14 apps to help manage anxiety and stress during the pandemic
Feb. 25, 2021
Need some support? There’s an app for that!
Georgian’s Mental Health and Well-being Committee recommends trying out one of these apps:
- AbilitiCBT: Practical, short-term program delivered online, that focuses on challenging and shifting unhelpful thinking and behaviours
- Aura: Manage your emotions and get restful sleep
- Calm: Helps with sleep, relaxation and meditation
- Buddhify: Free meditations for all kinds of moods
- Headspace: Mindfulness for everyday life
- HealthyMinds: Problem-solving tool to help deal with emotions and cope with stress
- Insight Timer: Assists with sleep, anxiety and stress; free library of guided meditations
- MindShift CBT: Uses scientifically-proven strategies to help you learn to relax and be mindful
- Moodfit: Boost your mood and get actionable insights on what brings you up or down
- nOCD: Helping people with OCD feel better every day: Includes video-based OCD therapy and in-between session support
- Sanvello: On-demand help for stress, anxiety and depression
- Theraheal: Based on your goals and needs, get a customize a treatment plan filled with exercises and meditations that are right for you.
- What’s Up?: Challenge your negative thinking patterns, cope with feelings, track habits and more
- Woebot: Reduce stress, discover patterns in your mood, and use tools designed by experts to stop negative thought patterns
Some of the apps are free, others offer memberships, free trials or in app purchases.
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This post was first published in March 2020 and updated in January 2021 and November 2022