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Tools Overview

This section of Astral is a repository of therapy tools designed to be used by therapists with their patients during sessions. These tools are built to facilitate specific therapeutic modalities, provide clinical assessments, and can often be synchronized in real-time between the therapist and the patient.

Clinical Assessments

🧠 Short Blessed Test (SBT)

A structured 6-item cognitive assessment tool to screen for cognitive impairment and dementia. It guides therapists through standardized questions, calculates weighted error scores automatically, provides clinical interpretations, and tracks patient progress over time.

📋 Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

A multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and measuring the severity of depression. Features real-time scoring, clinical interpretation, and suicide risk flagging.

📈 Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)

A self-reported questionnaire for screening and measuring the severity of generalized anxiety disorder, enabling longitudinal tracking of patient anxiety levels.

EMDR Tools

👁️ Bilateral Stimulation

A real-time visual stimulus tool designed for EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy. It allows therapists to control a visual stimulus that is synchronized across devices, enabling remote or in-person EMDR sessions.

🎯 SUDS & VOC Tracker

A clinical tracking tool for measuring Subjective Units of Disturbance (SUDS) and Validity of Cognition (VOC) during EMDR therapy. It allows therapists to manage target memories, log phase-guided ratings across stimulation sets, visualize desensitization curves, and integrate tracking directly into live Bilateral Stimulation sessions.

General Tools

💨 Breathing Exercises

An interactive visual aid for guiding patients through various breathing techniques. Supports preset patterns like Box Breathing and 4-7-8, as well as custom timings, with real-time synchronization and a standalone version for self-practice.

How it works

Tools in Astral are generally divided into two views:

  1. Therapist View: Where the therapist manages the tool's settings, controls its behavior, and monitors the session.
  2. Patient View: A simplified, distraction-free view that the patient accesses via a secure link to participate in the activity.

Real-time synchronization ensures that any adjustments made by the therapist are immediately reflected on the patient's screen.