Headspace Care (Ginger)

Mental health support — available through organizations + health plans

Headspace Care (Ginger) - Mental Health Support App

"Headspace Care (Ginger)" is a mental health support app providing confidential coaching, video therapy, and psychiatry. With 24/7 text-based access and a library of resources, users receive personalized mental health care tailored to their needs. The platform ensures privacy and security, complies with HIPAA regulations, and offers services in Spanish. Access is available through select employers and health plans, making mental health support more accessible than ever.
Install from Google Play Store

App stats

Version: 6.21.0 (Last updated: 2024-12-12)
Creation date: 2012-04-19
Permissions
Calendar: read calendar events plus confidential information, add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Phone: directly call phone numbers, read phone status and identity
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • access Bluetooth settings
  • send sticky broadcast
  • full network access
  • change your audio settings
  • reorder running apps
  • draw over other apps
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping

Ranking

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Android apps? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Android-Stats data as you browse the Google Play Store.

App summary

Ginger is now Headspace Care
Headspace Care offers confidential mental health support with live, text-based coaching, video-based therapy and psychiatry, and a library of skill-building resources — all from the privacy of your smartphone.

Our coaching model
Coaches provide support through real-time, text-based conversations in the app, so you can easily and privately chat with a coach anytime, anywhere. Coaches are available 24/7 for immediate in-the-moment care and via regularly scheduled sessions. We know texting isn’t easy for everyone, which is why we also offer a speech-to-text option. Coaches also help you get the right level of care and can direct you to a Headspace Care therapist or psychiatrist if you need extra support.

About our mental health coaches
Headspace Care coaches are trained professionals with an advanced degree and/or coaching certification. Headspace Care coaches have at least two years of professional work experience and undergo an additional 100+ hours of specialized training every year. Coaches are full-time employees of Headspace Care, and yes — they’re real people.

Therapy and psychiatry
When more support is needed, video-based sessions with a licensed therapist and/or psychiatrist are available, with evening and weekend hours. If you feel therapy and psychiatry may be helpful, please reach out to a coach.

Guided resources
Our in-app library of skill-building resources includes activities, podcasts, videos, articles, and more. New recommendations are suggested based on your needs and can help you with a range of topics, such as anxiety, stress, relationships, and career challenges.

Available in Spanish
Headspace Care is available in Spanish for individuals who are age 18 and older and have access through their employer or organization. Headspace Care in Spanish will be available soon for all health plan members.

Confidential and secure
Conversations between you and your care team are confidential. Headspace Care is HIPAA and EU GDPR compliant and HITRUST CSF certified.

What does it cost?
Select employers and organizations offer Headspace Care, including unlimited mental health coaching, at no cost to their employees, members, and their dependents. Depending on your employer or organization’s plan, you may have a limited number of therapy and psychiatry sessions covered, after which you would be responsible for the cost of the session not covered by your insurance. Depending on your health plan, the cost for accessing therapy and psychiatry services through Headspace Care may vary depending on your specific benefit plan. Please contact your benefits administrator for more information.

Get started
If you have access through your employer, download the app and tap “My Organization,” and follow the steps. If you have access through your health plan, you may have received an email from Headspace Care with a unique code. Simply download the app, tap “Enter an Access Code,” then enter the code from the Headspace Care email and follow the steps.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Quality of coaches and counseling services
  • Convenience of tele-counseling and text-based support
  • Helpful self-help articles and resources
  • Ease of initial setup and scheduling sessions
  • App provides supportive and timely responses during sessions
Cons
  • Technical issues with the app such as slowness and bugs
  • Limited availability of coaches and support 24/7
  • Unsatisfactory customer service and billing department experiences
  • Ineffective onboarding process for coaching services
  • Lack of a web interface for more efficient typing and usability
Most mentioned
  • Coaches are helpful and professional
  • Technical issues with the app
  • Delays in communication during sessions
  • Frustrations with customer support and billing
  • Difficulties with switching coaches or scheduling
User reviews
My coach has been a life-changing asset to my understanding and management of my anxiety and acute trauma! The app works fine and has some extra articles and tools that can be very simple, but good if you're open minded about introspection and use them as tools to dig deeper independently. It's good. Sometimes I want something a bit more with higher intensity, but it's an excellent and easy intro!
by Marita Bonvillian, 2024-04-06

I had two sessions with a coach. The first session increased my anxiety as they seemed to have a preset plan without listening. The second session focused on planning the next one. My anxiety and depression worsened. Their structure didn't help, and I don't see how it could. Some articles were helpful, but when my insurance changed, they seemed eager to end our sessions without offering alternatives. Overall, the emphasis was on game plans rather than attentive listening and constructive feedbac
by Miles Exner, 2024-03-02

The coaches are not truly available 24/7. If you happen to need help when your coach or coaches aren't available you have to keep adding on new people they pick for you. Weird way how they try to steer you towards appointments rather than truly having someone available 24/7. Also super awkward if you don't "click" or easily build rapport with the coach they assign to you ...wish it were easier to change coaches if it's not working.
by A K, 2023-10-18
View all user reviews

Similar apps

Here are some Android apps that are similar to Headspace Care (Ginger):