September 4–7
It's a holiday about not working
So take the weekend off. Buy 2 shirts and the third one is free through Monday.
Add 3 tees or sweatshirts to your cart and use code REST. Ends Monday, September 7.
Fall 2026
Sweater weather for your nervous system
Fifteen new hand-drawn designs for spooky season and the slowing down that comes after it — in tees, sweatshirts, hoodies and stickers. Blacks, oxbloods and rusts, moodier than my usual, on purpose.
Order by October 15 to guarantee Halloween delivery.
Bestselling mental health shirts & sweatshirts
The ones people come back for, then buy again for their sister.
Shop mental health shirts by how you're feeling
Nobody comes here for a t-shirt. They come for a sentence that fits the week they're having.
Watch me draw them
Every design starts out in Procreate on my iPad — sketched, hand-lettered, and colored stroke by stroke by me, Alyssa. No stock art, no bulk slogan packs. The timelapse on this page shows the full drawing, start to finish.
Own Your Story
Look For The Rainbow
Jingle All The Way To Therapy
Joy To The Inner Child
Reviews from therapy-goers and therapists
I LOVE this company. Seriously. As a mental health therapist, I love to wear clothing that not only is comfy, but that shares a message to the clients who sit across from me. Cannot recommend enough.
This is my life! Coffee to give me a jump start and therapy to give me hope. Love this so much I bought it AND the matching little one.
Traci Brooks
I stumbled onto this site through Facebook and decided to give it a shot. The sayings were right on track. You have a great site here with many wonderful reasons to keep going.
Traci Brooks
I put this on my therapy journal, love it!
Anonymous
Love my shirt! Great quality & adorable color!
Lynzie
Hi, I'm Alyssa. I draw every design myself.
I started Self-Care Shirts because my own mental health was in pieces and I needed to hear the things I now draw. There's no team here — it's me, a tablet, and a dog who insists on walks.
If you're in a hard season right now, the shirts are optional. The free resources aren't going anywhere and they don't cost you an email address.
Healing out loud
Essays about the parts nobody puts on a shirt.
What My 12-Year-Old Beagle Taught Me About Rest
Bailey has never earned a nap in his life. He takes them anyway. On senior dogs, duck diplomacy, and everything my beagle...
What to Say (and What Not to Say) When Someone You Love Isn't Okay
What actually helps when someone you love is struggling — and the well-meaning phrases that don't. From someone who's been on both...
Mental Health Gifts That Don't Say "Get Well Soon"
A gift guide for the people doing the work — friends in therapy, therapists, the burnt out, and the grieving. Hand-drawn gifts...
Free mental health resources — no email required
Printables, a coloring app, a daily check-in and calm videos. No account, nothing to buy, nothing to sign up for.
