The Counseling Center does not monitor or endorse the websites listed below. Information from these pages should not be substituted for assessment and counseling from a mental health care provider but may serve an educational function. If you have questions or concerns related to the issues presented below, you may contact the Counseling Center by calling 410-543-6070.
Self-Help Resources Created by the Counseling Center
TimelyCare offers free on-demand and virtual yoga, meditation, and educational sessions for all SU students. To learn more, visit the Center’s TimelyCare webpage.
Kognito is a free, interactive, virtual training course that increases ability to recognize signs of distress, identify referral options, and have conversations that can change lives. To learn more and start your training, visit the Center’s Kognito webpage.
Insight Timer–Meditate & Sleep – Many free components | Insight Timer (iOS)| Insight Timer (Android) 100,000+ free “guided meditations, sleep music tracks and talks led by the top meditation and mindfulness experts, neuroscientists, psychologists and teachers.”
Calm- Free components | Calm (iOS)| Calm (Android) “Sleep better, relieve stress, lower anxiety and refocus your attention. Explore an extensive library of guided meditations, Sleep Stories, breathwork, exclusive music and stretching exercises.”
Balance: Meditation & Sleep – Limited time offer, first year free (as of 7/2023) | Balance (iOS)| Balance (Android) “Personalized guided meditations tailored to your mood, goals, experience, and more.”
Headspace– Free 7 to 14 day trail | Headspace (iOS)| Headspace (Android) Provides “mindfulness tools for everyday life, including meditations, sleepcasts, mindful movement and focus exercises”
Finch: Self Care Pet – Free with in app purchase | Finch (iOS) | Finch (Android) “Complete quick self-care exercises to grow your pet, earn rewards, and improve mental health! People who struggle with mental health, goals, meditation, and journaling found it easier to be mindful with their self-care pet in the Finch app!”
MyPossibleSelf: Mental Health– Free | MyPossibleSelf (iOS)| MyPossibleSelf (Android) “Interactive tools and coping strategies, using cognitive behavioral therapy.” Some include (CBT) toolkit to help you identify behaviors and monitor progress, tags to help you recognize the activities, people and places that influence your mood, and mood trackers, visual and audio exercises, insights, journals, and motivational messages and tips.
MoodTools - Depression Aid – Ad-free at no cost | MoodTools (iOS)| MoodTools (Android) “Contains several different research-supported tools” including a thought dairy, energizing activities, safety planning, self-help information, depression questionnaires, and educational videos.
MindDoc: Your Companion –Free version | MindDoc (iOS)| MindDoc Android) “MindDoc is a leading monitoring and self-management app for promoting emotional well-being and coping with such mental illnesses as depression, anxiety, insomnia, and eating disorders.”
Bearable - Symptom Tracker– Free version | Bearable (iOS)| Bearable (Android) “Reclaim control over your well-being by making mood and symptom tracking simple, convenient, and accessible.”
AA/NA Live! Recovery Meetings – Free with in-app purchases | AA/NA Live! (iOS)| AA/NA Live! (Android) Have constant access to live AA/NA meetings, as well as access to a wealth of online resources.
Recovery Path - Addiction Help - Free | Recovery Path (IOS)| Recovery Path (Android) Includes the ability to link with your care team, find meetings, have daily check-ins, create a schedule, engage in recovery-oriented actives and more.
Nomo- Free | Nomo (IOS)| Nomo (Android) Track sobriety from multiple vices while having access to optional features “like an encouragement wall from the community, accountability partner searching, clock sharing, private messaging with partners, milestone awards, journaling, little games/exercises to help you refocus when you're tempted, and tons more!”
I Am Sober – Free components | I Am Sober (iOS), I Am Sober (Android) Sobriety counter app that “helps you build new habits and provides ongoing motivation by connecting you to a wide network of people all striving for the same goal.” Additional functions include tracking money saved, analyzing triggers, a withdraw timeline, and more.
TimelyCare – Free for SU students, learn more on the TimelyCare
Sanvello– Free components, premium subscription covered by most major health plans | Sanvello (iOS)| Sanvello (Android) Includes therapy, coaching, coping techniques, meditations, and goal and mood tracking.
