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Stop The Loop / Anxiety Tools

Stop the
loop.

An app for anxiety loops, built around real techniques. CBT, ACT, and DBT skills translated into tools you can pull out in the queue, on the train, in bed at three a.m. — for the actual moment, not the quiet one. Not meditation. Loop breaking.

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£9.99 Per month
£79 Per year
iOS · Web Both platforms
Live · iOS & Web Stop The Loop app interface
In the moment Stop The Loop technique library
01 / The Toolkit

A toolkit for the
actual moment.

Anxiety loops don't wait for a quiet moment to meditate. Stop The Loop is built for the moment as it happens — tools you can pull out in the queue, on the train, in the middle of a difficult conversation — that interrupt the spiral with technique, not affirmations.

  • Bilateral grounding. Eye-movement and tapping exercises for fast somatic regulation.
  • 5-4-3-2-1 sensory grounding. Bring attention back to the room before the spiral takes hold.
  • Breath patterns. Box breathing, 4-7-8, and the physiological sigh — guided by a visual rhythm, not a stopwatch.
  • Cognitive reframing. Quick prompts that surface the distortion in the thought before it sets.
  • Body scan. Timed prompts for noticing where the loop is held, before doing anything about it.
Bilateral · Sensory · Breath Under 5 min Offline-friendly
CBT · ACT · DBT Stop The Loop CBT ACT DBT techniques
02 / The Foundations

CBT. ACT. DBT.
Practitioner-shaped.

The techniques aren't invented. They're the same ones mental health practitioners use, translated into tools that run on your phone — with the language stripped of the jargon, kept short of the clinical, and never pretending to replace the real thing.

  • CBT. Thought records, cognitive distortions catalogue, behavioural experiments — adapted for self-paced use.
  • ACT. Defusion exercises, values clarification, willingness practices — for when the loop isn't going to "stop", but you can still move.
  • DBT. Distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness — the skills, not the curriculum.
  • Mood timeline. See what triggers what, over weeks. Spot the pattern before the loop spots you.
  • Technique library. Searchable, indexed, growing — with plain-English explainers on what each one is for.
CBT · ACT · DBT Mood timeline Technique library
Always-on · Crisis-aware Stop The Loop 3am chat interface
03 / When the techniques aren't enough

There when it's
three a.m.

When the loop hits at three in the morning and the techniques aren't enough on their own, there's a chat that listens, prompts, and stays grounded in the same evidence base as the rest of the app. Built carefully — and built explicitly not to replace a real person.

  • Always available. No scheduling, no waiting room, no opening hours.
  • Grounded in technique. Trained on the same CBT, ACT, and DBT frameworks as the rest of the app.
  • Honest about limits. Will not pretend to be a therapist, a doctor, or a crisis counsellor.
  • Crisis-aware routing. Recognises when a conversation reaches the bounds of what an app should handle, and signposts to professional support — Samaritans, NHS 111, Shout, and others — directly in-app.
  • Private by default. Conversations stay tied to your account.
Always-on Crisis-aware Signposts to support
£9.99/mo · £79/year Stop The Loop pricing and access
04 / Pricing & Access

Tools, not tiers.

Same techniques, same chat, same library — for everyone. No paywalled "premium" exercises hidden behind a higher tier mid-spiral. Either you have access or you don't, and the app tells you which without making you guess.

  • £9.99 per month — full access, no feature locks, cancel any time.
  • £79 per year — same access, paid annually, twelve months committed.
  • Free trial — try the techniques before you commit. No card up front.
  • iOS and Web. Pick up where you left off across devices, with everything synced.
  • Honest about scope. An app to support you between professional appointments — not a substitute for therapy, GP care, or crisis services.
£9.99/mo £79/year Cancel any time
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Frameworks: CBT · ACT · DBT
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Tools available
£9.99
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iOS · Web
Both platforms
Important. Stop The Loop is a self-help app. It is not a substitute for professional therapy, GP care, or crisis services. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact a professional. In the UK: Samaritans 116 123, NHS 111 (option 2), or Shout (text 85258).
Calm tools for noisy minds

Got a loop?
Stop the loop.

Try a grounding exercise. See if it lands. Take what works, leave what doesn't. The techniques are the same ones used in evidence-based practice — packaged so you can run them when you need them, not when there's time to sit on a cushion.

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