For the weight you carry,
and the feelings that arrive before thought.
35 programs for real struggles — anxiety, grief, panic, depression, chronic pain, and more. Not generic meditation. Real tools.
Built by a therapist. $9.99/month.
Download FreeTherapy costs $150-300 per session. Waitlists stretch for months. And for the 60% of people who never access professional help, the alternative is... apps that feel like they were made for people who are already fine.
You deserve something better than nothing.
Programs for Real Struggles
Not generic wellness. 30-day programs designed for what you're actually going through.
😰 Anxiety & Worry
For the thoughts that won't stop. The what-ifs. The 3am spirals. Learn to notice the pattern without getting swept away.
💔 Grief & Loss
Grief comes in waves, not stages. This isn't about "getting over it" — it's about learning to carry it.
⚡ Panic & Fear
When your body sounds the alarm for danger that isn't there. Build the capacity to ride it out.
🌧️ Depression & Low Mood
When everything feels heavy. Small movements. Realistic expectations. No toxic positivity.
🔥 Chronic Pain
Pain you've learned to hide. This won't make it disappear — but it can change your relationship with it.
🌀 Trauma
For what you're not ready to talk about. Safety first. Resources before activation. At your own pace.
🤰 Postpartum
The identity shift no one warned you about. This isn't a problem to solve — it's reconstruction.
💊 Recovery
One day at a time. Urge surfing. HALT. Tools for when willpower isn't enough.
🎭 People Pleasing
The "yes" that costs you. The needs you've buried. Finding the pause before the automatic response.
Plus: Caregiving, Loneliness, Sleep, Life Transitions, Inner Critic, and 26 more programs. Also: 25 single-day modules for acute moments — fresh loss, panic recovery, shame spirals, and more.
How It Works
Check in
Notice what's happening in your body. Not to fix it — just to see it. Where's the tension? What's the quality? This takes 2 minutes.
Learn something
Each day brings a piece of understanding. Why anxiety feels the way it does. What grief is actually doing. Short reads that change how you see yourself.
Practice something
149 guided practices — breathing, grounding, movement — matched to how you actually feel right now. Not random meditation. Targeted tools.
See your patterns
Over time, connections emerge. "I always feel this way on Sunday nights." "This usually follows that." The app shows you patterns — you decide what they mean.
Why This Is Different
Built by a therapist
Not a tech company. Not a wellness brand. A practicing therapist who got tired of having nothing good to recommend between sessions.
No AI making decisions
The app surfaces patterns. That's it. No algorithm telling you what your feelings mean. You stay in the driver's seat.
Designed to be outgrown
Most apps want you hooked forever. This one wants you to build skills and leave. Success = you delete the app.
Your data stays yours
Everything lives on your device. No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. Nothing to breach because there's nothing to collect.
Affordable on purpose
or $199.99 lifetime
That's what a therapist charges for about 4 minutes.
You get 30 days of structured practice, 149 tools, and support for whatever you're carrying.
A note from the creator
I'm a therapist. I built Cathexis because I kept wishing my clients had something better between sessions. Something more than journaling. Something designed for real struggles, not generic wellness.
The app is grounded in research — how the brain makes predictions, how emotions are built, how the body carries experience. But you don't need to know any of that. The depth is there if you want it. If not, it just works.
This isn't a replacement for therapy. If you can access professional care, please do. But if you can't right now — cost, waitlists, whatever the reason — you deserve something better than nothing.
— Built by a therapist. Designed to be outgrown.
You're not broken. You're carrying something heavy.
Let's work on it together.
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