The Entertainment Community Fund Offers Mental Health Services

The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund) is a national human services organization that helps address the specific needs of actors and other entertainment professionals — with a unique understanding of the challenges involved with a life in the arts and the knowledge of what it takes to thrive in an often-unpredictable industry.

When faced with personal stress, anxiety, depression or life transitions, members of SAG-AFTRA can turn to the Fund for confidential support, including: 

• Help with determining your mental health needs.
• Short-term supportive counseling.
• Referrals to ongoing care in the community.
• Guidance on understanding your mental health insurance coverage and community resources.

In addition to individual care, free online support groups provide a safe space to connect, share resources, and offer and receive support. 

Led by licensed social workers, the Fund’s groups have helped people working in the performing arts and entertainment handle uncertainty, find healthy ways to cope, manage relationships and loneliness, explore gender identity, provide ongoing care for loved ones, deal with loss, foster hope and find resilience.

Recognizing the need for assistance finding mental health and addressing everyday stress and anxiety, the Fund also offers regular online workshops for members of the community to turn to for information, guidance and support.

Workshops 

Programs available to the members of SAG-AFTRA include Anxiety Toolbox and Finding the Best Mental Health Support for You workshops.

For those seeking a sense of balance and peace in their daily lives, mindfulness meditation is available Monday-Friday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT. An ongoing 30-minute drop-in meditation focusing on the breath, this regular offering helps participants manage and reduce everyday stress.

Whether seeking short-term counseling, ongoing care, group support or a daily sense of calm, the Fund is here to provide compassionate care. 

The mental health services of the Entertainment Community Fund are free of charge and available to all members of SAG-AFTRA. 

To learn more, please visit entertainmentcommunity.org/MentalHealth.