clinical evidence
grounded in the evidence, not the hype.
embr isn’t an AI guessing at clinical needs. every tool maps to an established, researched modality — the same frameworks patients are already working through inside treatment.
what changes between sessions
the gap is where recovery is won or lost.
one hour in session, then sixteen to eighteen unsupported hours a day. embr keeps the skills — and the voice — in reach across the hours no clinician can be in the room.
why between-session practice matters: across seventeen CBT trials, how much and how well people practised between sessions tracked their outcomes at the end of treatment and at follow-up — Kazantzis et al., Behavior Therapy (2016), doi:10.1016/j.beth.2016.05.002. embr is built to make that practice easier to reach; its own outcomes are yours to measure.
the modalities
every tool traces back to a named, researched framework.
embr doesn’t invent technique. every exercise is a working adaptation of something already established: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for the thought that spirals at 2am, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for the acute moments, Motivational Interviewing for ambivalence. what changes isn’t the method. it’s the hour it’s available.
CBT
Beck
the thought-record and reframe tools patients learn in group, in reach the moment a thought spirals at home.
DBT
Linehan
distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and grounding skills for the acute moments between sessions.
MI
Miller · Rollnick
embr meets ambivalence with reflective, non-confrontational dialogue — never advice, never a lecture.
ACT
Hayes
values clarification and defusion work that keeps recovery anchored to what actually matters.
ACE
CDC · Kaiser
the adverse childhood experiences framework — a trauma-aware posture, so support never re-injures.
Stanley-Brown
safety planning
the evidence-based 6-step safety plan, rendered as a guided tool with 988 and human escalation built in.
Polyvagal
Porges
nervous-system-informed pacing — breath and grounding that work with the body, not just the thoughts.
MBC-ready
PHQ-9 · GAD-7
validated symptom tracking, so engagement becomes outcomes a treatment center can actually report.
measurement-based care
engagement that becomes outcomes you can report.
embr is PHQ-9 and GAD-7 tracking ready. validated symptom measures captured between sessions give clinicians a continuous read on depression and anxiety — not a single point-in-time score at intake. that’s the data treatment centers need for utilization review, payor reporting, and proving the work is working.
the signal
a continuous outcomes signal, captured where recovery actually happens — between the sessions.
embr-ACE
an ACE-informed approach, woven through every interaction.
the CDC–Kaiser adverse childhood experiences research established how early trauma shapes adult health and recovery. embr-ACE carries that lens into how embr listens, paces, and responds — trauma-aware by design, so support meets people where their history actually is.
built by a clinician
Cole Dyar
DMFT · LAADC · CEAP
creator of PSP — the Psychosis Safety Protocol. doctoral research in psychosis crisis management.
built by a clinician who runs treatment centers.
embr was built by a behavioral-health clinician whose doctoral research focused on psychosis crisis management, and who is the creator of PSP — the Psychosis Safety Protocol. the modalities here aren’t marketing labels; they’re the frameworks used every day inside the programs embr supports.
scope
embr is a between-session education & support companion — it complements treatment, it doesn’t replace it.
see the evidence in practice.
walk through the tools, the modalities, and the outcomes data with the clinician who built it.
in a hard moment? call or text 988, anytime.