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Stress and Anxiety Companion app

An app for adults wanting to learn more about stress anxiety at work.

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Stress & Anxiety Companion app	By Companion Apps Limited
	Features Goal setting. Recognise and manage burnout. Diary.
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Clinical review	Read a clinical review below.
Security and privacy	Does the app: Collect medical information? Yes Require a login? Yes Have password protection? Yes Have a privacy policy? Yes Require internet access to use? No Read more about safety and security when using apps. Brochures: Tips to improve your privacy and security [PDF, 65 KB] Healthify He Puna Waiora, NZ Staying safe online(external link) Netsafe, NZ
Cost	Free basic version (limited content) Premium Content: monthly and annual fee (premium content not reviewed for purpose of this review.)
Advertisements	This app contains no ads.
How to get the app	(external link) (external link)

Stress & Anxiety Companion app contains information and strategies to help people manage stress and anxiety in the workplace. Users can learn about the causes and mechanisms of stress and anxiety as well as simple CBT strategies to manage stress such as breathing and thought reframing. The app provides users with insights on how to:

set goals you know you can achieve
create a more positive daily routine
manage problematic thinking
recognise and deal with burnout
handle change at work
switch off at the end of the day.

For the complete app description, go to Google Play(external link), App Store(external link) or, for a more detailed review, see reviews below.

PROS	CONS
✔ Evidence based strategies and educational content, all based on cognitive behavioural therapy. ✔ Attractively presented. ✔ Option to read or listen to educational content. ✔ Educational content is engaging and easy to listen to. ✔ Free content includes good breathing exercises, educational content, reframe a thought exercise, and journal. ✔ Search function to help find useful topics again.	✘ Slow to load audio content. ✘ Difficult to navigate and often hard to see what is free and paid content. ✘ Mindfulness, progressive muscle relaxation and most of information and strategies related to challenging unhelpful thoughts are unavailable in free content.

PROS

CONS

✔ Evidence based strategies and educational content, all based on cognitive behavioural therapy.

✔ Attractively presented.

✔ Option to read or listen to educational content.

✔ Educational content is engaging and easy to listen to.

✔ Free content includes good breathing exercises, educational content, reframe a thought exercise, and journal.

✔ Search function to help find useful topics again.

✘ Slow to load audio content.

✘ Difficult to navigate and often hard to see what is free and paid content.

✘ Mindfulness, progressive muscle relaxation and most of information and strategies related to challenging unhelpful thoughts are unavailable in free content.

Clinical review

Reviewer: Kris Garstang, Clinical Psychologist, Life Mind Psychology
Date of review: July 2022
Platform: Android
Version: 5.1.3
Comments: I found the free version of this app was pretty limited and frustrating to use due to the amount of content that is locked in the free version. It often took several pages to reach the point in a topic where you discovered that you could not access content. What was available was excellent quality and it may well be worth paying for the premium content. In particular I found the educational content easy to listen to and informative and very similar to the education I would give a client coming to see me for treatment for anxiety. There were only 3 exercises I could access in the free version but all were very good I thought. It is a shame that other important Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tools like progressive muscle relaxation, mindfulness and full instruction on challenging unhelpful thinking is not made available free of charge.
NZ relevance: Relevant to a New Zealand audience but the support section refers to CBT providers in UK.
Safety concerns: None – emergency advice in audio guides applies to NZ services.

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