Many students are facing frustration with accessing quality, affordable therapy. Resulting in some students giving up all together, and missing out on the support they deserve.

The student mental health crisis is real and is having serious consequences across the student population, including rising incident rates and increasing dropouts. While support exists through the NHS and university counselling services, these options are often overstretched and come with long waiting lists. Private therapy is the main alternative, but high session costs and subscription-based platforms make it too expensive for many students. As a result, a large portion of student mental health needs remain unmet.

Pairwel aims to bridge this gap in accessibility by building a therapy platform exclusively for students. This allows therapists to display their cheapest discounted rates, and allows students to more easily explore therapy as an option. Overall, we are redefining how therapy is delivered to the student population.