kataleya
for clinicians
a between-session companion for clients in recovery

Your clients do not struggle only during business hours. The moment of highest risk is often 2am — when the prefrontal cortex is at its lowest, isolation is complete, and you are not available. Kataleya is built for that moment.

A private space between sessions

Kataleya is a mobile application for people in recovery from substance use and behavioral dependencies. It gives clients a structured, private space to check in with themselves — mood, journal, breathing — between your appointments. It is not a diagnostic tool. It does not replace therapy.

Not a clinical platform

Kataleya does not generate clinical reports. It does not share client data with you or anyone else. It does not make assessments or recommendations about treatment. It is a companion — the equivalent of a private journal that also knows what time it is.

The app knows what time it is

Most apps treat 2am and 2pm identically. Kataleya does not. Its circadian engine segments the day into four phases — dawn, day, golden hour, night — and adapts its tone, prompts, and presence accordingly. Night mode is quieter, more grounding, and more attuned to vulnerability.

Human connection, preserved

Clients can connect one trusted person — a sponsor, a family member — through an end-to-end encrypted channel. That person receives only what the client explicitly sends: a daily check-in, a presence signal. Nothing more. The relay server sees only ciphertext.

The prefrontal cortex — the seat of impulse control and reasoned decision-making — is measurably less active in the late-night hours. Relapse risk is disproportionately high between midnight and 4am. Kataleya does not keep business hours.
Circadian neuroscience · addiction medicine literature · built into the architecture
what your clients experience
Breathing

4-7-8 guided breathing with a visual orb. Phase-aware timing. No instruction required.

Journal prompts

72 prompts weighted by time of day and recent mood. Never the same question twice in a row.

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Mood check-ins

Six states, logged locally with circadian phase. Patterns surface over time — privately.

Urge surfing

A timed, visual exercise for riding out cravings without acting on them.

Grounding

5-4-3-2-1 sensory grounding exercise. Activates when the client needs to anchor.

Sobriety tracking

Second-precise. Ten milestone markers using organic metaphor — seasons, not streaks.

Your liability is zero. By design.

Kataleya stores all client data exclusively on the client's device. Nothing is transmitted to any server. There is no account, no cloud sync, no analytics engine. We are architecturally incapable of accessing client data. Recommending Kataleya creates no HIPAA obligation for your practice.

no analytics no cloud storage no user accounts no crash reporting no advertising end-to-end encrypted messaging burn ritual — complete data destruction on demand
Important

Kataleya is not a crisis intervention tool and should not be presented as one. It does not connect clients to emergency services and is not monitored by any person or system. Clients in acute crisis should contact emergency services, a crisis line, or reach you directly. Please communicate this clearly when recommending the app.

Interested in a clinical pilot?

We are currently inviting a small number of practicing clinicians to participate in a structured pilot program — no cost, no obligation, no data collection on our end.

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Recommend Kataleya to 5–10 willing clients for 6–8 weeks alongside your existing treatment approach.
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Share qualitative observations at the end of the pilot — what you noticed, what clients reported, what could be better.
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Your feedback directly shapes the next version of the app. Participating clinicians are acknowledged in our clinical advisory materials.