# The Mental Health and Well-Being Module

The FIRM Guide (thefirmguide.com) — companion to The Recoverable Family.
Fill this in privately (any text editor or by hand), then store it in your Vault.


## Secure Guide Starter Template — Mental Health and Well-Being

> Store this inside your Vault. One entry per person where the supports differ (a shared family entry is fine where they don't) — start each entry with the person's name. Full provider records are maintained in the Health and Medical section; list here only providers relevant to crisis planning or ongoing care not captured there.

Most families have some version of a plan for a medical emergency. Far fewer have one for a mental health crisis — and three things are consistently missing when they need it: a documented crisis plan (the specific numbers, written where the family can find them), permission to act (your documented preferences remove the guesswork about whether to intervene and who to call), and an honest record of the support ecosystem — therapists, the EAP, faith community, trusted friends — which becomes invisible precisely when it is most needed.

One thing this Module deliberately is not: protected. Nothing native to it is high-friction — nearly everything belongs in The Family Guide, findable at 2 a.m. Adding friction here costs more than it protects.

- Person: 

### Mental Health Providers
| Name | Role | Phone | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |

> Only what crisis planning needs — the full clinical records stay in Health and Medical.

### Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
| Employer / Plan | EAP Provider | Phone | Sessions Covered |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |

> Most employees never learn the details. Find yours; put the number where the family can see it.

### Insurance — Mental Health Coverage
| Carrier | Mental Health Line | In-Network Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |
|   |   |   |
|   |   |   |

- Community / Congregation: 

- Primary Contact (clergy or leader): 

- Phone: 

- Address / Meeting Location: 

### Notes for family



> No faith practice? Leave this section blank — the Module is designed to accommodate both. End-of-life spiritual and religious preferences belong in the Funeral Wishes Module.

### Grief and ongoing care (if relevant)



- Last reviewed: 

- Tags: 


## Family Guide Starter Template — Mental Health and Well-Being

> For family members — the 2 a.m. page. Deliberately, nothing on it needs protecting.

> In the matching Secure Guide section: crisis-relevant providers, EAP, coverage, faith community.
>
> That detail is what makes recovery possible — and it is protected in the Vault, which opens with The Vault Key. The key is never written here, by design. The people listed on this page know how it is kept, and the steward's job is to keep that path current, so this page never leads to a locked door.

> 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988. Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741. Free, confidential, 24/7 — add both to every family phone.

- This page is for: 

- Our therapist / counselor: 

- Phone: 

- EAP (free counseling through employer): 

- Local crisis center: 

### Trusted People (one or two each family member would reach out to first)
| Name | Relationship | Phone |
| --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |
|   |   |   |
|   |   |   |

> Not professionals — people. The list nobody has to compose from scratch on a bad night.

- Faith Community: 

- Contact: 

- Phone: 

- Notes: 

### How we talk about it



### Notes for Family Members



### Additional Guidance