SturdyMind gives your practice a curated library of evidence-based exercises and turns each one into a guided, step-by-step experience between appointments — assigned by you, completed by your clients, with real results waiting at the next session.
Every exercise names its sources — adapted from VA and SAMHSA clinical programs, peer-reviewed research, and classical texts.
Based on the VA's PTSD Coach tools and SAMHSA's anger management program — U.S. government works, public domain.
Based on Gander, Proyer & Ruch (2016), Frontiers in Psychology — randomized-trial protocol, CC BY.
Based on Seneca's nightly self-examination (1st century) — the ancestor of the modern thought-record review.
A curated library of exercises — breathing, CBT worksheets, behavioral activation, mindfulness, positive psychology — searchable by approach and by what they help with.
Copy any exercise and edit every step: the wording, the questions, the timing, the safety notes. Or write your own from scratch.
Pick exercises per client for the week ahead. Try any exercise yourself first, exactly as your client will experience it.
Structured results arrive before the next session — including how much time an exercise really got, not an idealized picture.
Between appointments, an assistant working under your direction walks each client through their assigned exercises one step at a time — pacing the timed parts, asking the questions you chose, and recording the answers. On the web, or by text message for clients who prefer it.
Clients always see exactly what is shared with their provider — nothing more, and they can correct it.
Before we start: how settled do you feel right now, 1 (very tense) to 10 (very calm)?
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Thanks. Place one hand on your belly and one on your chest, and breathe in slowly so your belly expands…
recorded for your review: calm before · 4