Resilient Mind is a cohort-based intervention built from 12 evidence-based micro-tools. Students spend 5-10 minutes a day. In our first pilots, average PHQ-9 fell by [X points] and [Y%] of students completed the full 6 weeks.
Free for the first cohort during pilot phase. Built for universities of 1,000-50,000 students.
Most campuses have two extremes - counselling for the students in crisis, and a wellness app library for everyone else. The students who sit in the middle, below clinical threshold and above OK, are where most of the cohort lives. They get neither.
Counselling teams cannot scale. Waitlists run weeks to months. The students who self-refer are the tip of the iceberg.
Below clinical threshold, above "fine" is where most students sit. The campus has workshops and apps for them. Neither sticks.
App-based wellness libraries see 2-5% sustained use. The students who need this most do not open them.
Run alongside your existing counselling and wellness services. Built so students will actually use it.
Daily anchor (2 min): 30-second authenticity check, brief diary entry.
Weekly ritual (10 min): Behavioural Activation plan, gratitude, vision check.
As needed: Rumination Breaker at 11pm. Self-Compassion Break before an exam. Cognitive Restructuring after a hard conversation.
No homework feel. Tools, not content.
Sample: [N] students at [Institution(s)], [Term Year]. Self-reported, anonymised, run inside the platform. Methodology: resilient-mind methodology brief.
Designed for between lectures, not as homework. The longest tool runs 10 minutes; most run 2-5.
A diary with an AI companion. A 3-step self-compassion break. A cognitive restructuring thought record. Not a podcast library.
Rumination Breaker at 11pm during a spiral. Self-Compassion Break before an exam. The right tool surfaces in the right moment - not as a notification.
No mandatory sharing with the wellbeing team. Students see their own data; you see the cohort aggregate.
Cognitive scientist. Vice-Dean, Berlin School of Business and Innovation.
Dual PhD (musicology + AI). 70+ peer-reviewed publications. EU AI Expert Reviewer (90M+ EUR in research grants reviewed). Her body of research on creativity and cognition powers the creativity tests now used at 40-50 universities.
Resilient Mind is built on her work and on six decades of clinical psychology - not a wellness app dressed up with AI.
Every tool maps to peer-reviewed research. A selection:
Aaron Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Depression. Gold-standard CBT for 50+ years.
Sona Dimidjian et al. (2006) - matches antidepressants for moderate depression.
James Pennebaker, Opening Up by Writing It Down. 30+ years of replicated effects.
Edward Watkins; Susan Nolen-Hoeksema's research linking rumination to depression.
Arthur Aron's 36 Questions; Harvard Study of Adult Development.
Robert Emmons; Sonja Lyubomirsky - weekly outperforms daily.
+ Russ Harris (ACT), Carol Dweck (mindset), Laura King (Best Possible Self), and 30 more. Full research index.
Each week tells you what tools fire, why those tools that week, and what continues from earlier weeks. Click any tool for the steps.
Use the high-energy start to set a vivid direction and install low-friction anchors.
Week 1 motivation is highest, so we use it to set direction with Best Possible Self - a vivid 5-year vision that pulls behaviour forward across the whole program. We pair it with an as-needed self-compassion practice and two low-effort anchors that will run for the whole program: a daily diary and a weekly gratitude ritual.
Vivid 5-year vision. Pulls behaviour forward.
Step 1: Imagine your best possible self in 5 years. Step 2: Write what they look like, do, value. Step 3: Identify the smallest action that points there.
Laura King (2001); Meevissen et al. (2011) - 20+ studies on optimism, life satisfaction.
A 3-step micro-practice for self-criticism.
Step 1: Name what you're feeling. Step 2: Recognise this as a moment of suffering. Step 3: Offer yourself the kindness you'd give a friend.
Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself.
Expressive writing with an AI companion.
James Pennebaker, Opening Up by Writing It Down.
A weekly gratitude ritual. Not daily - the research is clear.
Robert Emmons & Michael McCullough (2003); Sheldon & Lyubomirsky (2006) - weekly outperforms daily.
Break the withdrawal cycle with scheduled mastery + pleasure.
Behavioural Activation is the single most evidence-backed depression intervention - matches antidepressants for moderate depression. Adventure List adds anticipation, which is bidirectionally linked to depression. Together they rebuild momentum without requiring motivation first.
Plan small mastery + pleasure activities. Mood follows.
Anticipation as an antidepressant.
Designed to add capacity, not workload.
Half a day. We provide the configuration template and onboard your designated faculty contact.
One faculty contact for student questions. Quarterly check-ins with our team.
Any flagged response routes immediately to your existing student crisis service. Resilient Mind does not act as a clinical service.
GDPR-compliant. Anonymous to your team by default. Aggregate dashboard only. No PII shared, no training data used externally.
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Most campuses already have content libraries, fixed CBT modules, or peer support. Resilient Mind sits between them: cohort-based, configurable per population, evidence-broad.
| Content libraries (Calm, Headspace) |
Fixed CBT modules (SilverCloud, TogetherAll) |
Peer support (TalkCampus, Togetherall) |
Resilient Mind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Format | Open-ended content | Fixed self-paced module | Anonymous chat | 6-week cohort program |
| Engagement design | Broadcast | Self-paced | Reactive | Daily anchor + as-needed |
| Measurement | Engagement proxy | Module completion | Volume only | PHQ-9 + WHO-5 + engagement |
| Configurable per cohort | No | No | No | Yes |
| Research base breadth | Light | CBT | None published | 6 traditions, mapped per tool |
Comparison written from public materials. Not a feature checklist - we recommend running Resilient Mind alongside your existing services, not in place of them.
Free during the pilot phase. Limited spots for the autumn 2026 cohort. We will adapt the program to your student population, integrate your intake, and provide an aggregate dashboard for your wellbeing office.
Five-question form. We respond within two business days. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you.
Start application →With Ana Maria. Bring your existing service map; we will tell you where Resilient Mind fits and where it does not.
Book a time →Questions before you apply or book? contact@wellbeing-ai.com