Looking for a great alternative to those paid anxiety apps? Well, it’s finally here! Anxiety Canada has launched a brand new app called MindShift CBT, available on iOS and Android.
MindShift CBT can help you combat anxiety, phobias, panic, worry, perfectionism and social anxiety!
Here are a few points on MindShift CBT:
- MindShift CBT for Android and iOS uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help users learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of their anxiety.
- It’s already been downloaded more than 100,000 times!
- Now more than ever, Canadians are in desperate need of easily accessible resources like MindShift CBT:
- Anxiety disorders are the most common illness to affect children and youth.
- A recent poll of 1,500 Canadians found 41% of those surveyed identified themselves as “someone who struggles with anxiety”.
- A key finding from the McCreary Centre Society‘s 2018 B.C. Adolescent Health Survey was that “In 2018, 15% of students reported missing classes because of mental-health challenges and 14% said they were too anxious or depressed to participate in extracurricular activities.”
- Approximately 70% of serious mental health issues emerge before the age of 25 and research shows that if identified and addressed early, there’s a much higher chance that many challenges won’t become as severe.
- Anxiety Canada (formerly AnxietyBC) has been serving Canadians for 20 years. Based in Vancouver, BC, our coaching tools, My Anxiety Plans (MAPs) and the MindShift CBT app are widely used nationally by counsellors, educators, individuals and families.
The official launch of Anxiety Canada, and its MindShift CBT app, will take place on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Join them in celebrating 20 years of developing trusted anxiety resources and programs for Canadians!
You can also listen to my full chat with Judith Law, the executive director at Anxiety Canada, here: