mental health Resources
If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out for help. The following website has resources for many different issues https://www.tamdistrict.org/Page/8686
Students can talk to other students or adults free and confidentiality to get help (trained professionals). You can make a phone call or just send a text. |
National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
Safe Place: 1-888-290-7233 Crisis Text Line (U.S.): Text HELLO to741741 Youthspace Text Line: Text 778-783-0177 |
Therapy apps
Sometimes, using an app on your phone is the quickest and most efficient way to relax, calm down, or talk to someone.
Hear and Now
Hear and Now measures your body stress by taking the pulse in your finger through your phone's camera. You can set daily reminders for deep breathing exercises. Though other apps have guided breathing, Hear and Now's guided breathing is my favorite. You can set the number of breaths you take, and they have suggestions as well. Love this app. MindShift When your teen downloads the MindShift app, they'll be greeted with a welcome message telling them there are steps they can take to stop anxiety from controlling their lives. This app is good for helping teens work through their anxiety rather than avoiding issues that are causing it. Relax Melodies Anxiety can cause insomnia. Teens especially can have difficulties sleeping because they feel pressure to always be “on” (with their phones, computers, etc). Combining over 100 relaxation sounds, melodies, binaural beats and white noise, Relax Melodies allows you to create your very own relaxing soundscapes. Can play for a specified period of time or all night. |
What's Up? is a fantastic free app utilizing some of the best CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) and ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) methods to help you cope with Depression, Anxiety, Anger and more! With a beautiful design, colorful layout and simple headings, you can find what you need in seconds.
7 Cups offers free anonymous emotional support and counseling from trained active listeners. There are real listeners available 24/7 and it's completely free. There is an option to pay for actual therapists as well but I haven't used that option. Get more details by checking out my full 7 Cups Review. Talkspace is another free online therapy app. You get a free initial consultation. After that, they charge to connect you with a licensed therapist. If it helps your teen, it's worth the cost ($32 a week), but I recommend trying 7Cups first because it's 100% free and super helpful. |
Calm
Calm is the #1 app for mindfulness and meditation for teens. Even if your teen has never done any meditation before, Calm's guided meditations will walk them through it. They also have breathing programs, relaxing music, and sleep stories. Recommended by top psychologists. Aura Aura walks your teen through 3-minute meditations to help you calm and destress. You let Aura know how you're feeling, and the app chooses the best meditation for you. Aura also offers mood tracking and daily reminders for breathing exercises. MoodTrack MoodTrack is my favorite mood track app for teens and for myself. You simply put in your mood, any notes you want to add, and rate it 1-5. The app tracks your app and shows you a graph, which is helpful for teens to track mood swings and anxiety. Moods Moods is, you guessed it, a mood tracking app. Teens find this one simple and easy to use because it takes just a few moments to track your mood each day. (Provided by Misty Bonta) |