Choose Your Plan

1 Brainstorm

Every therapy tool starts with a brainstorming session. What challenges are clinicians facing that we could help alleviate? What is our community asking for? At this stage, we think broadly about client populations, therapeutic approaches, and scientific support for various interventions, until we’ve settled on a general idea to explore. 

2 Research

Before writing a single word, we hit the books. Using academic journals and other resources, we learn everything we can about a topic. We explore common interventions, emerging trends, and evaluate the tools that already exist. The goal of this stage is to turn our general idea into something specific that’s backed by science. 

3 Draft

Finally, pen hits paper. Therapist Aid’s mental health professionals and designers collaborate to create a tool that is helpful, accurate, and easy to understand. During this stage, we get a sense of how it feels to use the new resource. If things aren’t just right, we go back to the drawing board. 

4 Revise & Re-Revise

“Brevity is the soul of wit.” We take this wisdom to heart. During the revision stage, every word goes under the microscope. We devote hours to condensing, cutting, and rephrasing to make sure every therapy tool is as simple and accessible as possible, without losing nuance and accuracy.

5 Finalization

It’s done! Well, almost. Now we fact-check, test the completed tool, and optimize designs for printing. Once everything is locked in, we write instructions for the resource, compile our references, send files to professional translators, and create variations for subscribers (such as customizable and fillable worksheets).

Finally—about 3 months after the process began—we send a new therapy tool out into the world.