Support between sessions
Resources to Support Your Journey
This page includes a curated list of tools, hotlines, and books that many clients find helpful between counseling sessions or as they consider getting started with therapy. These resources are not a replacement for individualized care, but they can offer support, information, and practical strategies as you move from feeling stuck to feeling supported, equipped, and more confident in your next steps.
Everyday tools
Mental Health Apps
The apps below can complement the work you do in counseling by helping you build routines around mindfulness, mood tracking, and coping skills.
Calm
Calm is helpful for guided meditations, breathing exercises, and sleep stories that can support relaxation and more restful sleep.
Headspace
Headspace offers short, guided mindfulness and meditation practices that make it easier to build a consistent habit, even on busy days.
Insight Timer
Insight Timer provides a large library of free meditations, talks, and music to support stress reduction, sleep, and emotional regulation.
Daylio
Daylio is a simple mood and activity tracker that helps you notice patterns over time and connect how your routines affect your emotional well-being.
Help when you need it now
Crisis & Mental Health Hotlines
If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, please call 911 or your local emergency number right away. The resources below offer free, confidential support when you need help now.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Contact: Call or text 988, or chat via 988lifeline.org. This nationwide lifeline connects you with trained counselors 24/7 for emotional support, suicidal thoughts, or mental health crises.
Crisis Text Line
Contact: Text HOME to 741741. Crisis Text Line provides free, confidential support via text with trained crisis counselors for moments of overwhelm, anxiety, or distress.
NAMI Helpline
Contact: Call 1-800-950-6264 or text “Help” to 62640. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline offers information, support, and resources for individuals and families navigating mental health concerns.
The Trevor Project
Contact: Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or chat via thetrevorproject.org. The Trevor Project offers 24/7 crisis support for LGBTQ+ youth, with counselors trained in the unique challenges LGBTQ+ young people may face.
Mindshift Co. provides counseling services via telehealth for clients in Texas and Oklahoma, but we do not offer emergency or crisis response. If you are in crisis, please contact one of the hotlines above or call 911.
Read & reflect
Recommended Books
These books can deepen your understanding of mental health, relationships, and resilience. Many clients find them helpful companions to the work we do together in therapy.
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
This book explains how trauma affects the brain and body and introduces evidence-based approaches for healing, helping readers make sense of their experiences with compassion and clarity.
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Atomic Habits offers practical, science-backed strategies for building small, sustainable habits that can support your mental health and personal growth over time.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Through real-life stories (with identities changed for privacy), this book offers a relatable, behind-the-scenes look at therapy and the many ways people grow when they feel seen, supported, and understood.
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
Brené Brown explores how embracing vulnerability and letting go of perfectionism can foster self-compassion, connection, and a more authentic life.
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