Why we built CopeSwipe

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it's a great time to share something we've been quietly building.

CopeSwipe brings the simplicity of a coping skills card into the digital age. It's designed to help clinicians seamlessly share evidence-based coping skills, while giving clients an accessible way to practice those skills exactly when they need them.

Why we built this

Early in my clinical training, I interned at the Beck Institute. During a training there, I watched Dr. Aaron T. Beck hand a client a simple note card with key concepts from their session. That moment stuck with me: the profound impact of giving a client a tangible tool to take into the real world.

Fast forward to my own practice. Recently, a client was struggling too much to come into the office, necessitating a telehealth session. I pulled out a physical deck of coping skills cards and we worked through them on camera, identifying which interventions resonated. But pausing to text pictures of physical cards disrupted the flow of the session.

It highlighted a clear gap in our resources: we needed a reliable way to translate tangible, in-session tools into an accessible format that the client could carry with them. I assumed a digital equivalent built for clinical practice already existed. It didn't. So, we started building it.

Where we are today

The first version of the CopeSwipe app is live and ready for you and your clients to explore. As we continue to expand its features, our goal is clear: whether you're a solo practitioner, a group practice lead, or part of a larger organization, CopeSwipe is being designed to fit the way you actually work and foster lasting skill development for clients.

Our vision

At TherAptAI, our vision is a future without barriers to mental health support, where anyone can access the care they need from empowered, fully supported providers.

Our mission is to equip mental health professionals and the individuals they serve with intuitive resources that translate clinical practices into everyday skills for lasting well-being.

We're just getting started, and we'd love for our professional community to be part of the journey. Try the app today and let us know your favorite coping card.