The following apps and websites support self-help for a variety of wellness topics and communities. Please note that none are a substitute for a relationship with a professional counselor, and that none are associated with or endorsed by Lafayette College. Descriptions are taken from the resources themselves.
TogetherAll is an online, peer-to-peer mental health community, moderated by registered mental health professionals, that empowers students to anonymously seek and provide support. The resource offers a safe space to connect with others experiencing similar feelings 24/7, 365 days a year. Togetherall also offers many creative tools and a wide range of self-guided courses to help support your mental health and well-being. This service has been vetted by Lafayette College. Register for the service by visiting the Togetherall website.
7Cups is an app that connects users to peers or licensed online mental health professionals. The app allows users to chat with people 1-on-1, or join group chats to discuss any mental health-related topic. There are communities that users can join based on various needs for support, such as addiction support and anxiety support. There are also communities for young people of color (POC), hobbies, or for positivity and gratitude. 7Cups features a “Path” system that includes goal setting and psychoeducation about varying mental health conditions.
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Finch: Meet your new self care best friend! Finch is a self care pet app that helps you feel prepared and positive, one day at a time. Take care of your pet by taking care of yourself! Choose from a wide variety of self care exercises personalized for you.
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I Am: includes Daily affirmations to help rewire our brains, build self esteem and change negative thought patterns. Empower yourself by verbally affirming your dreams and ambitions. Choose from many daily intentions and set reminders to be delivered throughout the day.
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Woebot is grounded in clinical research and powered by AI. Woebot is easy to talk to and fits right into your life, whenever you want to chat. There’s no such thing as appointments or waiting rooms. Woebot gets to know you through quick conversations and check-ins, and suggests clinically-tested tools and tactics to try, if and when you’re ready. Currently free.
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The #LetsTalk app provides youth with an easy to use, and understandable resource for things pertaining to mental health and suicide prevention. Whether the user be the at risk person, or a friend or family member, through a custom app we can make sure the information they receive is accurate, pertinent, and provide additional resources such as safe spaces for those who might be in a vulnerable state.
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Happify: Learn how to boost your wellbeing with strategies from groundbreaking research in positive psychology, CBT, and mindfulness. Happify brings you tools and programs to help you take control of your feelings and thoughts. Free version is offered with an option for $14.95/month.
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Sanvello gives you clinically proven techniques based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma-related conditions, or whatever else you may be going through. Offers self-care, coaching, peer support and therapy.
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What’s up? A Mental Health App: This app uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy to help cope with Depression, Anxiety, Anger, and stress. Allows you to engage in activities and provides educational information to help get you through tough days. Free with option for in-app purchases.
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Mindshift CBT helps you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety. Interactive cognitive-based tools to help you reorient your thinking, and behavioral strategies to help you take action and make lasting positive change. A new feature, the Community forum, is a moderated forum to find and offer peer support.
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Breathwrk is a simple yet powerful way to alleviate stress and anxiety, fall asleep faster, energize yourself, or improve endurance. Learn and feel the power of breathing with guided exercises that are backed by science and research.
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Personal Zen is a scientifically validated app for reducing stress and anxiety by building positive habits of attention. Personal Zen is a science-based brain-training exercise created to reduce stress and anxiety within minutes and build resilience over time. Using a clinically validated algorithm, Personal Zen recharges our mental batteries by training our brains to focus on the positive instead of the negative. Free 30 day trial, then $2.99/month subscription.
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HappyNotPerfect works with 7 steps including self check in, breathing exercises, and a journaling activity to let go of your worries. A quick gratitude activity, a game, a compassion exercise or mini challenge, and finishes with you sending someone a positive vibe. The website also contains guides, experts and meditations to help you through almost any situation.
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Stanley-Brown Safety Plan is a list of coping strategies and social supports that people can use when they are in a suicidal crisis or very distressed. It helps them not act on their suicidal feelings. The plan is brief, is in the individuals’ own words, and is easy to read. It is an emergency plan for suicide crises and can be shared with others. Free.
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Root’d provides, quite literally, a virtual panic button. When experiencing a panic attack or and are in need of anxiety relief, answer a few questions, and Rootd will guide you through.
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eMoods help you manage your mood using an easy to track symptom data relating to Bipolar I and II disorders, Depression, PTSD, and Anxiety Disorders. Use the mood tracker and idiary for journaling, graphing, reporting, and managing symptoms.
Identify triggers and patterns to help prevent relapses, and enhance doctor’s visits with detailed data exports.
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MindDoc is a monitoring and self-management app for mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, eating disorders and stress. A simple mood tracker and a beautiful mood journal help you to stay on track with your thoughts and emotions. Free, offers in-app purchases.
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Worry Watch: The Habit Tracker is an app that helps users maintain an anxiety journal and thought diary through a simple, user-friendly interface. The unique app helps one to stop the habit of worrying and put anxiety & stress into perspective.
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PTSD Coach was designed for those who have, or may have, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This app provides you with education about PTSD, information about professional care, a self-assessment for PTSD, opportunities to find support, and tools that can help you manage the stresses of daily life with PTSD. Tools range from relaxation skills and positive self-talk to anger management and other common self-help strategies.
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Foundations is a mental wellness app designed to help users reduce the impact of mental health conditions. The app’s treatment is based in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness/Meditation, and Positive Psychology.
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RR: Eating Disorder Management is designed to aid recovery from eating disorders using techniques rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It is also intended for people with general eating, weight and shape concerns.
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Offtime is an app to help you disconnect and better manage your technology usage, To make mindfulness a practice, this app shows you smartphone usage, filters communication, and helps you stick to your screen time goals
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Headspace: Mindful Meditation contains a library of over 500 meditations covering a variety of areas: stress, anxiety, self-compassion, and more. There are also workouts to help you relieve tension, yoga exercises and music recommendations to relax your mind and body. Free trial, then cost associated.
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Insight Timer: Meditation App offers guided meditations, sleep music tracks, and talks led meditation and mindfulness experts. The Insight Timer helps calm the mind, reduce anxiety, manage stress, and sleep deeply. Free.
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Strides Habit Tracker is a goal setting and daily routine app that is user-friendly and simple to use. The flexible app allows users to track all of their goals and habits, good and bad, in one place. It has a built-in reminder system that holds one accountable and charts to keep them motivated.
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Five Minute Journal uses principles of positive psychology to make you happier in 5 minutes a day with the guided gratitude journaling format. Free with optional premium features Download for iOS
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Cove: Music for Mental Health is an app that uses music to help express your feelings and emotions. Cove was designed to enable everyone to express and capture a mood or emotion. It primarily uses music instead of words to express a feeling or mood, and so may be helpful in conjunction with talking therapies and counseling. Free.
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Grateful: A Gratitude Journal is an app that makes giving thanks joyful and easy. Use their prompt, or write on your own. Free.
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Nomo – Sobriety Clocks is a simple clock that can track the number of days you’ve been sober/clean/etc… You can create as many clocks as you need for any hurts, habits, or hang ups. Your clocks are completely private by default and will count those days for you. If you’re looking for something more,Nomo has tons of optional features like an encouragement wall from the community, accountability partner searching, clock sharing, private messaging with partners, milestone awards, journaling, and little games/exercises to help you refocus when you’re tempted. Free with in-app purchase options.
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SuperBetter is a game intended to help people improve their physical, mental, emotional, and social resilience. It is designed to serve people with multiple forms of goals, and can be configured to include additional activities related to nutrition, mental resilience, exercise, and social connection. Free.
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