TWLOHA - Mental Health Toolkit

• collection of videos from licensed mental health therapists sharing message of hope + coping skills

• Guided practices offer a variety of techniques to help manage stress and navigate difficult emotions

• Collection of worksheets to help build mental resilience + help recognize internal experiences and their impact on external stressors

• Self-compassion affirmations

• Stories of hope

• Music playlist to calm

• One month free therapy!

​​Guide to unlocking better mental health - from Thrive Global Foundation

Tips and resources to help you boost your mental resilience, reframe a negative mindset, and open up the conversation around mental health, stress, and burnout. (broken down for Leaders, Parents, Everyone)

Mental Health Stories - share + listen - from RCoz

Shared by RCoz - a nonprofit focused on Mental health awareness and acceptance through storytelling, especially for the South Asian community.

Free Mental Health and Counseling Apps
curated by Shahbaz Mamdani

Reflectly

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Daily mood tracking and self-reflection

• Use: Reflectly allows users to record their emotions, track patterns over time, and practice gratitude through daily journaling. The app uses prompts to encourage self-reflection and positive thinking, making it a useful tool for emotional awareness and mental clarity.

Pause

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Relaxation and focus

• Use: Pause helps users relax by encouraging slow, deliberate movements. By moving your finger slowly across the screen, the app is designed to calm your mind and improve focus. The experience is meditative and sensory-based, ideal for stress relief and mindfulness practice.

Woebot

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: AI-powered chatbot offering cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques.

• Use: Woebot helps users track their mood and emotions while providing CBT-based exercises and strategies.
  

MindShift CBT

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Anxiety management using CBT.

• Use: Offers coping strategies for anxiety, stress, and panic attacks, as well as goal-setting features and mood tracking.

Sanvello

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Stress, anxiety, and depression management.

• Use: Provides tools based on CBT and mindfulness, including mood tracking, guided meditation, and peer support forums.

Calm

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Mindfulness and meditation.

• Use: Offers free meditation programs, sleep stories, and breathing exercises. Calm has some paid features, but many basics are free.

MyPossibleSelf

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Mental health support through evidence-based self-help modules.

• Use: Focuses on stress management, anxiety, and depression with actionable tools.

Happify

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Emotional well-being, resilience, and mindfulness.

• Use: Offers activities and games that are scientifically designed to help reduce stress and improve mental health.

  
  

Online Counseling Platforms (Free or Low-Cost Options)

Headspace

• Platform: iOS, Android, Web

• Focus: Meditation, stress management, sleep

• Use: Headspace offers guided meditations, mindfulness techniques, and sleep aids designed to reduce stress and anxiety. Its extensive library includes meditations for relaxation, focus, sleep, and personal growth, making it a go-to app for mental well-being. A free trial is available, but full access requires a subscription.

Fabulous — Daily Self Care

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Motivation, habit-building, self-improvement

• Use: Fabulous helps users build positive daily routines and reduce anxiety through a science-based approach. Users set goals related to health, productivity, and self-care, and Fabulous provides guided actions and reminders to help build lasting habits. The app is focused on behavior change and personal development, with a mix of free and paid content.

Happify

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Emotional well-being, stress reduction

• Use: Happify uses a gamified approach to improve happiness and reduce stress. The app offers science-backed activities and games designed to increase positivity, emotional strength, and resilience. It includes programs to target specific goals such as managing anxiety or improving relationships. Some features are free, but full access requires a paid subscription.

Wysa — Mental Health Support

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: AI chatbot for mental health and emotional management

• Use: Wysa is an AI-driven chatbot that offers support for stress, anxiety, and emotional well-being. It functions as a mood tracker, mindfulness coach, and anxiety helper, using CBT techniques, meditation, and journaling. The app provides a safe, anonymous space for users to talk through their emotions and challenges. A portion of the features is free, but access to professional therapists and additional tools requires payment.

7 Cups

• Platform: Web, iOS, Android

• Focus: Peer-to-peer support, free chat-based counseling.

• Use: Offers free emotional support through trained listeners. Professional therapy options are available at a low cost.

Bliss (Online Therapy)

• Platform: Web

• Focus: Online self-help therapy based on CBT.

• Use: Provides structured, therapist-guided programs for dealing with depression and anxiety through self-help exercises.

BetterHelp Free Trials

• Platform: Web, iOS, Android

• Focus: Online therapy with licensed therapists.

• Use: Offers a free trial period for users to test the platform, which connects people with therapists for virtual sessions.

TalkLife

• Platform: iOS, Android

• Focus: Peer-to-peer support.

• Use: Users can talk to peers who are going through similar mental health challenges in a safe, moderated environment.

Open Path Collective

• Platform: Web

• Focus: Low-cost therapy services.

• Use: Provides access to a directory of licensed therapists offering in-person and virtual therapy at reduced rates for individuals facing financial constraints.

  
  

Online Resources for Mental Health

Mental Health America (MHA)

• Platform: Web

• Focus: Mental health advocacy, education, and screening tools.

• Use: Offers free mental health screenings for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other conditions.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• Platform: Web

• Focus: Research and educational resources on mental health.

• Use: Provides educational materials on a wide range of mental health topics, including downloadable fact sheets and research-based guides.

Mind (UK)

• Platform: Web

• Focus: Mental health support and advocacy.

• Use: Offers free online guides and resources for managing mental health issues like anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

Headspace (Free Version)

• Platform: iOS, Android, Web

• Focus: Meditation and mindfulness.

• Use: Includes guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, and techniques to reduce stress and improve focus.

The Mighty

• Platform: Web, iOS, Android

• Focus: Community-based support for people with mental health challenges and disabilities.

• Use: A platform where people can share their stories, get peer support, and access a wide variety of articles and resources on mental health.

Project HOPE

• Platform: Web

• Focus: Suicide prevention and crisis support.

• Use: Offers free online suicide prevention training and resources for both individuals and mental health professionals.

  
  

Crisis Support Lines and Chat Services

Crisis Text Line

• Platform: Text-based support

• Use: Free 24/7 crisis counseling via text. Text "HELLO" to 741741 in the US and Canada to connect with a trained crisis counselor.

Lifeline Chat (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline)

• Platform: Web

• Focus: Suicide prevention and mental health support.

• Use: Provides free, confidential chat support for those in crisis.

Kids Help Phone

• Platform: Web, iOS, Android, phone

• Focus: Youth-focused mental health and well-being.

• Use: Free, 24/7 support via phone or text for young people in Canada.