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Clinician Resource Hub

This page organizes everything you need to evaluate Strua for your clients. It's structured on the APA App Advisor five-level model — the framework clinicians already use to vet apps — so you can answer, in one scroll: who built it, is it private, what's the evidence, how do clients use it, and how would you bring it into your practice.

Strua is clinician-designed and evidence-informed. It is built to support therapy — not replace it.

Walkthroughs

Two short screen recordings of the program itself — applying, and what to send a client.

Getting your clinician access 54 sec

Applying and getting your access. You apply on the Clinician Access Program form, Dr. Gehle reviews it personally — usually within 2–3 business days — and an approval email brings you straight into Pro. No card at any point.

Sharing Strua with a client 48 sec

What to send a client, and what they get. You send one link — strua.app/reach — and they get 90 days of Pro with no card and no automatic renewal. The link is identical for every clinician, and nothing your client does in the app is visible to you.

Download the client packet

Same link for every clinician. Nothing they do is visible to you.

A message you can send, if it helps:

Here's a free set of short coping tools, if you want something to try between sessions. You can try one without making an account, and nothing you do in it comes back to me.

Already have a Strua account? The same link works — sign in and tap Keep full access.

1. Accessibility & Background

  • Who built it: Dr. Nicholas Gehle, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist licensed in the State of Florida. Strua's tools, articles, and educational content are designed and authored by him.
  • Cost: A free tier (23 practices, forever — not a trial) plus an optional Pro tier ($9.99/mo or $79.99/yr). See the pricing page for what each includes.
  • Platform: Web and installable PWA (iOS/Android via the browser). No app-store gatekeeping; works on any modern device.
  • Posture: Privacy-first. No ads, no data selling, no engagement loops or streaks.

2. Privacy & Security

  • On-device by design: Core reflection content — mood check-ins, journal and worksheet entries, session history — is designed to remain on the client's device. It is not transmitted to Strua's servers.
  • What's stored server-side: Only authentication information (email) and subscription tier. Personal reflection content is designed to stay on the device.
  • No chatbot: There is no generative AI, no conversational interface, and no real-time AI monitoring or crisis detection in the user experience. Every interaction is clinician-authored and deterministic.
  • HIPAA posture: Strua is a consumer self-support tool, privacy-first and designed not to receive or store PHI. It is not a HIPAA-covered entity and makes no HIPAA-compliance claim.

Full detail: Privacy Policy

3. Clinical Foundation

  • The evidence base: Strua's tools are informed by established therapeutic frameworks (CBT, DBT, MBSR, behavioral sleep science) and draw on 100+ research references (peer-reviewed studies and clinical manuals).
  • The problem it targets: the gap between acquisition and retrieval — clients learn skills in session, then can't reach them in the moment they're needed most. Strua puts the same structured exercises one tap away for between-session practice.
  • Every tool cites its basis: each technique links to its supporting literature and a plain-language "why this works" explanation.

Full citation list: Research & Evidence Base (100+ sources)

4. Usability

  • What the tools are: 60+ guided exercises across breathing, grounding, cognitive (thought records, decatastrophizing), DBT skills, mindfulness, movement, sensory regulation, and a full Sleep Suite.
  • How a client uses it between sessions: one tap starts a guided, deterministic exercise — four tools open before signing up (the rest need a free account), no setup, no decisions to make in a hard moment.
  • Structured, not open-ended: exercises run the same way every time, so a client gets the same guidance you'd walk them through, on their own schedule.

Browse the library: All Techniques

5. Therapeutic Alliance & Integration

The Clinician Access Program (CAP) is how you bring Strua into your practice. It's a participation program, not a referral or affiliate system — there's no client-to-clinician linkage, no attribution tracking, and no commissions.

  • Free Pro access so you can evaluate the full library for your clients.
  • A client link (strua.app/reach) — when you recommend Strua to someone you work with, send them there. They get 90 days of Pro, no card needed, and nothing renews afterwards. The link is identical for every clinician, on purpose: we never know who recommended whom, and neither can anyone else. Someone who already has a free account claims the same 90 days at the same link — sign in and tap Keep full access.
  • A clinician welcome packet — a printable poster, client cards, and a handout to introduce Strua in session.

Join: Clinician Access Program

A note on scope: Strua is not crisis intervention and does not detect crises. Clients in crisis should be directed to emergency services or a crisis line — see crisis resources.

If you also run a private practice

I built a free website Recognition Score that shows what a new client — and an AI — can tell about your practice in seconds: struapractice.com. A gift, not a pitch.

The honest ask: evaluate Strua for free and decide whether it's useful for your clients. If it is, the Clinician Access Program is open.

Questions? Email Dr. Gehle directly: Dr.G@strua.app

Strua is a self-guided wellness tool designed by a licensed clinical psychologist. It is not a medical device, does not provide therapy, and is not a substitute for professional mental health care. If you are in crisis, please call 988 (US) or visit our crisis resources. Outside the US?