Mental Health: Apps

for Adults

Happify

Happify is an app that aims to help users reduce stress, anxiety, and negative thinking, and improve emotional well-being. Following a series of questionnaires, the apps suggests “tracks,” or groups of activities and games based in cognitive behavioral principles, mindfulness, and positive psychology, to help the user achieve their goals.

Tags: FREE, YOUTH, ADULTS, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, STRESS MANAGEMENT, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, iOS, ANDROID

Headspace

This app provides guided meditations and mindfulness techniques targeting stress management, better sleep, and improved focus and attention. The free version is great, and there are also options for expanded subscriptions.

Tags: FREE, YOUTH, ADULTS MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, STRESS MANAGEMENT, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, iOS, ANDROID

What’s Up?

What’s Up? is a useful app that offers different therapy methods to help you manage stress, anxiety, depression, and other conditions. Using this app, you can learn simple methods for overcoming negative thinking patterns, use the diary to track your thoughts, feelings, and habits, and try the app’s breathing exercises for staying calm and relaxed. All of these CBT-based techniques may be useful in supplementing eating disorder recovery treatments.

Tags: FREE, YOUTH, ADULTS, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, STRESS MANAGEMENT, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EATING DISORDERS, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, iOS, ANDROID

BetterHelp

BetterHelp matches clients dealing with common mental health problems with a licensed therapist who provides the type of therapy you need to alleviate your mental health-related concerns. This is one of the best-known online mental health platforms for diagnosing and treatment of mental health issues, and for good reason. Signing up is easy, and through desktop and mobile communication, BetterHelp provides numerous options for receiving mental health support. BetterHelp employs thousands of licensed therapists, and its highly-rated therapy app offers quick help for common mental health disorders.

Tags: FREE, YOUTH, ADULTS, DEPRESSION, MENTAL HEALTH, THERAPY HEALTH, ANXIETY, SUPPORT, CRISIS, iOS, ANDROID

UpLift

UpLift aims to give everyone access to affordable care and build a future where a primary mental health provider is the new standard

Tags: FREE, ADULTS, DEPRESSION, MENTAL HEALTH, THERAPY, HEALTH CARE, ANXIETY, SUPPORT, CRISIS, iOS

Talkspace

Talkspace is an affordable way to improve mental health. Get matched with a licensed therapist in the state from the comfort of a device, and message via text, audio, and video. Accepts Cigna and Optum plans.

Tags: ADULTS, MENTAL HEALTH, COUNSELING, THERAPY, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, COUPLES THERAPY, ONLINE THERAPY, PSYCHIATRY, CRISIS, HEALTH CARE

Calm

This app guides an individual through meditations, sleep stories, music, and more.

Tags: FREE, ADULTS, YOUTH, DEPRESSION, MENTAL HEALTH, THERAPY, HEALTH CARE, ANXIETY, STRESS, RELAX, MEDITATION, BREATHING, SUPPORT, iOS, ANDROID

Cerebral

Cerebral offers online psychiatric and therapeutic help for anxiety, depression, insomnia, ADHD & more.

Tags: ADULTS, MENTAL HEALTH, COUNSELING, THERAPY, HEALTH CARE, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, STRESS, PRESCRIPTIONS, SLEEP, ADHD, ONLINE, PSYCHIATRY, iOS, ANDROID