Since launching the Facebook page, "Wanting to make a change", to stop suicide and bullying, she has been inundated with private messages.
"We have got to stop them hitting rock bottom ... I have people message me that they are feeling low and I will phone them, or if they are in Hastings, get in my car and go to their house," she said.
"I can go in and talk to the parents of that child. I don't judge, I don't blame - I just shoot from the hip, tell them how it is."
She felt it was important to address issues head on, even taboo subjects such as violence, sexual abuse and bad parenting.
Recent figures show 500 people take their lives in New Zealand every year - an average of 10 a week. Locally there had been six people in a six-month period in Flaxmere alone.
However, the problem was not confined to Hastings or even Hawke's Bay. It was everywhere.
Ms Stevenson had phoned Waiheke Island, Auckland and Wellington in addition to many local calls.
"They need more of me out there. I have been in that position," she said simply.
Dealing with problems inside the family and encouraging parents to deal with the basics - feeding, clothing and loving their children - was a good start.
Yesterday local company innov8 launched a mobile app called FlaxAID to tackle a growing concern for Flaxmere youths, helping them to stay connected and offering 24-hour support.
Users could choose to read up-to-date advice from experts, connect to websites or use a free phone option. "It's just trying to use technology to reach rangatahi [youth], using their language focusing on the causal factors such as relationships, or just struggling with life," innov8 managing director Tania Luscombe said.
The app could put people in touch with round-the-clock services and had been designed with young people in mind. There would be opportunities to improve and update the app as feedback from the Flaxmere trial came to light.
-The FlaxAID mobile app will be available from the Play Store from next week.