AI CBT without a Therapist

Anxiety doesn’t wait for a therapy appointment. Panic attacks, sleepless nights and heavy thoughts show up at night, on the way to work or right before a hard conversation. Helpy is an AI therapist chat that is there whenever you need it.

CBT without a Therapist is an AI therapy app with an AI therapist chat, a CBT thought diary and emotion journal, a mood tracker, panic attack support with breathing exercises, an anxiety course, guided exercises and psychological tests, including an anxiety test and a depression test. It brings together evidence-based methods from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

HELPY, YOUR AI THERAPIST CHAT
Tell Helpy what’s going on, by text or by voice, or send a screenshot, a PDF or a Word file. Trained in CBT methods, the AI therapist asks a few questions, helps you work through anxious thoughts, understand the connection between your thoughts, emotions and behaviors, and suggests a technique: checking a thought against the facts, breathing or grounding. Available any time, day or night. Helpy remembers what worries you, so you don’t have to start over every time. Ask Helpy to remind you about a new habit, and it will set a daily reminder. If a conversation points to a crisis, Helpy stays with you and shows where to get urgent help.

ONE SYSTEM ACROSS YOUR DEVICES
Helpy is the only app where the phone app, the watch app, the Mac app and the website work as one system. Your journal, mood log, test results and conversations with Helpy are the same everywhere: start a conversation on your watch, continue on your phone, come back to a journal entry on your computer.

CBT THOUGHT DIARY AND EMOTION JOURNAL
Write down the situation, the thought and the emotion, or dictate them. Your AI therapist analyzes the entry using CBT principles, spots possible cognitive distortions and suggests questions to test the thought. The emotion journal helps you notice which events and thoughts trigger anxiety. Export the whole journal or a single entry to PDF and take it to a therapy session.

MOOD TRACKER
Log your mood and emotions in a couple of taps, right from a home screen widget. The mood journal shows a monthly calendar and statistics for any period, so you can see how your mood changes and what affects it. You can discuss the chosen period with Helpy.

PANIC ATTACK SUPPORT
Breathing exercises for panic attacks, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding and DBT skills that help you ride out the peak of anxiety and gradually regain a sense of control. Many exercises have audio guidance.

REDUCING ANXIETY COURSE
Five step-by-step modules. The first one is free.

EXERCISES FOR STRESS, BURNOUT AND MOTIVATION
Short CBT, DBT and ACT techniques for stress and overwhelm, burnout, days when you don’t feel like doing anything, and anxiety about change and uncertainty.

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
7 tests: an anxiety test (GAD-7), depression tests (PHQ-9 and the CES-D scale), self-esteem (Rosenberg scale), sleep, procrastination and a trauma and stress screening (PC-PTSD-5). Each test shows your level on the scale. It’s a guide, not a diagnosis.

PRIVACY AND EVERYDAY TOOLS
• PIN, fingerprint or face unlock
• end-to-end journal encryption
• home screen widgets and a daily reminder
• dark theme, PDF export of the journal and chats

Helpy may be a good fit if you experience anxiety, stress or panic attacks, feel burned out, struggle with low mood or self-esteem, can’t afford a therapist right now, or want more CBT, DBT or ACT practice between sessions.

QUESTIONS
Is Helpy an AI therapist?
Helpy is an AI therapy companion trained in CBT, DBT and ACT techniques. It helps you work through thoughts and feelings between sessions or when a therapist isn’t available. It does not replace a licensed therapist or emergency care.

Helpy is a self-help app. It does not replace a licensed therapist or emergency care.

Recent changes:
• Photos and documents in chat: send a screenshot, PDF or Word file and Helpy will work through it
• Reminders from chat: Helpy suggests, you set them
• “How are you right now?”: a daily nudge to log your mood, turn it on in notification settings
• Fixes and improvements