Technique Library

30 evidence-framed techniques you can do right now. Each one is interactive โ€” not just reading, but doing. Clinically informed by Kevin, a psychiatric nurse practitioner candidate.

Somatic/Clinical4 minutes

Box Breathing Technique

For anxiety, panic, anger, and sleeplessness

Try it now โ†’
Neuroscience-based2 minutes

The Physiological Sigh

For acute stress, panic spirals, and emotional reactivity

Try it now โ†’
DBT5 minutes

5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique for Anxiety and Panic

For panic attacks, dissociation, anxiety spikes, and feeling overwhelmed

Try it now โ†’
ACT4 minutes

Thought Defusion

For intrusive thoughts, rumination, imposter syndrome, and catastrophizing

Try it now โ†’
CBT8 minutes

Cognitive Restructuring

For negative thinking patterns, self-criticism, and emotional distortion

Try it now โ†’
Somatic12 minutes

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

For physical tension, insomnia, stress headaches, and anxiety

Try it now โ†’
MBSR/Mindfulness10 minutes

Reconnecting With Your Body

For disconnection from body, stress, undefined emotions, and sleep

Try it now โ†’
DBT6 minutes

The TIPP Skill

For emotional crises, rage, overwhelming panic, and extreme distress

Try it now โ†’
CBT/Behavioral5 minutes

Behavioral Activation

For depression, low motivation, feeling stuck, and loss of interest

Try it now โ†’
CBT6 minutes

10 Cognitive Distortions

For automatic negative thoughts, thinking errors, and distorted beliefs

Try it now โ†’
Self-Compassion/Mindfulness3 minutes

Self-Compassion Break

For self-criticism, imposter syndrome, comparison, and after failure

Try it now โ†’
DBT7 minutes

Radical Acceptance

For things you can't change, loss, unfairness, and resistance to reality

Try it now โ†’
Polyvagal/Somatic4 minutes

Vagus Nerve Exercises

For background anxiety, nervous system dysregulation, and feeling "on edge"

Try it now โ†’
CBT10 minutes

Scheduled Worry Time

For generalized anxiety, persistent worry, racing thoughts, and focus problems

Try it now โ†’
ACT10 minutes

Values Clarification Exercise

For feeling lost, major decisions, burnout, and building meaningful habits

Try it now โ†’
CBT/Somatic5 minutes

When Work Is Too Much

For task paralysis, racing thoughts, and the feeling that you'll never catch up

Try it now โ†’
Compassion-Focused/DBT6 minutes

Riding a Wave of Grief

For the moments when grief hits you out of nowhere

Try it now โ†’
CBT/Mindfulness7 minutes

The Sunday Night Dread

For the anticipatory anxiety that steals your Sunday evening

Try it now โ†’
DBT5 minutes

When Anger Takes Over

For when anger is hijacking your brain and you need to stop it NOW

Try it now โ†’
CBT6 minutes

Feeling Like a Fraud

For when you believe you've fooled everyone and you're about to be found out

Try it now โ†’
CBT/Behavioral7 minutes

When You Can't Choose

For when every option feels wrong and you can't move forward

Try it now โ†’
Energy Management/Somatic5 minutes

Drained After Being Around People

For the crash that follows being around people

Try it now โ†’
CBT/Somatic6 minutes

Waking Up With Anxiety

For that pit-in-your-stomach feeling when you first wake up

Try it now โ†’
CBT/Mindfulness5 minutes

The Social Media Comparison Spiral

For when your life looks small compared to everyone else's online

Try it now โ†’
CBT/ACT6 minutes

Can't Stop Saying Yes

For when 'yes' comes out automatically and you don't know how to stop

Try it now โ†’
Self-Compassion/Somatic5 minutes

The Day After a Breakdown

For the heavy, fragile, foggy feeling after you've been through something

Try it now โ†’
CBT6 minutes

Nothing Is Ever Good Enough

For when 99% right still feels like failure

Try it now โ†’
CBT6 minutes

When Rejection Hits Too Hard

For when 'no' feels like devastation and criticism feels like destruction

Try it now โ†’
CBT/Mindfulness5 minutes

Breaking the Overthinking Loop

For when your brain is spinning and won't stop

Try it now โ†’