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:

1. AbilitiCBT: Practical, short-term program delivered online, that focuses on challenging and shifting unhelpful thinking and behaviours
2. Aura: Manage your emotions and get restful sleep
3. Calm: Helps with sleep, relaxation and meditation
4. Buddhify: Free meditations for all kinds of moods
5. Headspace: Mindfulness for everyday life
6. HealthyMinds: Problem-solving tool to help deal with emotions and cope with stress
7. Insight Timer: Assists with sleep, anxiety and stress; free library of guided meditations
8. MindShift CBT: Uses scientifically-proven strategies to help you learn to relax and be mindful
9. Moodfit: Boost your mood and get actionable insights on what brings you up or down
10. nOCD: Helping people with OCD feel better every day: Includes video-based OCD therapy and in-between session support
11. Sanvello: On-demand help for stress, anxiety and depression
12. Theraheal: Based on your goals and needs, get a customize a treatment plan filled with exercises and meditations that are right for you.
13. What’s Up?: Challenge your negative thinking patterns, cope with feelings, track habits and more
14. Woebot: Reduce stress, discover patterns in your mood, and use tools designed by experts to stop negative thought patterns

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This post was first published in March 2020 and updated in January 2021 and November 2022