WRITTEN BY A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Learn to work with anxiety, one step at a time.
A psychoeducation programme that draws on cognitive-behavioural approaches to help you understand how anxiety works and build coping skills that hold up in everyday life. Short sessions, at your own pace.
Your journal and answers stay on your device.
- Ages 18 and over
- Your data stays on your device
- No judgement
- 16modules, one a week
- 7sessions per module
- 112guided sessions
What is Calm Anxiety?
Calm Anxiety: Blisswell is a psychoeducation app on anxiety coping skills, written by clinical psychologist Murat Yön. It has a 16-module programme (12 foundation and 4 deepening modules; the place of some modules is adjusted to your answers) and a “Calm Now” tool that is always free. It is not therapy and does not diagnose; it is not an emergency service either.
IN A HARD MOMENT
Settle first, understand later.
The Calm Now tool opens at any time, with no account and no payment. One instruction per screen, large buttons and a way out at every step.
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Paced breathing
A slow, paced breathing exercise. If you like, you note how you feel before and after.
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Coming back to now
A low-effort grounding exercise based on noticing your surroundings with your senses.
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Someone you trust
A short step that helps you reach out to a person you trust.
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Professional and emergency support
Professional and emergency resources by country. If you are not safe, the app does not suggest exercises; it opens these resources directly.
Calm Now is not an emergency service. If you have thoughts of harming yourself or you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
HOW THE PROGRAMME IS BUILT
Six stages, one path.
Each module is a week of work: five core days, one practice day and one review day. Progress follows the steps you complete, not the calendar; if you take a break, nothing breaks.
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Foundation 3 modules
- Meet Your Anxiety Pattern
- Understand Your Body’s Alarm
- Redirect Your Attention Without a Fight
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Thinking and worry 3 modules
- Thoughts Are Not Verdicts
- Solving the Problem, or Circling in Worry?
- Move Forward With Uncertainty
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Safety behaviours and approach 2 modules
- What Protects You but Narrows Your Life
- Approach With Small, Chosen Steps
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Inner experience, rules, values 2 modules
- Respond Differently to Difficult Inner Experiences
- What Do You Want to Make Room For?
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Deepening 1 module
- Relationships, Support and Boundaries
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Closing 1 module
- Build Your Own Coping System
Added according to your answers
The place of four deepening modules is adjusted to your answers:
- Beliefs That Feed the Loop
- My Rules and Standards
- Round Two: Let the Learning Travel
- Anxiety at Night
In total 16 modules and 112 guided sessions.
HOW IT WORKS
Small steps, at a pace you choose.
A short assessment
You answer what you would like to work on and how anxiety touches your daily life. The result is not a diagnosis; it only personalises the order of your journey. You can skip any question.
Sessions of a few minutes
Each session has a short piece of information, a thinking step and, most of the time, a small practice to try in everyday life. The reason for each practice is always explained.
Small experiments in real life
In the avoidance and safety-behaviour modules you try small steps that you choose yourself. No step is compulsory; you can shrink it, postpone it or drop it at any time.
Your own system
At the end of the programme you gather what you have learned into a single personal coping plan.
WHO IT IS FOR
You do not need a reason to be curious.
Constant worry and overthinking
Times when your mind keeps circling back to the same thought and the “what if” sentences do not end.
Tension in the body
Recognising signs such as tight muscles and restlessness, and working with them. For new, severe or unexplained physical symptoms, see a doctor first.
Avoidance and putting things off
Noticing avoidance that protects you but narrows your life, and approaching things in small, chosen steps.
Social situations and performance
Working with anxiety that rises when you speak, sit an exam or feel evaluated.
Thoughts before sleep
There is a separate deepening module for thoughts that circle at night.
Just curious
You do not need a problem to learn how anxiety works.
PRIVACY
Your journal stays on your device.
Anxiety is personal. The app is built around that.
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What you write stays on your device
Your journal, mood entries, assessment answers and personal maps are stored only on your device and are never sent to our servers.
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Only your account in the cloud
The server holds only your email address, account ID and subscription status.
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Neutral notifications
Lock-screen notifications never mention an anxiety topic or symptom.
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Delete at any time
You can export or delete your data, and you can send a request to have your account deleted.
WHAT IT IS NOT
It states its limits up front.
- It is not therapy.
- It does not diagnose; it does not decide whether you have an anxiety disorder.
- It does not provide treatment; it contains no medication or medical advice.
- It is not a treatment programme for panic disorder or any other anxiety disorder; it offers general anxiety-coping skills.
- It is not an emergency service.
If anxiety clearly disrupts your daily functioning or has lasted for months, see a mental health professional. If you already work with one, you can tell them you use the programme alongside. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
WHO WROTE IT
The programme was written by clinical psychologist Murat Yön. The content draws on frameworks widely used in mental health, cognitive-behavioural approaches above all, and is written originally; the scientific basis is listed in a separate section of the app. Murat Yön’s clinical work is separate from the app.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What people ask, short answers.
Is this therapy?
No. Calm Anxiety is a psychoeducation programme: it explains how anxiety works and teaches coping skills. It does not diagnose or treat.
Is it for panic attacks?
The programme is about coping with everyday anxiety in general; it is not a treatment for panic disorder. The Calm Now tool has a short breathing and grounding exercise for moments when anxiety rises.
Who can see what I write?
No one. Your journal, mood entries and answers are stored only on your device. The server holds only your account and subscription status.
What is free?
The Calm Now tool and the support resources are always free. The full programme needs a subscription; subscription details are on the subscription page.
Who can use it?
Calm Anxiety is for ages 18 and over.
How long does it take?
The programme is 16 modules, each a week of work (12 foundation, 4 deepening); the place of some modules is adjusted to your answers. Progress follows steps, not dates; you can take breaks.
Browser or phone?
You can open it in your browser. When the mobile apps are published in the stores, you will use the same account there.
Can I delete my account?
Yes. The delete-account page explains the steps; requests are handled within 30 days at the latest.
Who wrote it?
The content was written by clinical psychologist Murat Yön, drawing on approaches widely used in mental health.
There is no rush to begin.
Open it in your browser and take the first step at your own pace. Calm Now is always within reach.
Opens in your browser · Ages 18 and over
Calm Anxiety: Blisswell is a wellbeing and psychoeducation app; it is not therapy and does not diagnose.