Meet Clearmind — An eight-week CBT companion. Not a therapist

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Clearmind

An eight-week CBT companion. Not a therapist.

Every feature, from the first launch.

No account, no login, no cloud. Everything runs on your device and works fully offline — nothing in this post is hidden behind a wall.

What Clearmind does

Clearmind is a structured 8-week Cognitive Behavioral Therapy companion: protocol-driven worksheets that walk you through identifying thoughts, scheduling exposures, tracking mood, and surfacing patterns — drawn from NICE-validated CBT-protocol curricula in the public domain.

What's in v1:

— The 8-Week Protocol: a sequenced, dose-appropriate path through CBT's most-studied techniques — thought records, behavioral activation calendar, exposure planning, cognitive restructuring, problem-solving therapy, sleep hygiene, relapse prevention. Each week has 4 short exercises (5-10 min each), unlocked daily. — Mood Log: a 60-second daily check-in with three sliders (mood / energy / anxiety) plus a one-sentence note. Charts trend across the protocol. — Thought Records: a structured journal in the classic ABC + cognitive-distortion format (Activating event, Belief, Consequence + which distortion + alternative thought). 12 named distortions selectable from a tap-list. — Activity Scheduler: drag-and-drop daily calendar for behavioral activation. Each block tagged Mastery (1-5) and Pleasure (1-5) after the fact. — Exposure Planner: build a hierarchy (10 rungs from least to most distressing), schedule sessions, log SUDS scores (Subjective Units of Distress) pre/during/post. — Crisis Card: a one-screen, customizable card with your warning signs, coping moves, the people you call, and 988. Locks one-tap access in the corner of every screen. — Plain-English protocol library: text from CBT manuals adapted for the app — what each exercise is, why it works, what the evidence base looks like.

Clearmind is a SELF-help companion. It does not replace therapy. The app states this on first launch and again before any high-distress exercise. If a user logs three consecutive days of severe distress, the app surfaces 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) on the home screen and recommends professional help.

Free. There is no paid tier in v1.

A look inside

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What's inside

8-week protocol — Structured CBT sequence with daily exercises.
Mood log + charts — Daily 60-second check-in.
Thought records — ABC + distortion + reframe.
Activity scheduler — Behavioral activation with Mastery/Pleasure tags.
Exposure planner — 10-rung hierarchy with SUDS.
Crisis card — One-tap access on every screen.

Why we built it

1 in 5 US adults has a mental illness; 60% receive no treatment (NAMI). Therapist shortage 100K+. Existing apps split between (a) horizontal wellness (Calm, Headspace — meditation, not clinical), (b) AI companions (Woebot pivoted; Replika is entertainment), (c) clinically-validated DTx (Rejoyn — prescription-only, $30…

What makes it different

Clearmind is the only iOS app that ships a STRUCTURED 8-week sequence (not a feature menu), with every exercise drawn from public-domain CBT protocols (NICE, NIMH, NHS-published materials). No LLM therapist persona. No paid unlock. Mood logging + thought records exist elsewhere (Daylio, Sanvello) but unstructured. Rej…

Who it's for

Anyone who wants honest tracking without a coach, a subscription, or a streak guilting them at 11pm.

In one line: An eight-week CBT companion. Not a therapist.

Try it

See the Clearmind app page for the full feature list, the info table, and support links.

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