Cara: AI Mental Health Companion & Guided Wellbeing

Mental Health & AI Wellbeing

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Year

2025

Client

Jeremie Essen

Timeframe

6 months

Cara is AI-powered mental health companion for everyday wellbeing. The experience combines personalized conversations, guided emotional wellbeing exercises, goal-based support, and a clear pathway to human care when users need additional help.

The challenge

Mental health support needs to feel personal and approachable while still giving users clear guidance when their needs become more serious. The challenge was to turn AI-powered conversations, wellbeing exercises, goals, personalization, and access to professional support into one experience that feels simple, supportive, and easy to navigate.

Work process

Discovery & Research

We mapped the experience around everyday wellbeing, ongoing emotional support, guided self-help, and the transition to human care when additional support is needed.

Conversational UX

We structured the AI conversation experience to feel approachable and easy to use, with clear prompts, quick actions, and space for users to talk naturally about how they feel.

Personalization

We shaped the experience around different support styles, allowing users to choose whether Cara feels more supportive, practical, or empowering.

Goals & Wellbeing Tools

We organized guided exercises and wellbeing goals around areas such as emotional balance, resilience, breathing, relaxation, and personal growth.

Support Pathways & UI Handoff

We connected the self-guided experience with clear access to additional support and prepared the key mobile screens, states, and interactions for development.