SENSATION BEFORE EMOTION
Sensation is the access point, not the whole system.
Cathexis is a published way of understanding the patterns your nervous system has learned, offered as a free map, training for professionals, and an optional app.
Free / CC BY 4.0
Read HEF 3.0
The classification.
Sixteen territories.
$129 / FOUNDING / PRE-CE
Practitioner manual
The method in the room.
Complete without the app.
iOS / PROOF OF CONCEPT
The app
One expression of the framework. Not the definition.
ORIGIN
The Human Experience Framework began as the clinical foundation for the Cathexis app.
It now stands on its own as a published classification system. The app is one expression of it, not the definition of it.
Justin DeGarbo, AMFT
FOR CLINICIANS
Classification and method. The map is free. The training is the manual.
Session Report • Treatment Plan • My Story
THE APP
1
Check in with your body
Tap where you notice sensation. Name its quality. Notice its intensity.
2
Practice what your nervous system needs
Adaptive somatic practices respond to your data — not a script
3
Watch your patterns emerge
Over days and weeks, see what your nervous system has been running.
Your chest tightens before meetings. these aren’t random, they’re predictions. Cathexis helps you read them.
BRAIN • BODY • WORLD
Three views of one nervous system
Brain
Which networks activate, and when.
Body
Where your sensations concentrate over time.
World
The people, places, and pressures that shape what you feel.
PROGRAMS
The classification has sixteen territories. The live app ships with nine 30-day programs.
01
Living in Threat
02
Living in Shutdown
03
Living in Loss
04
Living in Overwhelm
05
Living Under Siege
06
Living in Conflict
07
Living in the Body Under Strain
08
Living in a System Under Pressure
09
Living in Transition
See all programs: /programs
FREE IN CRISIS
Two programs for the hardest moments. Always free.
Still Here
7-day somatic safety practice for when staying feels difficult.
New Ground
7-day practice for when your world changed without warning.
No trial. No limits. No subscription required.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline • Crisis Text Line • Text HOME to 741741
ON DEVICE
Your data stays on your phone. Your intelligence stays personal.
Cathexis uses Apple’s on-device AI to generate observations grounded in your own patterns. Morning predictions. Evening check-backs.
Clinical data stays on-device. Crash diagnostics are optional, opt-in, and off by default.
Your nervous system is already running patterns.
Learn to read them.