Why we built Helpy
Mental health support should be available the moment you need it, no waitlist, no waiting room, no big bill. Helpy helps you work through hard moments on your own, using methods that are backed by real research.
What Helpy is
Helpy is a self-help tool: exercises, an AI assistant, and a CBT journal, right in your browser and app. It's built for everyday support with anxiety, panic, stress, and burnout, for the moments when you need help right away.
How the AI works
Helpy’s replies today are written by a large language model from a third-party provider, so your messages go to that provider, as our privacy policy explains. Separately, we’re training our own model on about 1,000 example CBT conversations we generated and reviewed. It’s still in testing and isn’t what you chat with yet.
Our approach
It's grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), all well-researched, evidence-based approaches. The World Health Organization recommends CBT as a first-line option for anxiety. Everything here is educational and built for self-guided practice.
If you need help right now
You don't have to go through this alone. Free, confidential support is available 24/7: call or text 988 for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911.