Understand your emotions in two minutes a day
Initial exercises: immediately after installation
One problem, different psychology methods: CBT, DBT, imagery, body-oriented and art therapy. Choose what works for you.
Start with two minutes today
100+ audio practices and 60+ exercises. Core features are free, with no time limit. No sign-up needed to begin. For Android.
Breadcrumbs: guided work on common requests, with audio
20+ topics: pick what bothers you right now. Questions based on CBT and other evidence-based approaches, a takeaway with its scientific basis, and an audio practice for the same topic.
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Questions
A few guiding questions, from “what happened” to “what matters to you”. -
A takeaway with sources
A short takeaway and an (i) icon showing what it is based on. -
Audio for the topic
A practice to reinforce exactly this topic. Follow the whole program or play only the audio.
For example: resentment, catastrophizing and worry about the future, fear of getting sick, impostor syndrome, inner critic, perfectionism, procrastination, jealousy, breakup, loneliness, feeling peopled out…
RIVA PSY brings together approaches from several schools of psychology — CBT, DBT, rational emotive therapy, emotional-imagery therapy, body-oriented therapy, art therapy and others. The same problem can be worked on with different methods: you choose what works best for you. The app is educational: it does not treat or diagnose, and it does not replace a psychotherapist.
Important. Rivapsy complements, but does not replace, care from a doctor or therapist, and it is not an emergency service. If you or someone close to you is in danger, call your local emergency number (112 in the EU) or see our crisis support page.
How it works
Three steps, at your own pace
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Notice
Two minutes in the diary: the situation, thoughts, emotions, body sensations and your reaction. -
Understand
A map of your life: which people, places and activities charge you and which drain you, and how many hours you can be around others before irritation grows. -
Work through it
“Breadcrumbs”: guided work on common requests with a closing audio, or a single audio by the name of a feeling. Follow the program or use it only when you need it.
Take a look inside
What makes RIVA PSY different
All of this is already in the app
A map of your life
See which people, places and activities charge you and which drain you, and how many hours of socialising you handle before irritation grows.
Help by the name of the feeling
About 140 named emotions. Each family of feelings has short exercises and audio: 100+ audio practices, from 30-second techniques.
Breadcrumbs
20+ common requests: questions based on CBT and other evidence-based approaches, a visible scientific basis and an audio practice for the topic.
Two ways to use it
Follow the program step by step, or play a single audio in a hard moment.
Adapts to you
If your entries are mostly negative, the app gently invites you to notice good moments and shows what lifts you.
Private and transparent
Your diary stays on your phone. Every topic shows its sources, and we say openly that the effectiveness of the app is still to be studied.
Start with two minutes today
100+ audio practices and 60+ exercises. Core features are free, with no time limit. No sign-up needed to begin. For Android.
Unobtrusive reminders, no pressure - at your own pace
Accessible
Core features are free, with no time limit
Private
Your diary stays on your phone
Gentle
Topics people bring to the app
Your diary and notes are saved only on your phone
- Lectures and recommendations
- Audio sessions
- Working through resentment, trauma, guilt, and shame Identifying irrational thoughts
- Managing your emotional state
- Existential questions
With nuance and care - gently, and with attention to detail
- Devaluing other people's judgment of you
- Managing your emotional state and thoughts
- Deep exploration of the outside world
- Building trust in yourself
- Building trust in the outside world
- Self-confidence
- Working with anxiety
- Reflection exercises on difficult past experiences (not trauma therapy)
- Psychosomatics
- Exploring yourself and your desires
- Working with irrational thoughts, beliefs, and catastrophizing
- Panic attacks
- Meditations and breathing techniques
- Living "here and now"
- Trust in yourself and the world
- Exploring yourself
- Exploring your desires and needs
- Anxieties and phobias
- Trust in and acceptance of yourself
- Self-esteem and self-confidence
- Psychosomatics Improving relationships Irrational beliefs, thoughts, and catastrophizing
- Building personal boundaries
- Exploring emotions and feelings
- Building intrapersonal emotional intelligence
- Building interpersonal emotional intelligence
- Sensing your body and your needs
- Psychosomatics Learning creative and emotional visualization
How this affects the people close to you
"When you don't understand your own emotions, the people closest to you feel it first - your partner, your kids, your parents"
"Notice your emotions and work through them without hurting the people you love"
"Healthy boundaries start with understanding yourself - not with guessing what's wrong"
"Notice your emotions earlier"
"Notice your emotions and work through them without hurting the people you love"
"Healthy boundaries start with understanding yourself - not with guessing what's wrong"
"Notice your emotions earlier"
"Anxiety, panic and sleepless nights are familiar to many people. You can start small: notice what is happening. If it feels unbearable, talk to a professional."
"Body and emotions are connected. In the diary you can notice how. Talk to a doctor about physical symptoms."
"Support matters. The app can be a first step, and if you feel worse or stuck, a professional can help."
"Body and emotions are connected. In the diary you can notice how. Talk to a doctor about physical symptoms."
"Support matters. The app can be a first step, and if you feel worse or stuck, a professional can help."
Please keep in mind that the app does not replace a psychiatrist, medication, or a psychotherapist — it complements them. The app is educational and does not replace professional help.
FAQ
By default, your data is stored locally on your device and never sent to an external server.
Yes - the app is specifically designed to complement therapy, among other things, rather than replace it.
No, the core features - diary, trackers, basic analytics - are free with no time limit.
It differs from person to person, and we cannot promise a result. With regular use it is easier to notice patterns in your diary. If you feel worse or stuck, talk to a professional.
From the blog
Short articles on anxiety, mood and emotions.
All blog articles →
All blog articles →
- How to catch the thought between what happens and how you feel.
- The 12 most common thinking traps and how to spot them.
- What separates a seasonal dip in mood from depression.
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