New App Helps Teens Cope With Anxiety

July 29, 2014

The free Mindshift app includes articles, questionnaires, and a symptom-tracking system. Its primary goal is to teach teens and young adults a variety of positive ways to combat their everyday anxieties, panic, conflicts, and worry. Teens can input their symptoms and the app creates a plan to help them reduce the stress. It’s like having a personal coach help them face challenging situations so…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.