Managing Anxiety: other resources and signposting
Below are some additional sources of support for those who are experiencing feelings of anxiety, including specialised mental health support and apps which calm help you to manage your thoughts and feelings through techniques such as meditation and cognitive behavioural therapy.
NABS Advice Line: offering confidential and unbiased support and guidance 0800 707 6607 / support@nabs.org.uk
Mind Infoline: Information and signposting service around mental health problems, treatment options and advocacy services https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helplines/ / 0300 123 3393
Anxiety UK: National charity supporting people with anxiety conditions https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/ / 03444 775774
No Panic: No Panic offers advice, support, recovery programs and help for people living with phobias, OCD and any other anxiety-based disorders https://nopanic.org.uk/ 0844 967 4848
Apps:
Just Breathe: Just Breathe, meditation and mindfulness for the real world. A guided meditation tool to support your daily practice, every single day. Just Breathe is an on & offline space for community, connection and quiet. The practice of meditation is easy and accessible for all, start your practice today. Join the community, let’s do it together.
My Possible Self: The Mental Health App that uses clinically proven content to reduce stress, anxiety and low mood in 8 weeks. The App uses cognitive behavioural therapy to help you develop coping mechanisms, learn mental health management skills, and live happier on your journey to becoming your best possible self.
Plum Village: The Plum Village app can support us to cultivate mindfulness, compassion and joy through guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness and many other practices.
Headspace: Meditation has been shown to help people stress less, focus more and sleep better. Headspace is meditation made simple, teaching you life-changing mindfulness skills in just a few minutes a day.
Sanvello: App for Stress, Anxiety & Depression, Over 1.9 million people use Pacifica to manage their daily mental health with tools like mood and health tracking, mindfulness meditation, and cognitive behavioural therapy.
SuperBetter: Developed from the best-selling book, this app helps build personal resilience: the ability to stay strong, motivated, and optimistic even in the face of difficult challenges. Uses an Ally system within the App.