Aura
Aura
Aura is your personal calm in your pocket: one-tap SOS panic relief, guided thought reframing, 100+ CBT & DBT lessons, breathing, sleep stories, and a caring AI companion.
Real tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy — wrapped in a cozy, judgment-free space.
Whether you're spiraling at 2am or building a calmer routine, there's a path for this exact moment.
Fast grounding (5-4-3-2-1), paced breathing, and DBT crisis skills (TIPP & STOP) walk you back to center — no thinking required.
The guided CBT thought record helps you catch the thought, spot the thinking trap, weigh the evidence, and rewrite it fairly.
100+ bite-sized lessons across 10 tracks — a full DBT skills program, panic, sleep, social anxiety, overthinking, and more — plus games that train the skills.
Sleep stories and body scans quiet the night. Mood check-ins, GAD-7 trends, streaks, and a growing corgi companion keep the habit warm.
Grounding, paced breathing, and DBT crisis skills for the worst moments — one tap away.
A guided thought record that turns anxious "facts" into fair, calmer thoughts.
Ten tracks including a complete DBT skills program — practical, 3-minute lessons.
A warm, judgment-free companion for late-night worries. No appointment needed.
Box breathing, 4-7-8, and coherent breathing with gentle visual pacing.
Stories, soundscapes, and body scans that ease an anxious mind into rest.
Daily check-ins and the clinical GAD-7 anxiety screen, graphed over time.
Journals and check-ins stay on your device — not on our servers.
Free, practical, therapist-informed guides — each one pairs the technique with how to practice it in Aura.
Woken up by a racing heart at 2am? A step-by-step plan to stop a panic attack at night: grounding, paced breathing, and DBT crisis…
Learn the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique step by step — the fastest way to interrupt anxiety, panic, and dissociation by anchoring …
How to do box breathing (4-4-4-4): the exact steps, why it calms your nervous system in minutes, and how to practice it daily to l…
The 4-7-8 breathing technique step by step — why the long exhale makes it the best breathing exercise for falling asleep, plus exa…
A therapist-style walkthrough of the CBT thought record: catch the anxious thought, weigh the evidence, and rewrite it into a fair…
A plain-English cognitive distortions list — catastrophizing, mind reading, all-or-nothing thinking and more — with real examples …
TIPP — Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, Paired muscle relaxation — the DBT crisis skill that drops emotional intens…
The GAD-7 is the 7-question anxiety screen clinicians use worldwide. See the questions, scoring bands (minimal, mild, moderate, se…
Can't sleep because your mind won't stop? A step-by-step nighttime routine for anxiety — worry download, 4-7-8 breathing, body sca…
Practical, CBT-backed ways to stop overthinking and rumination — scheduled worry time, the worry tree, thought defusion, and groun…
How to build a fear ladder — the graded exposure tool that shrinks avoidance step by step. Includes a worked example with SUDS rat…
The DBT diary card explained — what you track (emotions, urges, skills used), why daily matters, and how a digital diary card make…
STOP — Stop, Take a step back, Observe, Proceed mindfully — the DBT skill that interrupts impulsive reactions before they cost you…
Wide awake at 3am with your mind racing? A step-by-step plan to fall back asleep with anxiety — what to do in bed, when to get up,…
Radical acceptance is DBT's skill for the pain you can't fix — what it is, what it isn't (not approval, not giving up), and how to…
DEAR MAN is DBT's formula for asking for what you need — or saying no — and being heard. Every letter explained, with a word-for-w…
Yes — Aura is free to download and use, including SOS panic relief, breathing exercises, mood check-ins, and starter lessons. Aura Premium (3-day free trial, then subscription) unlocks unlimited AI companion conversations, all 100+ lessons, and the full sleep library.
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) focuses on catching and reframing distorted thoughts. DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) adds skills for intense emotions — distress tolerance, emotion regulation, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. Aura teaches both, and its tools draw from each. Learn more →
An app can't replace treatment, but evidence-based tools delivered in the moment — grounding, paced breathing, DBT crisis skills — are exactly what therapists teach for panic. Aura's SOS mode puts them one tap away when your brain is too flooded to remember steps. Learn more →
No. Aura supports your wellbeing but is not a medical device and doesn't provide diagnosis or treatment. It works great alongside therapy or as a starting point. If you're in crisis, call or text 988 (US) or contact local emergency services.
Yes — your journal entries, mood check-ins, and session history are stored locally on your device, not on Aura's servers. Your reflections are yours.
Yes — Aura is now live on both the App Store and Google Play. It's the same app, same tools, same corgi on either phone.
And Aura's here to help — free to download, one tap to calm.