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…
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.
The iPhone app is live on the App Store now, and the Android version is finishing Google Play review (July 2026) — it's the same app, same tools, same corgi.
And Aura's here to help — free to download, one tap to calm.
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