Mental Health Apps

​Foundry Virtual

Services for Young People and Carers:
  • Virtual counselling sessions
  • Youth and carer peer support
  • Group offerings
  • Workshops
Service Characteristics:
  • Completely free
  • Private
Scheduling:
  • Appointments for peer support or counselling
    • Schedulable up to seven days in advance
    • Accessible on the spot
Format:
  • Voice conversations
  • Online video calls
  • Chat
Availability:
  • Scheduled appointments: 1:15 pm to 9 pm, Monday to Sunday (last appointment begins at 7:45 pm)
  • Drop-in counselling or peer support: 2 pm to 6 pm, Monday to Sunday
Referral:
  • Accepted from oneself or another
Online Communities:
  • For young people who identify as LGBTQ2IA+
  • Queer Cafe for activities and conversation
Tel: 18333086379

​MoodTools - Depression Aid (App)

Purpose of MoodTools:
  • To help combat depression and alleviate negative moods
  • To lift your mood and aid you on your road to recovery
Features of MoodTools:
  • Contains several different research-supported tools

​Be Safe (App)

Be Safe is a mobile app that aims to help young adults make a decision about seeking help in a crisis.
Features:
  • Allows users to create a digital safety plan
  • Informs users about mental health and addiction resources in their local community
  • Directs users to the best options for their needs through a decision-making aid
  • Creates a personal 'get help script' that helps users find the words to reach out
  • Empowers the user to reach out safely
 
Eligibility :
Any young person who has been in or may experience a mental health/emotional crisis

FitOn Health App

FitOn:
  • A free app that provides a variety of workouts, meditation videos, articles, and recipes.
  • Available for both Android and Apple users.
Fitness Options:
  • Suitable for all fitness levels and abilities
  • Includes yoga and strength training workouts
  • Hundreds of free workouts that can be done anywhere with no equipment
Features:
  • Variety of fitness videos
  • Meditation videos
  • Articles on healthy living
  • Energizing recipes

Healthy Minds App

Research:
  • Backed by four decades of research from Dr. Richard Davidson and the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Program Format:
  • Includes hundreds of hours of guided meditations
  • Based on scientific understanding of the mind
  • Podcast-style teachings
  • Progress tracking features
Goal:
  • To change the mind and manage stress in areas such as family and work
Availability:
  • Two different free Health Minds apps
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Mood Meter App

The Mood Meter Mobile App: A Gift of Self-Awareness
  • Based on decades of research from Yale.
  • Promotes self-awareness and emotional intelligence skills.
  • Allows users to:
    • Report how they feel
    • Gain insights into their inner life
    • Learn to regulate their emotions
  • Costs 99 cents to download.

Breathr App

Breathr: A Mindfulness App

  • Introduces mindfulness to new practitioners
    • Provides opportunities to try various mindfulness practices
    • Teaches the science behind mindfulness practices
  • Regular practice can change parts of the brain
    • Affects memory, empathy, and stress
  • Developed for youth, useful for anyone new to mindfulness

Headspace

Headspace is meditation made simple. Learn online, when you want, wherever you are, in just 10 minutes a day.

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Mindshift app

MindShift: A Coping App for Teens and Young Adults
  • Helps change thoughts about anxiety and face it
  • Includes strategies to deal with everyday anxiety and specific tools to tackle:
    • Test anxiety
    • Perfectionism
    • Social anxiety
    • Performance anxiety
    • Worry
    • Panic
    • Conflict
  • Acts as a portable coach, helping to:
    • Face challenging situations
    • Take charge of life
    • Learn to relax
    • Develop helpful thinking
    • Identify active steps to manage anxiety.