Soothe Anxiety and Stress

Listen to these mindfulness meditations anywhere, anytime. Mindfulness can help manage stress-related physical conditions, reduce anxiety and depression, cultivate positive emotions, and help improve overall physical health and well-being.

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Developed by the DMH + UCLA Public Partnership for Wellbeing, Recognizing Stress is a brief video that depicts what many families faced during the COVID-19 Pandemic; job loss, online schooling, fears of infection, reduced access to group activities, and difficult conversations. In addition, mental health experts share strategies to recognize common experiences of stress and strategies to manage them.

A guide shows you deep breathing exercises in 4 simple steps for improving oxygen uptake and reducing stress and fatigue.

Need help getting started? Use this chart from California’s Office of the Surgeon General to find new everyday activities to help you manage stress and feel better.

A stress relief app that offers guided meditations and games to help keep you calm and focused.

This video invites caregivers and their children to sit with one another and tune in to their own feelings, thoughts, sensations, and environments to bring calm.

Use this handout with your children to help them feel calm, manage tough emotions, shift their mood, and reduce their stress.

Free Audio books for little listeners, tweens, teens and adults.

Going to school can be difficult for your child. This article offers insight for making it easier for your child to cope with going back to school.

To learn about anxiety in your children and teens, please see here.

In this video, Dr. Monica S. Wu talks about how to help your child with anxious feelings at home and at school.

This video teaches children how to "blow" their thoughts away with a mindful meditation.

This resource includes words of comfort and tips for managing stress and tense emotions.

Parents and caregivers can follow these tips to support their LGBTQ youth during physical distancing.

Many things affect our mental health. Learn more with this video.

Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world but many of us don’t know much about it. Watch this video to learn more.

The resources here are for parents of children and teens who might experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and more.

This video clarifies the differences between Mental Health, Mental Distress and Mental Illness.

A place to feel better: Sanvello gives you clinically proven therapies for dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, or whatever you may be going through.

This app offers tips and strategies to manage the changes brought on by COVID19, including staying in touch with others and connecting with faith virtually. It lets you keep track of the strategies that work for you.

If you are a Veteran with symptoms of PTSD, this app may be helpful for you.

Learn new ways to manage worry, panic, phobias, and social anxiety with this app. It's designed to help you cope and find relaxation.

This tip sheet explores stress and compassion fatigue, as well as signs of distress after a disaster. It identifies ways to cope and enhance resilience, along with resources for more information and support.

This tip sheet describes some of the common reactions to pandemics and other disasters and suggests ways to deal with them. It also covers financial stress, signs to seek professional mental health help, and lists sources of help and support.