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988 Lifeline - Nationwide number for suicide and crisis. Offers 24/7, free, confidential support for anyone in suicidal crisis or experiencing mental health or substance use distress.
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
Childhelp Hotline - Offers free, confidential, 24/7 support, crisis intervention, and resources for children, youth, and adults affected by or concerned about child abuse, neglect, and other crises.
Deaf Crisis Line - Available across the US, 24/7, 365 days a year. Callers who are deaf, hard of hearing, and ASL users regardless of fluency level of any age may use this resources.
Graduate Students - National, free, and confidential hotline specifically designed for graduate students. They provide 24/7 support, mental health counseling, and crisis intervention.
My Safety Plan - Anyone can benefit from a safety plan. Building a safety plan can help you feel supported. Safety plans are created to be used when in a crisis. Having it written down and planned means you don’t have to plan when the crisis is happening.
National Domestic Violence Hotline - Offers support to those impacted by all relationship abuse 24/7 confidentially.
National Human Trafficking Hotline - Trained Anti-Trafficking Hotline Advocates and supervisory staff provide assistance to victims in crisis through safety planning, emotional support and/or immediate connections to emergency services.
Trans Lifeline - Peer support phone service ran by trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.
Trevor Project - Leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention non-profit organization for LGBTQ+ young people.
RAINN - RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the US. They provide confidential support, prevention program, and resources to survivors and their loved ones.
Stronghearts Native Helpline - 24/7 safe, confidential and anonymous domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans and Alaska Natives, offering support and advocacy.
Veterans Crisis Line - Free, confidential, 24/7 support service for all US Veterans, service members, National Guard, Reserve members, and their families.
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eBodyGuard - Designed to keep you safe wherever you are with secure evidence collection, direct connection to emergency services, and the highest data privacy available.
myPlan - Helps with safety if you, or someone you care about, may be experiencing abuse in an intimate relationship.
Virtual Hope Box - From the VA. Contains simple tools to help with coping, relaxation, distraction, and positive thinking using personalized audio, video, pictures, games, mindfulness exercises, activity planning, inspirational quotes and coping statements.
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ADDitude: You Can’t Train Away ADHD Executive Dysfunction
Attention Deficit Disorder Association: ADHD in Women - Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment
Attention Deficit Disorder Association: A Guide for Men with ADHD (and Their Loved Ones)
Attention Deficit Disorder Association: What is ADHD?
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Their mission is to empower all people affected by ADHD through evidence-based resources and education, unparalleled support, community connections, and steadfast advocacy.
Mental Health America: ADHD and ADD
Mental Health America: Life with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Mental Health America: Working from home with ADHD
TOOLS
Freedom - Website and app blocker. Working distraction-free helps break the habit of checking whatever digital source is beckoning. The more you experience Freedom time, the more you’ll find it indispensable.
Pomofocus Timer - This is a customizable pomodoro timer that works on desktop and mobile browsers. The aim of the app is to help you focus on any task you are working on.
APPS
Mindly - Helps you effortlessly capture thoughts, discover meaningful connections, and maintain razor-sharp focus.
Remember the milk - Smart to-do app for busy people. It’s fast and easy to add tasks with dates, priority, repeat, tags, and more. Get reminded by email, text, IM, Twitter, and mobile apps.
ThinkDivergent - Body doubling app. Body doubling helps each other get stuff done together. Connect with a fellow human anytime, anywhere, within a few minutes, and share 25 minute goals.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Sharewell - Join live online support groups for 150+ topics. Get the support you need through human connection, no pressure to share immediately, moderated for safety, and leave feeling lighter.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Anxiety & Depression Association of America - Leading non-profit organization focused on improving the lives of those with anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and related disorders.
National Institute of Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders
National Institute of Mental Health: Generalized Anxiety Disorder - What You Need to Know
Anxiety & Depression Association of America: Anxiety Myths vs Reality
Anxiety & Depression Association of America: How to Deal with Stress and Anxiety
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Anxiety - Feeling tense, stressed, and worried at certain times when under pressure is a normal human response. Everybody feels anxious from time to time. Anxiety becomes a problem when it is intense and prolonged, and when it starts to get in the way of day-to-day functioning. Here you can find some general information sheets and worksheets for dealing with anxiety.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Health Anxiety - Health anxiety is problematic when it is excessive, out of proportion to the realistic chances of having a serious problem, persists despite negative tests and reassurance from health professionals, leads to excessive unhelpful behaviors such as body-checking and medical test-seeking, and causes you significant distress or impacts on your functioning. Health anxiety can exist in people who are “healthy”, in people who are experiencing real yet unexplained medical symptoms, and in people who have an existing and diagnosed medical condition. Here you can find a workbook and information sheets regarding health anxiety.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Panic - Many people experience some mild sensations when they feel anxious about something, but a panic attack is much more intense than usual. A panic attack can be very frightening and you may feel a strong desire to escape the situation or to seek emergency assistance. Here you can find a workbook, worksheets, and information sheets about panic.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Social Anxiety - Almost everyone gets a little anxious or embarrassed in front of other people now and then, though some of us are more shy than others. Sometimes, though, the anxiety can be so intense that it stops us from doing the things we enjoy, or starts interfering in our daily lives. Social anxiety is used to describe feelings of anxiety and fear that occur in response to social situations. Here you can find a workbook, worksheets, and information sheets regarding Social Anxiety.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Tolerating Distress - We may not like it, but experiencing uncomfortable emotions is a natural part of life. However, there is a difference between disliking unpleasant emotions and experiencing unpleasant emotions as unbearable and needing to get rid of them. Being intolerant of experiencing emotional discomfort can interfere with living a fulfilling life, and can escalate any emotional discomfort we might be experiencing. Here you can find a workbook and information sheets regarding Distress Tolerance.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Worry and Rumination - Normal anxiety can become a problem when it is excessive, feels uncontrollable, is experienced as intrusive in your life, is persistent (seeming to always be around), and causes you significant distress, or impairs your ability to go about your day-to-day life. Here you can find a workbook, worksheets, and information sheets about Generalized Anxiety and Worry.
National Institute of Mental Health: I’m So Stressed Out! Is it stress or anxiety?
National Institute of Mental Health: Panic Disorder - What You Need to Know
National Institute of Mental Health: Social Anxiety Disorder - What You Need to Know
SUPPORT GROUPS
Anxiety & Depression Association of America: Anxiety and Depression Support Group - Provides support to individuals, their friends, family, and colleagues who suffer from anxiety and depressive disorders.
Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center: Online Support Groups - All groups are led by trained facilitators and open to alumni, families, and community members. Provides the opportunity to connect with people who truly understand, can offer validation, new perspectives, and a reminder that you’re not alone.
Sharewell - Join live online support groups for 150+ topics. Get the support you need through human connection, no pressure to share immediately, moderated for safety, and leave feeling lighter.
APPS
Breathe2Relax - From the VA. Trains you on the “belly breathing” technique that has proven to benefit your overall mental health.
Dare App - An evidence based training program designed to help people overcome anxiety, panic attacks, worry, and insomnia. Take the app with you wherever you go. Almost every anxious situation is addressed.
How We Feel - How We Feel is a free journal for your well-being created by scientists, designers, engineers, and psychologists. Over time, you will learn precise words to describe how you feel, spot trends and patterns, and practice simple strategies to regulate your emotions in healthy ways.
medito - Experience the power of meditation with Medito. Their app offers guided meditations, sleep stories, and mindfulness exercises to help you reduce stress, improve focus, and find inner peace.
What’s Up? - Utilizes some of the best CBT and ACT methods to help you cope with depression, anxiety, anger, stress and more.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Centre for Clinical Interventions (Assertiveness) - Assertiveness means expressing your point of view in a way that is clear and direct, while still respecting others. Communicating in an assertive manner can help you to minimize conflict, to control anger, to have your needs better met, and to have more positive relationships with friends, family and others. Here you can find a workbook regarding assertiveness.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Communication Styles
The Wellness Society: Poor & Effective Communication Habits
therapistaid: Active Listening - The Active Listening worksheet breaks the communication skill into three steps: show you’re listening, encourage sharing, and strive to understand. The worksheet describes skills for each step, such as using verbal and nonverbal cues and asking open-ended questions.
therapistaid: Fair Fighting Rules - Fair fighting rules are the “rules of engagement” for disagreements. Instead of toxic habits like using personal attacks or stonewalling, fair fighting rules teach couples how to handle arguments safely and productively when they arise.
therapistaid: “I” Statements - A good “I” statement takes responsibility for one’s own feelings, while tactfully describing a problem.
therapistaid: Passive, Aggressive, and Assertive Communication - Communication skills are an essential foundation for any type of work with couples and families, and assertive communication is a great place to start. Everyone uses each of the communication styles from time-to-time, but many people tend to lean on one more heavily. The Passive, Aggressive, and Assertive Communication worksheet gives an overview of each communication style, along with tips to help you recognize each one.
therapistaid: Soft Startups - A soft startup sets a positive tone and helps resolve conflict. By starting a conversation calmly and respectfully, you and your partner are more likely to focus on the problem, rather than who’s to blame. The Soft Startups worksheet introduces this technique and describes how to use it to begin a productive conversation.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Here you will find some of Steven Hayes’, PhD best advice on learning to deal with difficult emotions, overcoming painful thoughts, and living life true to your goals and values.
Choosingtherapy.com - Free therapy worksheets.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Free downloadable pamphlets that are easy to understand and can help you learn about what CBT treatment entails.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy - A free course for taking control of your thoughts, emotions, and relationships. 40+ lessons with guides, videos, and worksheets.
DIY Mental Health Tools - Interactive self-help activities for improving your mental health: apps worksheets and more from Mental Health America.
Therapistaid.com - Provides resources that are simple, research-informed, and genuinely useful. Includes worksheets, audio, video, guides, and more.
To Write Love on Her Arms: Mental Health Toolkit - This offers accessible and introductory mental health exercises tailored specifically for you.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Anxiety & Depression Association of America - Leading non-profit organization focused on improving the lives of those with anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and related disorders.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Depression - Depression is considered to be a disorder of mood. Individuals who are depressed, describe low mood that has persisted for longer than two weeks. Here you can find information sheets, a workbook, and worksheets for depression.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Tolerating Distress - We may not like it, but experiencing uncomfortable emotions is a natural part of life. However, there is a difference between disliking unpleasant emotions and experiencing unpleasant emotions as unbearable and needing to get rid of them. Being intolerant of experiencing emotional discomfort can interfere with living a fulfilling life, and can escalate any emotional discomfort we might be experiencing. Here you can find a workbook and information sheets regarding Distress Tolerance.
Deconstructing Stigma: Beyond the Baby Blues - Addressing Postpartum Depression
Deconstructing Stigma: More Than Sadness - A Deep Dive Into Depression
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - Leading national organization focused on depression and Bipolar Disorder. Provides peer-led support, trusted resources, and wellness tools for individuals with mood disorders - as well as their family members, friends, parents, and caregivers.
National Institute of Mental Health: What is Depression?
National Institute of Mental Health: Depression in Women - 4 Things to Know
National Institute of Mental Health: Understanding the Link Between Chronic Disease and Depression
SUPPORT GROUPS
Anxiety & Depression Association of America: Major Depressive Disorder Support - This is a safe space for those affected by major depressive disorder to share and talk with others who truly understand.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - Online support groups that offer people living with depression or bipolar disorder a safe, welcoming space to share experiences, discuss coping strategies, and support one another with hope.
Sharewell - Join live online support groups for 150+ topics. Get the support you need through human connection, no pressure to share immediately, moderated for safety, and leave feeling lighter.
APPS
Breathe2Relax - From the VA. Trains you on the “belly breathing” technique that has proven to benefit your overall mental health.
How We Feel - How We Feel is a free journal for your well-being created by scientists, designers, engineers, and psychologists. Over time, you will learn precise words to describe how you feel, spot trends and patterns, and practice simple strategies to regulate your emotions in healthy ways.
medito - Experience the power of meditation with Medito. Their app offers guided meditations, sleep stories, and mindfulness exercises to help you reduce stress, improve focus, and find inner peace.
Sharewell - Join live online support groups for 150+ topics. Get the support you need through human connection, no pressure to share immediately, moderated for safety, and leave feeling lighter.
What’s Up? - Utilizes some of the best CBT and ACT methods to help you cope with depression, anxiety, anger, stress and more.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Deconstructing Stigma: Understanding Grief
First Candle: Surviving the Sudden Death of a Baby
HelpGuide.org: Coping with Grief and Loss
Mental Health America: Bereavement and Grief
RESOURCES
Bereavement and Grief Self-Help Guide - This guide aims to help you understand the experience of grief, cope with the effects of grief, and decide if you need further help coping with your grief.
APPS
Actively Moving Forward - Provides supportive tools, resources, daily supportive quotes of inspiration, readings, and videos. There are direct messaging and group chats with community members available.
Grief Refuge - Your daily companion to help navigate the grief journey. It has 7 features that include daily grief meditations and reflections and helps you cope with loss and feel supported throughout the journey.
SUPPORT GROUPS/HOTLINES
CancerCare - Online support groups to those currently diagnosed with cancer, people who recently completed cancer treatment, caregivers or the bereaved.
CVMA Pet Loss Helpline - Trained volunteers retrieve messages from the grieving and then call to offer support by active listening as well as providing printed materials and referrals when needed.
First Candle Grief Line - Grief counseling for a family member in need following the death of an infant, offering one-on-one support and access to materials and local support services.
First Candle Support Groups - Peer-to-peer online support groups that are a safe and supportive place for individuals and their families to share information and experiences surrounding pregnancy and infant loss.
Grief in Common - Their forums are filled with grievers supporting one another through sharing their stories. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
GriefShare - This is a support that is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief.
Rachel’s Gift - They offer several support groups that are led by caring, qualified counselors and social workers. They are designed for families enduring miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death.
handtohold - They offer online support group for bereaved.
Soaring Spirits International: Widowed Village - Virtual community that offers access to widowed peers, research-informed resources, and opportunities for connecting with and learning from other people who understand the life-altering experience of widowhood.
The Compassionate Friends - Encourages connecting and sharing among parents, grandparents, and siblings (18+) grieving the death of a child. The rooms supply support, encouragement, and friendship.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Mental Health America: Exploring and Affirming Your Gender
Mental Health America: Intersex Identities and Mental Health
Mental Health America: Transgender+ Communities and Mental Health
Mental Health America: What Does Gender Dysphoria Feel Like?
Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity - This organization works to support, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ Muslims.
sage: National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging - The first US technical assistance center focused on improving services for LGBTQ+ older adults, their families, and caregivers.
APPS
Call Blackline App - Provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences of those most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.
SUPPORT GROUPS/CHAT
lgbt national help center: 1-on-1 Online Peer Support Chat - Provides a confidential space where you can connect with a trained LGBTQIA+ peer support volunteer. They discuss many different issues and concerns including, but not limited to, coming out issues, gender and/or sexuality identities, relationship concerns, bullying, workplace issues, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer-sex information, suicide, and much more.
PFLAG Connects: Communities - Meetings cater primarily to family members of LGBTQ+ people, and also welcome members of the LGBTQ+ community.
HOTLINES
Call Blackline - Provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences of those most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.
DESI LGBTQ+ Helpline for South Asians - They can help with questions on gender, identity, coming out, dealing with family, culture, faith, finding community in your area, supporting a friend or family member, listening as you work through things, and connecting you to other resources.
inara - This is a line for LGBTQ+ and questioning Muslims to talk about any topic: sorrow, joy, coming out, finding community, trauma, crisis and more.
lgbtq national help center: LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline - While we never tell someone whether they should come out, we are here with you to think about those big decisions and to provide the care and safe space you deserve.
lgbt national help center: LGBT National Senior Hotline - We provide a confidential safe space where callers of any age can speak about sexual orientation/gender identity/expression issues.
Trans Lifeline - Peer support phone service ran by trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.
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Deconstructing Stigma: Beyond the Baby Blues - Addressing Postpartum Depression
Every Stage Health: 5 Reasons Why You Need a Postpartum Support Network
handtohold: Bereaved Families - Offers compassionate support and connects you with others who understand your unique grief. Access tailored grief support resources to help you navigate this difficult journey.
handtohold: NICU - From high-risk pregnancy through the journey home after the NICU, find support groups, free counseling, educational resources and more.
National Alliance on Mental Illness: Mental Health During Pregnancy
National Alliance on Mental Illness: Major Depressive Disorder with Peripartum Onset
Postpartum Support International: Perinatal Mental Health - Signs, Symptoms and Treatment
SUPPORT GROUPS/HOTLINES
1-833-852-6262: 24/7 Free confidential support for pregnant and new moms.
handtohold - They offer online support groups such as high-risk pregnancy, love & love for bereaved parents, NICU families support group, etc.
PSI Helpline - Toll free telephone number anyone can call to get basic information, support, and resources. This is not a crisis hotline and does not handle emergencies.
themotherhoodcenter - Offers a variety of virtual groups. Each group is facilitated by a licensed perinatal therapist. They are a safe, confidential, judgment-free space where new and expecting mothers and birthing people can talk about the hard parts of pregnancy and motherhood.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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ACT Coach - From the VA. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy aims to help you live with unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and impulses without avoiding them or being controlled by them. It offers exercises, tools, information, and tracking logs so you can practice what you’re learning in daily life.
Breathe2Relax - From the VA. Trains you on the “belly breathing” technique that has proven to benefit your overall mental health.
CBT-i Coach - From the VA. This app will guide you through the process of learning about sleep, developing positive sleep routines, and improving sleep environments. It providers a structured program that teaches strategies proven to improve sleep and help alleviate symptoms of insomnia.
Dare App - An evidence based training program designed to help people overcome anxiety, panic attacks, worry, and insomnia. Take the app with you wherever you go. Almost every anxious situation is addressed.
DBT Coach - Learn, practice and track your DBT skills. Learn DBT skills with user-friendly videos, diary entries, exercises, reminders, affirmations, and animations. There are 100+ video lessons and 200+ animations.
Happify - Whether you’re feeling sad, anxious, or stressed, Happify brings you effective tools and programs to help you take control of your thoughts and feelings.
Hazelden Meditation Apps - Recovery is a daily practice, and some days are bound to be more challenging than others. These apps you anytime-anywhere access to inspiration and support.
How We Feel - How We Feel is a free journal for your well-being created by scientists, designers, engineers, and psychologists. Over time, you will learn precise words to describe how you feel, spot trends and patterns, and practice simple strategies to regulate your emotions in healthy ways.
Insight Timer - World’s largest library of free guided meditations with 310,000 tracks from psychologists, spiritual leaders, and mindfulness teachers.
Insomnia Coach - From the VA. Was created to help manage insomnia. This app is based upon scientific research about how people can change their behaviors and thoughts to improve their sleep.
IntelliCare Plus - Empowers you to take control of your own mental health. Provides activities that focuses on a different skill and can teach you how to anticipate and cope with stress, increase gratitude, challenge harmful thinking, engage in more activities, and much more!
Mindfulness Coach - From the VA. Designed to help others learn how to practice mindfulness through gradual, self-guide training programs designed to help you adopt a simple mindfulness.
Mindshift CBT - Evidence-based mobile app that is designed to empower you with CBT strategies, personalized tools, and a supportive community.
My Possible Self - This app has been clinically proven to improve the mental health and wellbeing of people living with stress, anxiety, and low mood. After completing an on-boarding questionnaire the app will suggest modules and activities that help you tackle these areas.
Pausa - An app that helps reduce anxiety and create space to breathe mindfully. Find breathing exercises to manage anxiety, stress and depression in your day.
PTSD Coach - From the VA. Can help you learn about and manage symptoms that often occur after trauma. Provides tools for screening, tracking your symptoms, easy to use tools to handle stress symptoms, and is always with you when you need it.
rootd - Activate the Rootr with the press of a big red button. The Rootr will help you either face a panic attack head-on, or find comfort as quickly as possible. Learn changes you can make in the short term that provide relief, manage heightened anxiety, and instill a calm mind.
SELF: Self Esteem & Self Love (Android) - SELF is your daily companion for personal growth, wellness, and positive mindset. With daily affirmations, breathing exercises, and strong self-help practices, you can boost your confidence, improve your self-esteem, and take charge of your mental health every single day.
Self-help App for the Mind - SAM is a non-profit, community based wellbeing app to help you monitor and manage your mental health, with self-help techniques to help with anxiety, depression, loneliness and coping.
Sharewell - Join live online support groups for 150+ topics. Get the support you need through human connection, no pressure to share immediately, moderated for safety, and leave feeling lighter.
SMART Recovery - Support resources can make all the difference in maintaining a balanced, healthy lifestyle, especially when you’re on a journey toward recovery. Designed to offer the tools, support, and resources you need. Provides a portable toolkit to support your recovery efforts.
Smiling Mind - The Smiling Mind App is designed to empower you with the skills you need to build and maintain mental wellbeing through their Mental Fitness Model.
The Hopeful - Daily use self care app created by To Write Love on Her Arms. It features encouragement, journaling, and mood tracking.
UCLA Mindful - This is an easy to use app where you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime. It can help manage stress-related physical conditions, reduce anxiety and depression, cultivate positive emotions, and help improve overall physical health and well-being.
What’s Up? - Utilizes some of the best CBT and ACT methods to help you cope with depression, anxiety, anger, stress and more.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Chris Germer: Free Guided Meditations
medito - Experience the power of meditation with Medito. Their app offers guided meditations, sleep stories, and mindfulness exercises to help you reduce stress, improve focus, and find inner peace.
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Anxiety & Depression Association of America - Leading non-profit organization focused on improving the lives of those with anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and related disorders.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Tolerating Distress - We may not like it, but experiencing uncomfortable emotions is a natural part of life. However, there is a difference between disliking unpleasant emotions and experiencing unpleasant emotions as unbearable and needing to get rid of them. Being intolerant of experiencing emotional discomfort can interfere with living a fulfilling life, and can escalate any emotional discomfort we might be experiencing. Here you can find a workbook and information sheets regarding Distress Tolerance.
Cleveland Clinic: Complex Post-traumatic stress disorder
Cleveland Clinic: Post-traumatic stress disorder
PTSD: National Center for PTSD
APPS
ACT Coach - From the VA. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy aims to help you live with unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and impulses without avoiding them or being controlled by them. It offers exercises, tools, information, and tracking logs so you can practice what you’re learning in daily life.
Breathe2Relax - From the VA. Trains you on the “belly breathing” technique that has proven to benefit your overall mental health.
PTSD Coach - From the VA. Can help you learn about and manage symptoms that often occur after trauma. Provides tools for screening, tracking your symptoms, easy to use tools to handle stress symptoms, and is always with you when you need it.
PTSD Family Coach - From the VA. For Family members of those living with PTSD. The app provides extensive information about PTSD, how to take care of yourself, how to take care of your relationship with your loved one or with children, and how to help your loved one get treatment.
rootd - Activate the Rootr with the press of a big red button. The Rootr will help you either face a panic attack head-on, or find comfort as quickly as possible. Learn changes you can make in the short term that provide relief, manage heightened anxiety, and instill a calm mind.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Anxiety & Depression Association of America: PTSD Support - This is a safe space for those affected by PTSD to share and talk with others who truly understand.
Sharewell - Join live online support groups for 150+ topics. Get the support you need through human connection, no pressure to share immediately, moderated for safety, and leave feeling lighter.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Centre for Clinical Compassion: Appearance Concerns: It is normal to feel dissatisfied with your appearance from time to time. However, if you are too concerned about your appearance it can have a big impact on your life in many ways, such as your mood, how you socialize and how you take part in activities like work, study or hobbies. It can also add to financial stress, as trying to change your appearance can be very expensive. The good news is that you can learn to accept your appearance as it is and to lessen the influence your appearance concerns have on your life. Here you can find a workbook regarding appearance concerns.
Centre for Clinical Compassion: Perfectionism - Although there’s no perfect definition, we understand perfectionism to involve three things: Firstly, the relentless striving for extremely high standards for yourself and/or others that are personally demanding. Secondly, judging your self-worth based largely on your ability to strive for and achieve such unrelenting standards. Thirdly, experiencing negative consequences of setting such demanding standards, yet continuing to go for them despite the huge cost to you. Here you can find a workbook and information sheets regarding Perfectionism.
Centre for Clinical Compassion: Self-Compassion - Self-compassion involves being aware of our own pain and suffering, and understanding that this is a hard, but normal human experience. Directing feelings of kindness and care towards ourselves, and focusing our attention and energy on how we might alleviate our pain, are also crucial components of self-compassion. Self-compassion can bring great benefits for our mental health and well-being. Particularly, self-compassion can activate our soothe system, which calms the threat and drive systems. Our threat and drive systems tend to be overactive for many of us much of the time, and responsible for the difficult emotions we may be struggling with (e.g., anxiety, anger, depression). The opposite of self-compassion is self-criticism. This very negative thinking style often links to difficult emotions and mental health problems. Those who are highly self-critical particularly need to develop the ability to relate to themselves in a compassionate way. Here you can find a workbook and information sheets regarding building self-compassion.
Centre for Clinical Interventions: Self-Esteem - Low self-esteem is having a generally negative overall opinion of oneself, judging or evaluating oneself negatively, and placing a general negative value on oneself as a person. People with low self-esteem usually have deep-seated, basic, negative beliefs about themselves and the kind of person they are. Here you can find a workbook, information sheets, and worksheets regarding Self-Esteem.
Deconstructing Stigma: Self-Kindness Is Not Selfish It’s Compassion in Action - Being kind to yourself isn’t self-indulgent—it’s an evidence-based way to feel better and connect more deeply with others.
APPS
Fabulous - Fabulous is an award-winning self-care coaching app that harnesses the power and wisdom of behavioral science to help you develop lasting healthy habits. You’ll learn how to create meaningful daily rituals and stack habits to create routines that guide you towards achieving all your goals.
SELF: Self Esteem & Self Love (Android) - SELF is your daily companion for personal growth, wellness, and positive mindset. With daily affirmations, breathing exercises, and strong self-help practices, you can boost your confidence, improve your self-esteem, and take charge of your mental health every single day.
thinkup: Daily Affirmations - Manifest positivity and self love through daily affirmations and ‘I am’ mantras. Create a personalized affirmation loop in your own voice!
Unique: Self Love & Self Care - Unique is designed for everyone—whether you're working on building confidence, recovering from self-doubt, or just need a reminder of your worth. It’s the perfect tool to support emotional well-being, mindfulness, and a healthy self-image. You’ll find comfort in knowing there’s a place to go when you need uplifting words or a boost of positivity.
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Centre for Clinical Interventions: Tolerating Distress - We may not like it, but experiencing uncomfortable emotions is a natural part of life. However, there is a difference between disliking unpleasant emotions and experiencing unpleasant emotions as unbearable and needing to get rid of them. Being intolerant of experiencing emotional discomfort can interfere with living a fulfilling life, and can escalate any emotional discomfort we might be experiencing. Here you can find a workbook and information sheets regarding Distress Tolerance.
Crisis Text Line: How to Cope with Self-Harm
Mind: Helping Yourself if you Self-Harm
National Alliance on Mental Illness: Self-Harm
Now Matters Now: Learn Skills - They utilize five choices to build meaningful lives and reduce pain.
Trevor Project: Support for LGBTQ+ Self-Harm Recovery
SUPPORT GROUPS
Now Matters Now: Join a Meeting - Anyone who wants to find more peace or fulfillment in life. Some of us struggle with suicidal thoughts, substance use, or impulsive behaviors. Some of us struggle with intense emotions, burnout, or general stress. We all have experienced suffering. And we all want to help one another get out of suffering. We believe that healing happens in community. We’re doing our best to create that community.
Self-Injury Recovery & Awareness (SIRA): Support Groups
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Centre for Clinical Interventions: Tolerating Distress - We may not like it, but experiencing uncomfortable emotions is a natural part of life. However, there is a difference between disliking unpleasant emotions and experiencing unpleasant emotions as unbearable and needing to get rid of them. Being intolerant of experiencing emotional discomfort can interfere with living a fulfilling life, and can escalate any emotional discomfort we might be experiencing. Here you can find a workbook and information sheets regarding Distress Tolerance.
Cleveland Clinic: Alcohol Use Disorder
Cleveland Clinic: Cannabis Use Disorder
Cleveland Clinic: Opioid Use Disorder
Cleveland Clinic: Substance Use Disorder
Mental Health America: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
SUPPORT GROUPS/HOTLINES
Now Matters Now: Join a Meeting - Anyone who wants to find more peace or fulfillment in life. Some of us struggle with suicidal thoughts, substance use, or impulsive behaviors. Some of us struggle with intense emotions, burnout, or general stress. We all have experienced suffering. And we all want to help one another get out of suffering. We believe that healing happens in community. We’re doing our best to create that community.
SAMHSA’s National Helpline - Confidential, free, 24/7 information service for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to treatment, support groups, and community-based organizations.
SMART Recovery - SMART Recovery is the leading, evidence-informed approach to overcoming addictive behaviors and leading a balanced life. SMART is stigma-free and emphasizes self-empowerment.
FAMILY RESOURCES
Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families - For people who want to health their relationship with themselves when they have grown up with families or origin affected by dysfunction and/or substance abuse.
Al-Anon - For people who worried about someone with a drinking problem. Family members have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of others who have faced similar problems.
Alateen - A place for teens affected by someone else’s alcoholism. This is a place to share experiences, strength, and hope with each other to find effective ways to cope with problems.
APPS
SMART Recovery - In today's fast-paced world, having instant access to support resources can make all the difference in maintaining a balanced, healthy lifestyle, especially when you're on a journey toward recovery. SMART Recovery presents its innovative mobile app, designed to offer the tools, support, and resources you need right at your fingertips. Available for both iOS and Android devices, the SMART Recovery app is your on-the-go companion for a resilient, self-directed life.
CRISIS
Crisis Text Line - Provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support via text message, connecting people in crisis with trained volunteer Crisis Counselors who use active listening and empathy to help them move from a "hot moment to a cool calm," offering support for issues like anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
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Warmlines can be utilized when life feels overwhelming even when you are not in crisis. They are telephone support services to fill the gap between everyday stress and true crisis.
MICHIGAN
Michigan Peer Warmline - Statewide warmline for Michigan residents with persistent mental health and/or substance use conditions. They provide support for those who lack social connectedness and may now have increased anxiety and feelings of severe isolation.
MISSOURI
Central Missouri - Peer-run listening service that provides non-crisis supportive listening, coping strategies, information, and reprieve from loneliness or isolation.
Northwest Region - Let a peer who’s “been there” help you learn recovery. Improve strategies for coping with mental illness and its symptoms, develop and apply practically problem solving skills, and find important community resources.
Parentlink Warmline - Offers direct access to family strengthening information and support. Offers problem-solving support, research-based information, and referrals to services.
Southeast Region - TLC Warmline. 877-626-0638.
Southwest Missouri - Offers a non-judgmental platform for people to call in and receive support.
WISCONSIN
Iris Place - Free to adults who want and need peer support to navigate emotional distress or crisis related to mental health and/or substance use.
Solstice House Warmline - Provides specialized, mission driven support. They take 24/7/365 to take calls from people in crisis.
Uplift Wisconsin - Staffed by peer specialists who have lived experiences of mental health, substance us and other related life experiences. Call this line if you need someone to talk to for support when things are difficult, or when you just need a peer to connect with. You do not need to be in crisis to call this line.
NATIONWIDE
Boys Town - Boys Town is here to help you through difficult times, and help you see the hope of a brighter day. Kids, teens and parents can find support and online resources from trained counselors and mental health experts.
lgbt national help center: 1-on-1 Online Peer Support Chat - Provides a confidential space where you can connect with a trained LGBTQIA+ peer support volunteer. They discuss many different issues and concerns including, but not limited to, coming out issues, gender and/or sexuality identities, relationship concerns, bullying, workplace issues, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer-sex information, suicide, and much more.
lgbtq national help center: LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline - While we never tell someone whether they should come out, we are here with you to think about those big decisions and to provide the care and safe space you deserve.
lgbt national help center: LGBT National Senior Hotline - We provide a confidential safe space where callers of any age can speak about sexual orientation/gender identity/expression issues.
Friendship Line - The nation’s only accredited 24 hour toll free emotional support line for older adults, seniors, caregivers, and adults with disabilities. We connect with aging adults and their caregivers to they feel seen, heard, and understood during life’s most difficult moments.
Trans Lifeline - Peer support phone service ran by trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.
