Woebot Health

Free

Woebot Health is a mental health chatbot built on CBT, IPT, and DBT techniques. It offers structured conversations designed to help users check in daily and practice therapeutic skills.

You open it for a short chat. It guides you through exercises like spotting cognitive distortions or reframing thoughts. The tone is conversational and slightly humorous, not clinical.

This is a healthcare tool. It was built by clinical psychologist Dr. Alison Darcy, spun out of Stanford, and tested in randomized controlled trials.

Open it if you want structured, low-pressure mental health support between therapy sessions. Skip it if you need open-ended conversation or do not have access through an employer or healthcare provider.

It helps most when you fit this profile.

• People between therapists or waiting for referrals: You get daily mental health check-ins and CBT skill practice while you wait for human care.
• Those who want low-pressure check-ins without scheduling: You start and stop conversations without guilt. No appointments needed.
• Users who prefer text over video or voice therapy: You interact entirely through chat. No cameras or microphones required.
• Individuals already in clinical care who want supplementary tools: You reinforce CBT skills between sessions with your therapist.
• People curious about CBT skills who want structured practice: You learn through guided exercises with predictable, pre-written responses.
• Users who prefer predictable, clinically-reviewed responses: You avoid the unpredictability of generative AI. Every reply is scripted and vetted.
• Enterprise employees whose organizations partner with Woebot: You receive an access code through your employer, health plan, or provider.
• Health systems and large payers with compliance resources: You license the tool for scalable mental health support with HIPAA attestation.

These are the parts you notice after using it.

• 24/7 availability: You access support any time human therapists are not available. It fills gaps in care.
• Pre-scripted clinical safety: You never get weird or unsafe replies. Every response is clinically reviewed.
• No-strings conversational format: You start and stop without anxiety. The low friction keeps you coming back.
• Mood tracking with visual patterns: You see your emotional trends over time. This helps you spot what affects your mood.
• Warm, approachable tone: You open the app on bad days because it feels casual, not heavy.
• Transparent research backing: You can read about the studies behind it. The evidence base is published and peer-reviewed.

Skip it when these limits block you.

• Consumer app shut down June 2025: You cannot download it as an individual user. Access now requires an enterprise code.
• Gated access only: You must get an access code through an employer, healthcare provider, or partner organization.
• Rigid scripted paths: You hit walls when your situation does not match the pre-written responses. The conversation loops or deflects.
• Safety flag misfires: You get interrupted in non-crisis moments when the system incorrectly flags your words.
• No replacement for clinical care: You cannot use this for diagnosis, crisis support, or moderate-to-severe conditions. Human therapy outperforms it there.
• Lost access for past users: You cannot retrieve old transcripts or accounts if your access code changes.