For the days between Sessions.

And the ones before the first.

Affective Dynamics: What Change Can and Cannot Tell Us.

A Person's average score can hide the shape of change around it. Affective Dynamics studies that shape while keeping measurement limits, context and clinical judgement visible.

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Reproducing a Claim at an Actuarial Cutoff.

A Claim has more than one clock. Heyrafiki's open assurance benchmark tests whether an insurance integration can reproduce what was known at a valuation date without pulling later facts backwards through time.

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Your First Therapy Session: What Happens, and What to Expect.

Many People put off booking a first Session because they do not know what the hour will hold. What actually happens, step by step, and how to tell if a Therapist fits you.

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Grounding: What to Do in the Moment Your Mind Starts to Spiral.

Anxiety peaks are loud, physical and convincing. These three techniques, each with published evidence behind it, are what Therapists teach for exactly that moment.

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How to Support Someone Who Is Struggling, Without Guessing.

Heyrafiki exists because one friend sent one message at the right time. If someone you love is in a hard season, what the evidence, and the People who do this work, say helps.

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Paying for Therapy in Kenya.

Cost is one of the most common reasons People never start Care. How Therapy gets paid for in Kenya, and how to make it lighter.

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Sleep Is Mental Healthcare. Here Is the Evidence.

Poor sleep is usually treated as a symptom of Mental Health struggles. Trial after trial now shows the arrow also runs the other way: improving sleep improves Mental Health.

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