HAWP's Coping Strategies
A guide to basic coping strategies to mananging the stress, anxiety, and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty (PDF)
Worry and anxiety are common problems at the best of times, and when it takes over it can become all-encompassing. Psychology Tools has put together this free guide to help you to manage your worry and anxiety in these uncertain times.
Care For Your Coronavirus Anxiety
Care For Your Coronavirus Anxiety is a free mental health website with a "toolkit" of vetted, research-backed, and helpful tools for you including articles, meditations, access to mental health experts, anxiety screenings, and more.
Body Positive Brandeis
Body Positive Brandeis teaches a new way of relating to your body and food—and life—that can give you more peace, joy, and sustainable, positive self-care. Brandeis has partnered with The Body Positive to provide free access for students and staff to The Body Positive Fundamentals online training. Email hawp@brandeis.edu for the access code.
Grounding Exercises
Grounding exercises are helpful for many situations where you find yourself becoming overwhelmed or distracted by distressing memories, thoughts or feelings. If you find yourself getting caught up in strong emotions like anxiety or anger, or if you catch yourself engaging in stressful circling thoughts, or if you experience a strong painful memory or a flashback, or if you wake up from a nightmare with a pounding heart, grounding exercises can help bring you back down to earth.
SAM App
SAM is a free app to help you understand and manage anxiety. The app has been developed in collaboration with a research team from UWE, Bristol.
MindShift App
MindShift™ CBT uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety. This app is free.
CBT Thought Diary
With this thought diary, when you're feeling down you can document your negative emotions, analyze patterns in your thinking, and reevaluate your thoughts. It may even help you recognize ways to deal with your unhelpful patterns of thinking. This app is free, but offers paid features as well. It is only for Apple OS devices.
WoeBot
WoeBot, an artificial intelligence-based companion, will chat with you and offer you hundreds of tools to learn about yourself and improve your mood whenever you need them. This app is free, but contents are limited. Users can upgrade to premium for more options.
PTSD Coach
PTSD Coach was designed for those who have, or may have, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This free app provides you with education about PTSD, information about professional care, a self-assessment for PTSD, opportunities to find support, and tools that can help you manage the stresses of daily life with PTSD.
Self-Compassion Guided Meditations & Exercises
The Center for Mindful Self-Compassion website offers a number of guided meditations and excercises to foster self-compassion.
Therapy for Black Girls (website and podcast)
Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. This resource helps connect users with therapists in their local area and hosts a free podcast. Therapy for Black Girls also hosts an online community called The Yellow Couch Collective; registration for this service is $9.99 per month.