up hurting themselves or others, and people do not like living in that kind of pain. We have to remember that people are more than their struggles and that understanding each other is part of healing."
Meet Ian John
"Hi everyone, I’m Elizabeth’s parent and care partner, everyone needs one; early in Elizabeth’s childhood I did not know of her suffering, but over the years of supporting her, it pained me to know that I could not fix her, as I learned more about the condition she was having to live with - the hand that she was dealt, my family and I fostered the best environment for her to live and thrive living with schizoaffective disorder, and it gave us joy to watch her thrive and have a full quality of life, not missing out on anything. It’s not an easy journey to partner with a loved one living with a mental health condition, you will need to give everything you’ve got and some more, but it’s a priceless rewarding journey that will make you a beautiful person."