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The ACT Coach app teaches users how to tolerate negative thoughts and feelings by virtually guiding them through awareness exercises. (Free; iOS)
We all need to de-stress and take a few deep breaths. Created by the National Center for Telehealth and Technology, this app teaches users how to do diaphragmatic breathing. (Free; iOS and Android)
This mood tracker and resource locator was designed by Emory University researchers to aid in suicide prevention. One great feature app, this app uses GPS to locate mental health care services nearby, to help aid in crisis. (Free; iOS and Android)
This app helps users assess their stress levels, practice mindfulness and relaxation skills, and connect their thoughts to feelings and behaviors. ($0.99; iOS)
If you’re a smoker, you know all about the health consequences. This app’s calculates how much money you save each time you don’t smoke. ($1.99; iOS)
SAM’s approach is to monitor anxious thoughts, track behavior over time, and use guided self-help exercises to discourage stress. (Free; iOS and Android)
Cultivating mindfulness can help improve your mood, lower stress, and help you feel more compassion toward yourself and the world. (Free; iOS and Android)
This app can teach you how to guide your thoughts. This is a proven technique to help reduce your thoughts and emotions. ($4.99; iOS)
Part personal journal and part mood tracker, IMoodJournal can be used to record everything from mood and symptoms, to sleep, medications, and energy cycles. ($2.99; iOS and Android).
PTSD Coach offers everything from a self-assessment for PTSD, to opportunities to find support, positive self-talk, and anger management. (Free; iOS and Android)
This app connects people with schizophrenia to their peers through a social network style interface. It also lets users track “challenge goals,” things they’d like to accomplish or improve about themselves. (Free; iOS and Android)
Ten Percent Happier has a library of 500+ guided meditations on topics ranging from anxiety and stress to parenting and sleep, as well as videos, bite-sized stories, and inspiration you can listen to on the go.($12.99/Month; iOS and Android)
Panic Relief is designed by a Danish psychiatrist and specialist in cognitive therapy to help in the midst of high anxiety or a panic attack. Through short animations, the app guides you through the sensations that accompany panic and helps you to stay calm during an attack. Cost: Free
Based on the best-selling book of the same name, Twenty-Four Hours a Day offers 366 meditations from the book, making it easier for people in recovery from addiction to focus on sobriety wherever they are. ($5.99 iOS and Android)
This app will help individuals with depression, anxiety disorders, anger management issues, etc. The skills taught include self-monitoring, identifying and changing unhealthy thought patterns, and engaging in mood-enhancing activities. (Under $4.99, no subscriber fee)
Targeted to help those with anxiety and mood disorders and stress, this app teaches deep breathing, behavioral exercises, excises and identifying cognitive distortions (negative thinking patterns), and learning how to replace them with positive thinking patterns. (Free)
Helps individuals track their emotional states and how they change over time for personal insight and accurate reporting to a mental health professional. (Free)
Depression CBT Self-Help Guide
Do you need help managing the blues or monitoring dips in your mood, learn about clinical depression and treatments. (Free; Android)
Want to kick negative thoughts, Happify’s positive mood-training program is psychologist approved. Its website links to bonus videos that are sure to make you smile. (Free; iOS)
This straightforward and easy to use stress management app is a great tool to help users re-think what’s stressing them out through a variety of on-screen prompts. (Free; iOS and Andriod)
If you suffer from PTSD symptoms, this 24-hour tool that’s linked directly with support services is a valuable thing to download. Techniques on how to lift your mood, shift your mindset to help reduce stress. (Free; iOS and Android)
Step Away offers tips on maintaining sobriety, encouragement, and strategies to avoid drinking during stressful times. (Free; iOS)
Talkspace allows you to text message with a trained professional everyday of the week and as many times as you desire ($25/week; iOS and Android)
This app enables users to track triggers related to their anxiety and much more. It can help lower your anxiety. Worry Watch is password protected to protect your thoughts in the diary feature. ($1.99; iOS)
Developed by a struggling teenager (and her teen brother) for teenagers. This app features a large, red button that can be activated to let close friends, family and their support network know help is needed.
You can use CBT Thought Record Diary to document negative emotions, analyze flaws in your thinking, and reevaluate your thoughts. (Free; iOS and Android)
Is a unique app as it not only allows you to track your meals and how you feel when you eat them. Pull up the Rise + Recover app on your mobile when you feel the urge to binge or skip a meal, and need quick coping strategies.
Calm provides people experiencing stress and anxiety with guided meditations, sleep stories, breathing programs, and relaxing music. This app is truly universal. ($12.99/Month; iOS and Android)
The app allows you to set personal goals, from eating healthier, to building more muscle and getting in more steps each day. Lifesum is a great option for anyone trying to live healthier. (Free; iOS and Android)
Rated one of the best self-care apps this app educates, motivates, and inspires you to achieve the goals you’ve set while tracking your progress. Cost: Free with membership options starting at $9.99/month up to $96.99/year
Best for Learning Coping Skills "Mood Mission recommends ‘missions’ based on how the user is feeling and each mission can improve mood and coping skills." (Free)
MoodTools is a self-help app targeting depression. It provides psychoeducation about risk factors and psychosocial approaches to treatment, a depression symptom questionnaire (PHQ-9), a thought diary, a suicide safety plan, and videos such as meditation guides. (Free)
"The Safe Place" Is a Minority Mental Health App geared towards the Black Community. African Americans are 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems than the rest of the general population.
This app is targeted to help individuals rate various symptoms of mood disorders to determine the impact it may have on their functioning. This app may help those with major depression, bipolar, anxiety disorders and PTSD quickly determine if they need to speak to their primary care physician about a possible mental health condition that needs treatment. (Free)
Mental Health Podcast
This Award winning podcast designed by Hypnotherapist Chel Hamilton features topics on guided meditation for anxiety, stress, sleep, and confidence.
CLEANING UP THE MENTAL MESS WITH DR. CAROLINE LEAF
Do some mental mind cleaning with Dr. Caroline Leaf, she is a cognitive neuroscientist, bestselling author and mental health and mind expert.
This Podcast was named one of the best podcasts three years in a row by The Atlantic. The New York Times calls it "a gift to be able to listen."
FIREFLIES UNITE PODCAST WITH KEA
T-Kea Blackman has had a difficult journey with mental health. She is a two-time suicide survivor who has decided to dedicate her life.
THE BLACK GIRL HEALING PROJECT
Join Holistic Nutritionist and Creative Arts Therapy Candidate, Jennifer Sterling, as she delivers a self-help podcast that explore topics of anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. There’s something for everyone.
The Award-winning psychotherapist Dr. Sheri Jacobson has sat on both sides of the therapist's chair. In this new podcast, she explores people's personal insights into therapy, mental health and wellbeing, tune in and enjoy.
The Nod podcast shares the stories and experiences of African Americans that “don’t get told anywhere else.
THE HILARIOUS WORLD OF DEPRESSION
As we know Clinical depression is one of the most common and yet most stigmatized mental health conditions. And not all forms of depression are created equal. Depression can take as many forms as there are people who have it. Tune in and educate yourself about this thing called “Depression”.
This podcast has it everything, The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly chat about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves. Tune in and enjoy!
THE BRAIN WARRIOR’S WAY PODCAST
This dynamic dual feature hosts Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen and they are changing the way we look at the brain and its direct connection to all things wellness.
Listen to these 3 friends explore all you need to know about mental health and mental wealth.
THE HARDCORE SELF HELP PODCAST WITH DUFF THE PSYCH
Duff the Pysch delivers “The Hardcore Self Help” weekly podcast that answers your questions about mental health without the psychobabble bullshit.
The OCD Stories podcast brings interviews and education. The OCD Stories is a show that offers hope and inspiration, tune in.
Like a lot of us who have dealt with mental and emotional trauma in our lives. Most people don’t feel comfortable or even safe talking about it out loud. Look no further this is the podcast for you.
Join podcast host Kelli Walker, registered nurse, Certified Health and Wellness Coach, and former agoraphobe for an anxiety adventure.
The Psych Central Podcast is an award-winning, weekly podcast that approaches psychology and mental health in a casual and accessible fashion, tune in and enjoy the conversation.
Hotlines & Call Centers
Available 24-hour helpline, this crisis call center gives you support for emotional distress and connects them with resources you can talk or text “ANSWER” to 839863 to connect.
The GLBT National Help Center’s massive list of resources for LGBTQ-friendly services and organizations near you.
Self-injury is known by many names, including self-abuse, cutting, self-mutilation, or deliberate self-harm. S.A.F.E. Alternatives is a nationally recognized group that provides counseling, treatment referrals, and resources if you need help. This toll-free 800 number is an information line, but hotline information is available on the S.A.F.E. website. Hotline available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
SAMHSA’s National Helpline: TTY: 1-800-487-4889
SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. Callers can also order free publications and other information.
Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center:
If you’ve been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, you will find the information you need about local resources and provide immediate over-the-phone counseling.
National Eating Disorder Association Helpline:
Need some help with information about eating disorders. Call a trained NEDA representative for information about eating disorders, treatment options, and referrals.
Boys Town National Hotline: 24/7
Boys Town National Hotline is a 24-hour crisis, resource and referral line staffed by highly-trained counselors who can respond to your questions about family and school problems, pregnancy, suicide, chemical dependency, sexual and physical abuse. They also have a chat room staffed with trained counselors.
National Crime Victim Helpline:
If you’ve been the victim of any type of crime, this toll-free, confidential help line can connect you with the resources that best address your current situation.
GLBT National Help Center for Youth
If you’re under 21 and looking to speak with a peer counselor who really understands issues related to gender or sexual identity, please call.
Online-therapy.com
Their program is based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Since the therapy is web-based, you may access our program from throughout the world.
They are a dedicated online-based team of consultant therapists, cognitive behavioral therapists, practitioners and support staff that collaboratively works to help people in need of emotional support. Check them out
For LGBTQ youth who need help with self-harm or thoughts of suicide. Available free of charge and will speak to a trained staffer ready to help you address your concerns. Text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200 to connect with a skilled support line responder.
Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous Nationwide Conference Call:
The conference call are modeled after AA, OCA’s conference calls and follow the basic format of a 12-step meeting. Visit the group’s website for times of calls and additional resources.
National Organization for Victim Assistance:
Whether you’re a victim or a witness to a crime (or even if you’re a criminal justice, NOVA’s hotline can help you.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline:
The suicide prevention hotline is available 24/7 to offer a compassionate ear—no matter what you’re dealing with.
National Sexual Assault Hotline:
This hotline can offer counsel and link you to resources that can help you navigate the trauma from a sexual assault.
Covenant House “NineLine” Hotline:
This is a general hotline for teens with any kind of problem – from substance abuse to family and school problems to relationships, The Covenant House’s expertise is in dealing with homeless and runaway youth.
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
If you or someone you know is a victim of Domestic Violence call this help line and you will reach trained domestic violence advocates are available to help those trapped in dangerous home situations 24/7.
Trans Lifeline Call: 24/7
Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders:
ANAD's national helpline if you need more info on eating disorders? Or looking for treatment for yourself, a friend, or a loved one this is the perfect resource.
GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project:
If you or someone you know identifies as LGBTQ and are a victim of Domestic violence or sexual assault, please call, it's free and confidential.
Addiction Support Groups
Many people suffer from food addictions and thankfully there are over 6,500 OA meetings across the globe. OA is designed in the 12-step spirit of AA.
WFS aims to promote women’s self-worth, personal responsibility, and problem-solving skills. Groups can be found in the U.S. and Canada. Ladies only, please.
SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders
For decades, people suffering from addiction and their families have turned to support groups for help. Addiction support groups range from 12-step programs to gender-specific groups. Please visit Addiction Center for more details.
According to American Addiction Centers, addiction is a complex, chronic, and often progressive mental health issue; however, it is treatable. The primary goals of addiction treatment are to help people stop using drugs and then maintain their sobriety in the long-term so that they may live healthier, happier lives. Please visit American Addition Centers for more information.
Check out SMART Recovery, “There’s Life Beyond Addiction” and SMART Recovery can help you get there. They offer mutual support meetings for free and is open to anyone seeking science-based, self-empowered addiction recovery.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Their mission is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health. What a wonderful resource to have.
Alcohol.org is A resource for Alcohol & Alcoholism Treatment and is brought to you by the specialists at American Addiction Centers (AAC), a leading provider of addiction treatment services nationwide.
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAAA They understand the impact of alcohol on human health and well-being, through supporting and conducting research.
If you have been trying to quit smoking and have been unsuccessful. Check out smoke free and learn about different tools to help you quit and how to use them.
This organization provides resources for men and women to learn how manage their behavior, gain insight into their impulses, and start their recovery through peer support with 12-step SAA meetings hosted across the globe.
Secular Organizations for Sobriety
An alternative to AA, this support network is for anyone seeking sobriety. Meetings are held across the U.S. and abroad.
National Eating Disorder Association of America
Did you know that The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders . NEDA is a pioneer in the education and treatment for eating disorders.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA)
Check out Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA). This organization offers relief from the symptoms of eating disorders and guidance on living in recovery.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, please check out GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS. This organization provides fellowship for men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.
Did you know that Narcotics Anonymous is a global, community-based organization with a multi-lingual and multicultural membership. They have been a staple in the community since 1953.
Another wonderful resource for addiction is Crystal Meth Anonymous. It is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, so they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from addiction to crystal meth. Love this statement “The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using”.
What a great organization Marijuana Anonymous. They use the basic 12 Steps of Recovery founded by Alcoholics Anonymous, because it has been proven that the 12 Step Recovery program works. Check out their resources.
They partner with families, professionals and other organizations to end addiction in this country. They use a public health approach, rooted in science and compassion. Recursos en Español
Websites, Online Support, and Forums
Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation
People with Body Dysmorphic Disorder have a damaging preoccupation with their appearance and an obsessive focus on their physical flaws.
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
This organization was founded in 1994 as an alliance to promote and maintain LGBTQ community centers.
This peer run chat group is the perfect online space to ask questions about BPD and its treatment.
An invaluable space for those struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder, this site has many links, grants and resources.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
From education about mental illness to updates on insurance coverage, NAMI offers a wide variety of resources.
National Eating Disorder Association of America
NEDA is a pioneer in the education and treatment for eating disorders.
What a great resource for teens and young adults with mental illness, this site offers an online outlet, check them out.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This government-sponsored resource is full of data, research insights, grants, and educational tools about substance dependencies and mood or behavioral issues.
Their program is based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Since the therapy is web-based, you may access our program from throughout the world. They are a dedicated online-based team of consultant therapists, cognitive behavioral therapists, practitioners and support staff that collaboratively works to help people in need of emotional support.
You will find a list of resources, alternative outlets, social support groups, and organizations to connect with when healing from the loss of a loved one.
A great resource for folks identifying all across the LGBTQ spectrum.
If the phone is not your thing, you can still access support through IM Alive’s virtual crisis chat. This organization is staffed by a network of trained and supervised peer volunteers around the country.
This will be your go-to site to educated yourself on what mental health disorders look like. You will find information on how to get help, support someone you love, or start a dialog about mental health in your community.
National Center for Victims of Crime
This impeccable resource enables victims of all types of crimes such as: ( bullying, physical abuse, stalking, and even terrorism) a great resource to have.
National Institute of Mental Health
This site is packed with educational tools designed to promote awareness and provide funding for research.
Stalking is an extremely serious and dangerous issue. The Stalking Resource Center can help with tips on developing a safety plan, this site should be the first stop for anyone in need of assistance.
This site, an endeavor sponsored by the Trevor Project, is an excellent safe haven to connect to other young gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, or queer people.
Other Support Groups
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
If you’ve lost someone you love to suicide, AFSP support groups will give you a place to discuss your feelings and manage grief in the company of others who get it.
CoDa meetings are modeled after AA’s 12 steps and seek to empower individuals to break free from self-destructive habits and develop healthier relationships.
AA,NA or CoDa are not the only organisations apply the 12-step model. So many individuals have trouble regulating negative thinking, self-esteem issues, loneliness, and other destructive feelings they have over 1,000 EA meetings worldwide.
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
PFLAG is your go-to resource for all things related to education, advocacy, and social outreach.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects millions of people across the globe. This organization offers support check out the listings on the International OCD Foundation’s website to find a group near you.
Their program is based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Since the therapy is web-based, you may access our program from throughout the world. They are a dedicated online-based team of consultant therapists, cognitive behavioral therapists, practitioners and support staff that collaboratively works to help people in need of emotional support.
Anxiety and Depression Association of America Support Groups
ADAA is a great resource and offers an extensive, list of free or affordable resources that cater to specific anxieties, phobias, and mood issues.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Another great resource this alliance offers over 700 national groups with peer support. It’s a judgment-free discussion zone and all groups are free.
Such a great resource for individuals who identify as GLBT. The GLBT National Resource Database offers over 1,000 support services for people of all genders, sexual orientations, races, and ages.
The Sidran Institute offers services for all kinds trauma and emotional suffering like PTSD, check out their wonderful resources.
At some point in our lives we will all deal with loss and grief. Heal Grief’s support services extend across the U.S. and can be found, organized by state.
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