About Mindfulness Coach
Mindfulness Coach was made by the VA's National Center for PTSD for anyone who wants to learn and practise mindfulness. It offers a step-by-step training plan, short readings on what mindfulness is, 12 audio-guided exercises (with more available as free downloads), goal setting, progress tracking, reminders and crisis resources; it can log Apple Health mindful minutes. First released in 2014 and redesigned in 2018, it is free with no in-app purchases and needs no account, and what you enter stays on your phone. A 2024 pilot randomized trial in 173 veterans with PTSD found medium improvements in PTSD and depression symptoms among people who completed the study, but most participants dropped out (68%), so the results need confirming. The VA says it does not replace treatment.