Top 10 Apps for Wellbeing
Sarah Harrison, who is also on our Social Prescriber team, has picked out ten apps that may be helpful for your wellbeing! Let us know your favourite!
You can download these off your app store whether that's on Apple or Android.
Worry Tree
The Area it helps with: Aims to help you take control of worry wherever you are.
What it Does: You can use the app to record whatever you feel worried about. It uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to help you notice and challenge your worries. It can also help you create an action plan for managing worry.
Thive
The Area it helps with: helps you prevent and manage stress, anxiety and related conditions.
What it Does: The game based app can be used to relax before a stressful situation or on a more regular basis to help you live a happier, more stress-free life.
Stress and Anxiety Companion
The Area it helps with: helps you handle stress and anxiety on-the-go.
What it Does: Using breathing exercises, relaxing music and games designed to calm the mind, the app helps you change negative thoughts to help you better cope with life's ups and downs.
SilverCloud
The Area It helps with: help you manage stress, anxiety and depression.
What it Does: 8 week course on a series of topics selected by a therapist to address specific needs.
Pzizz
The area it helps with: calm your mind, fall asleep fast, stay asleep, and wake up refreshed.
What It Does: uses "dreamscapes" – a mix of music, voiceovers and sound effects designed using the latest clinical research – to help you sleep better at night or take power naps during the day.
My Possible Self: The Mental Health App
The area it helps with: manage fear, anxiety and stress and tackle unhelpful thinking.
What it does: Record your experiences and track symptoms to better understand your mental health
eQuoo: Emotional Fitness Game
Area: emotional fitness and teach you new psychological skills.
What it does: uses adventure games designed by psychologists
distract
Area: Self harm and suicidal thoughts
What it does: gives you easy, quick and discreet access to information and advice
Cove
Area: create music to reflect emotions like joy, sadness, calm and anger
What it Does: Create music to capture your mood and express how you feel
Catch It
Area: Manage negative thoughts and look at problems differently
What it does: will teach you how to look at problems in a different way, turn negative thoughts into positive ones and improve your mental wellbeing.
Stay Alive
Area: If you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.
What it does: includes a safety plan, customisable reasons for living, and a life box where you can store photos that are important to you