Mobile Apps

Technology can be super helpful. Take a look at useful mental health apps.

General Mental Health Apps

 

“What’s Up”

  • Uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy + Acceptance Commitment Therapy

  • Helpful for coping with anxiety, depression, stress, etc.

  • Tracker to help track habits + triggers

  • Free app!

“Mood Kit”

  • App uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • Over 200 different mood improvement therapies

  • Known for improving self awareness

  • App costs $4.99

“My Life My Voice”

  • Useful for tracking moods

  • Using emojis and journal entries to help identify your mood

  • Custom reports of moods over a period of time to identify habits and patterns

  • Free app!

Anxiety Apps

 

“MindShift”

  • Targeted to help stressed teens and young adults

  • Focussed on changing the stigma around mental health

  • Free and amazing app

“SAM”

  • “SAM” stands for “self help anxiety management”

  • Create your own 24 hour anxiety toolkit

  • Learn over 25 different self-help techniques

  • Free app

“CBT Thought Record Diary”

  • Focusses on using cognitive behavioral therapy to target anxiety

  • Great for documenting emotions + identifying patterns

  • Free app

Depression Apps

 

“Happify”

  • Psychologist approved mood training program

  • Various games, activity suggestions, and gratitude prompts

  • Free app!

“Mood Tools”

  • Aims at helping people with clinical depression

  • Uses cognitive behavioral therapy, helpful videos, tracking moods, and develop a suicide safety plan

  • Free app!

“Talkspace Online Therapy”

  • Messaging app to talk to a trained professional as often as you would like

  • Great option for people who can’t afford a full time therapist

  • Messaging plans from $65- $99/week

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Apps

 

“nOCD”

  • Combination of mindfulness and exposure response prevention treatment

  • Receive immediate, clinically-guided help

  • Free app!

“Worry Watch”

  • Personal, password-protected journal

  • Helps identify trigger points, note trends, reflect on your actions + coping mechanisms

  • App costs $3.99

“GG OCD”

  • Helps recognizing negative thoughts

  • Takes users through various levels that consist of short games around a theme

  • Free app!

Mindfulness and Meditation Apps

 

“Headspace”

  • Award winning meditation app

  • Offers a variety of meditations for stress, anxiety, and more

  • $12.99/month or $9.99/year for students

“Calm”

  • Guided meditations, sleep stories, breathing programs, calming music, and more

  • “2017 Iphone App of the Year” by Apple

  • $12.99/month

“Insight Timer”

  • Playlists, sleep help, meditations, etc.

  • “Apps of the Year Winner” by TIME and Women’s Health

  • Free app!

 

“Sometimes asking for help is the bravest move you can make. You don’t have to do it alone.”

— Liz Lamoreux