Outlined below, there are many phone apps that can be helpful in addressing and managing your mood. For more information on other apps, check out NYC Well's website. 

Anxiety

• Breathe2Relax
  • Breathe2Relax is a stress management tool that teaches users diaphragmatic breathing techniques. It provides lessons on stress and coping skills.
• Headspace
  • Headspace is an application for iPhones and Androids that guides uses through mindfulness and meditation activities. The use of mindfulness and meditation is linked to reductions in levels of stress and anxiety. There is a student discount available.
• Mindshift
  • Mindshift provides tools and activities to help users to relax, cope, and change patterns of anxious thoughts.

Depression

• MoodKit
  • MoodKit provides tools to address negative thought patterns, using principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It provides users with a mood chart, journal, and mood enhancing activities. 

Mindfulness & Relaxation 

• Breathe2Relax
  • Breathe2Relax is a stress management tool that teaches users diaphragmatic breathing techniques. It provides lessons on stress and coping skills.
• Calm
  • Calm is a popular meditation and sleep app. It guides users through meditation sessions and has bedtime stories and bedtime music. 
• Headspace
  • Headspace is an application for iPhones and Androids that guides uses through mindfulness and meditation activities. The use of mindfulness and meditation is linked to reductions in levels of stress and anxiety. There is a student discount available.

PTSD

• PTSD Coach
  • PTSD Coach providdes users with information on PTSD, self assessments, information on how to search for providers, and tools to address stressors related to PTSD. The app was created by the Veterans Association (VA)'s National Center for PTSD and DoD’s National Center for Telehealth & Technology. It is not meant to be used as treatment but instead, as a tool

Recovery

• Sober Grid
  • Sober grid acts as a social support network for individuals in recovery, providing users with a virtual support group. 
• Twenty-Four Hours a Day
  • An app that gives users daily meditations and access to Twelve Steps literature.