Digital Tools & Apps

CBT-i Coach provides tools to track sleep and improve habits, such as logging sleep times, relaxation exercises, sleep-friendly routines, and educational materials about sleep behavior. It’s useful for people with insomnia or poor sleep patterns, but not a replacement for therapy if you have complex mental health needs.

Headspace teaches meditation and mindfulness through short, guided sessions (3-20 minutes). It's designed for beginners and experienced meditators alike. Best for managing everyday stress, improving sleep, and building a daily mindfulness habit. Not a replacement for therapy or medication if you have severe anxiety or depression.

PTSD Coach helps you understand PTSD, track how you feel, and access coping tools and support resources wherever you are. It’s designed to help with trauma-related symptoms, flashbacks, anxiety, sleep problems and distress. It can be used on its own for support or alongside therapy — but it’s *not* a replacement for professional treatment if you’re in crisis.

Rootd gives you tools to manage panic attacks and anxiety as they happen — a quick-access panic button, calming breathing and visualization exercises, mood tracking and journaling, and resources to ground yourself. Great for sudden panic, chronic anxiety, or stress, but not a replacement for therapy or medical treatment in serious mental health conditions.

Calm focuses on sleep and relaxation through Sleep Stories (bedtime stories for adults), guided meditations, and calming music. Best known for its extensive sleep library with celebrity narrators like Matthew McConaughey and Harry Styles. Ideal for insomnia, racing thoughts at night, and stress management. Not a replacement for therapy if you have severe anxiety or depression.

Daylio is a mood tracking app that helps you log how you're feeling each day using icons (no writing required). You tap your mood (rad, good, meh, bad, awful) and activities (work, exercise, socializing, etc.), and it creates charts showing patterns over time. Best for people with depression or bipolar disorder who want to track mood cycles, identify triggers, and share data with therapists. Not a treatment—it's a tracking tool.

Insight Timer is a free meditation app with a huge library of guided meditations and a simple timer. You can choose from thousands of teachers, join live events, and follow courses on stress, sleep, and self-compassion. It’s great if you want variety and free access to high-quality content. It’s less structured than apps like Headspace, and it is not a replacement for therapy or medication if you have severe anxiety, depression, or trauma-related symptoms.

Happify is a mood-improvement app that turns science-based skills into short games and activities. Instead of long lectures, you get small, guided tasks that help you worry less, feel more optimistic, and build better coping skills over time. It’s best for people with stress, mild to moderate anxiety or low mood who like app-based exercises. It’s not a stand-alone treatment for severe depression, crises, or suicidal thoughts.

Moodfit is like a fitness app but for your mental health. You track your mood, sleep, exercise, and thoughts, then the app shows patterns and suggests tools like CBT exercises, gratitude journaling, and breathing to help you feel better. It’s best for people who want to understand their moods and actively work on them. It is not a replacement for therapy or medication if your symptoms are severe.

Wysa is an AI ‘chatbot therapist’ you can talk to on your phone. It uses CBT-style questions, journaling prompts, and exercises to help with anxiety, low mood, stress, and burnout. You can work through packs for sleep, work stress, or relationships, and check in with your mood daily. There is a free version with core tools, plus paid options to chat with human coaches. It is not a replacement for a real therapist or crisis care, but can be a helpful self-care tool between sessions or while you’re on a waitlist.

BetterHelp is an online therapy service. You fill out a questionnaire, get matched with a licensed therapist, and then work with that therapist through messages and weekly live sessions by video, phone, or chat. It’s designed for adults with depression, anxiety, stress, or relationship issues who want therapy from home and are comfortable using their phone or computer. It does not prescribe medication and is not a good fit if you are in crisis, have severe symptoms (like active suicidal thoughts, psychosis, or severe substance use), or need very intensive, in-person support.

MindShift CBT offers tools to help you understand and manage anxiety: you can track worries, challenge unhelpful thoughts, use relaxation and mindfulness exercises, and build coping strategies. It’s useful for managing mild to moderate anxiety, stress or panic — but not a substitute for professional care if your symptoms are severe or persistent.

Woebot is a chat-based, AI–powered mental health tool you can use any time for mood tracking, guided exercises, and emotional check-ins. It’s helpful for managing mild to moderate depression or anxiety, stress, and daily mental-health maintenance. It’s not a replacement for professional therapy if you have severe mental illness or crisis—use it as a supplement or stepping stone.

Talkspace offers online therapy with licensed therapists using secure messages and optional weekly live video. It’s convenient if you have mild to moderate depression or anxiety and want therapy from home. It does not prescribe medication (except through separate psychiatry services in some states), and it is not appropriate if you’re in crisis, have severe symptoms, or need emergency care.

DeepScribe is an AI medical scribe for clinicians, not an app for patients. Your doctor may use DeepScribe to record your visit (with your permission) so that the computer can write the medical note for them. The clinician then reviews and signs the note in the chart. The goal is to reduce how much time clinicians spend typing so they can focus more on you during the visit. DeepScribe does not make diagnoses, prescribe medications, or replace your clinician’s judgment.