Great point. Really helpful feedback. We will fix that.
We used to require calls (despite the irony of kicking off a social anxiety program with a call) because of how instrumental our early clients told us calls were. We have since learned that although many clients find the call key to their success, others can be successful without a call.
In case it's not clear from the context, you don't need a prescription for Joyable either.
MoodGYM is a terrific alternative with a somewhat different focus. If you're not sure which is for you, I recommend you try both for free (MoodGYM is free and we have a 7-day free trial). Here are a few major differences:
(1) We give you a personal coach. Our clients say their coaches are key to their success, since one of the challenges of CBT is finishing it.
(2) We are specifically focused on social anxiety and tailored to be most effective for people with social anxiety.
Joyable co-founder Steve Marks here. Great question. We don't actually require the call -- it's optional. Our clients who do complete the call often cite it as one of the most important parts of the program, but we have successful clients who opt out as well.
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Hiring Rails, fullstack, and frontend engineers
At Joyable, we aspire to cure the world's anxiety and depression. We've raised $2 million in venture funding and are looking for a second engineer to join our awesome team.
As our second engineer, you'd have a substantial opportunity to change lives by transforming mental health, and, equally importantly, you'd play a key role in shaping our technical architecture. You'd be the fifth member of the team, so you would also get to help build the company and our culture.
Culturally, we're an extremely team-oriented environment. We believe you should take your work seriously, but not yourself seriously. We're very mission-driven but we want to have a good time along the way.
If you're interested in helping change the world by reinventing mental health, we should chat ([email protected]).
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Today, tens of millions of Americans don't get minimally adequate treatment for mental health issues that we know how to treat. At Joyable, we think that's crazy. Our mission is to make evidence-based mental health care available to everyone. We're starting by delivering cognitive behavioral therapy for people with clinical social anxiety. The clinical content is delivered via a webapp, but we pair the app with a layperson coach who keeps our clients engaged andmotivated.
We just finished a very successful beta with outcomes equal to best-in-class in-person therapy. Sample customer quotes from our beta include:
- "This is a godsend"
- "I never thought my results would be that different, so soon. Thank you so much"
- "I feel like I was in prison, and you gave me the key"
We raised $2 million of venture funding led by Thrive Capital (Instagram, Warby Parker, Oscar Health) and Harrison Metal (AdMob, Heroku, Grand Rounds). Our team is 4 today and based in downtown SF on top of the Powell BART Station.