How Trana helps
Built on evidence-informed principles from clinical psychology, neuroscience, and real user outcome data.
Our clinical framework
Polyvagal Regulation
Our fast-acting tools (like 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding) are explicitly designed to shift the autonomic nervous system out of sympathetic 'fight-or-flight' and into ventral vagal calmness within 120 seconds.
Cognitive Defusion (ACT)
Trana's conversational logic uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles, helping users gently detach their core identity from spiraling, anxious thoughts.
Distress Tolerance (DBT)
We implement core Dialectical Behavior Therapy mechanisms for acute moments, emphasizing radical acceptance and somatic reset techniques (breathing syncs, visual anchoring).
Somatic Experiencing
Recognizing that stress manifests physically, Trana prioritizes body-first interventions over pure intellectual exercises to achieve rapid physiological baseline recovery.
Empirical outcome telemetry
We reject arbitrary "time-spent-in-app" metrics. Trana measures quantifiable emotional baselines to ensure clinical efficacy during acute distress:
- Delta of Affective Valence (Pre/post-session distress reduction indexing)
- Intervention Velocity (Time required for users to transition from sympathetic to ventral vagal states)
- Self-Reported Efficacy (Direct post-tool binary feedback on physiological relief)
- Longitudinal Context Continuity (How effectively Trana recalls past distress triggers to accelerate future regulation)
- State-Based Routing Precision (Validating if our LLM correctly routes high-stress inputs to semantic grounding exercises)
Safety boundaries
What Trana is not
Trana is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. It is not a crisis intervention service.
• Not a replacement for professional therapy or medication
• Not a crisis line — we route to real crisis services when needed
• Not a diagnostic tool — we don't assess or diagnose conditions
• Built for everyday emotional support, not clinical treatment