A tool for your clients, built by a therapist.
I built Cathexis because I kept watching clients make breakthroughs in session — then lose them by Tuesday. The somatic awareness they developed in the room didn't follow them into their lives. Cathexis is the bridge.
WHAT YOUR CLIENTS GET
Daily somatic check-ins that build interoceptive vocabulary across 29 body zones and 20 sensation qualities. Adaptive practices that respond to their nervous system state — not a generic script. Pattern intelligence that surfaces observations you can use in session: "Your client's jaw tension peaked on Sundays for three weeks before they mentioned the family dinners."
A session report PDF they can generate and bring to their next appointment — twelve sections covering program status, territory profile, somatic signature summary, regulation practice data, prediction testing outcomes, contextual patterns, assessment narrative, ecological context, and risk indicators. Designed to review in under two minutes. Replaces the first fifteen minutes of session catch-up with data you could not otherwise access.
WHAT CATHEXIS IS NOT
It's not therapy. It's not a chatbot. It doesn't interpret or diagnose. It builds the observational capacity that makes your work with them more effective. Think of it as homework that actually works — because it starts with the body, not the thought record.
A NOTE ON DATA AND PRIVACY
All of your client's data is processed on their device. Cathexis does not transmit clinical data to servers. There is no cloud database of your client's somatic check-ins, body map responses, or session content.
This matters for two reasons. First, recommending Cathexis to a client doesn't create a HIPAA exposure — you're recommending a tool that works like a private journal, not a cloud platform. Second, your client can be genuinely honest in the app, because the only person with access to their data is them.
When the provider dashboard launches in 2027, all data sharing will be opt-in, consent-gated, and immediately revocable by the client. They control it. Not us.
THE 167 INVISIBLE HOURS
Therapy happens for one hour per week. The other 167 hours are invisible to the clinician. When your client returns, you have no structured data about what happened in between. Did they practice? What did they notice? When were they most activated? What helped?
Cathexis generates exactly this data. Every check-in, every intervention, every somatic observation captures structured information about your client’s experience between sessions. Not as a surveillance feed — as a clinical tool that deepens the therapeutic relationship.
CLINICAL FRAMEWORK
Grounded in a published clinical framework
The Human Experience Framework — the classification system underlying Cathexis — is published as a standalone clinical manual with a permanent DOI. Sixteen territories of human experience, each with theoretical grounding, somatic signatures, network configurations, assessment pathways, and intervention mechanisms. Built for clinicians, IRB reviewers, and researchers.
Cathexis is grounded in seven research programs: Barrett (constructed emotion), Friston (predictive processing), Panksepp (primary affect systems), Damasio (somatic markers), Solms (neuropsychoanalysis), Pessoa (distributed brain networks), and Kandel (memory systems and reconsolidation). Seven research programs, not wellness branding.
COMING IN 2027: PROVIDER DASHBOARD
The provider dashboard is a web application — not an iOS app — because you use desktop computers in session and need access from any device. It will include session preparation views (the most important developments since the last session), consent-gated somatic trajectory data, a prescriber model for assigning specific practices and programs, and clinical handoff protocols for crisis situations. All data sharing is controlled entirely by the client, with permission changes taking effect immediately.
The client controls everything. Lowering a permission level is immediate. Journal entries and free-text reflections are never shared through the platform regardless of permission level. If a client wants to share a reflection with their therapist, they do so verbally in session. The therapeutic alliance depends on the client feeling safe — and that means their Cathexis data is their private space.