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For Therapists

Navigate is a set of nervous system regulation tools you can use in session and share with clients between sessions. No sign-up required. No tracking. No pressure.

If you work with clients who struggle to regulate, you know how hard it can be to find tools that actually help in the moment. Most apps are too complicated, too gamified or too demanding. Navigate was built by a counselling psychologist and EMDR therapist specifically to fill this gap.

The idea is simple. When thinking is hard, tools should be easy. Navigate is designed for low cognitive load, with clear controls, gentle pacing and no performance pressure.

What Navigate offers

Navigate includes a range of body-based regulation tools organised around the Window of Tolerance model. Based on how a client is feeling, the app suggests tools that are likely to help. Too activated? We offer calming tools. Too shut down? We offer gently activating tools.

Breathing exercises

Multiple patterns with adjustable timing. Extended exhale for parasympathetic activation. Box breathing for vagal tone. Triangle breathing for gentle activation. Coherence breathing for steady rhythm. You can customise inhale, exhale and hold durations to match what works for each client.

Bilateral stimulation

Visual tracking tools, pendulum sway, alternating audio and rhythmic soundscapes. These can be used for calming, orientation or as part of EMDR protocols. Speed and style are adjustable.

Grounding

Drop Anchor (ACT-based A-C-E), 5-4-3-2-1 Scan, Butterfly Hug, Humming Reset, Spatial Anchor, Squeeze & Release, Isometric Release, Micro-Movement, Peripheral Vision, Temperature Grounding and Orienting Walk. Each tool includes "How to use" and "Stop if" guidance. Useful for dissociation, overwhelm or when clients need to come back to the present moment.

Working memory tools

For EMDR 2.0 and dual attention protocols. Signal Scan, Rapid Sort, Stroop, Attention Zoom and Rhythm Match: tasks that load working memory during processing. These are therapist-guided and only available when the client is within their window.

Stability and containment

Body Scan (guided sweep with body silhouette highlighting), Calm Place (multi-sensory resource with olfactory sense and cue word), Light Stream (healing imagery with slow BLS), The Container (visual containment with box or vault), Flash Technique (attentional interference) and Dual Attention (visual + cognitive load). Each tool includes session feedback and in-tool guidance.

Shareable links

One of the most useful features for therapists is the ability to share specific tools with clients. You can configure a tool exactly as you want it and then copy a link. When your client opens that link, they get that exact tool with those exact settings.

This means you can prescribe a breathing pattern with a specific inhale, exhale and hold duration. Or a bilateral tool at a particular speed. Or a grounding exercise with a set session length. The link opens directly to that configuration.

No sign-up required. Clients do not need to create an account. They just click the link and the tool is ready to use. Nothing is sent back to you. There is no tracking, no compliance monitoring and no pressure.

Therapist Mode

Therapist Pro is currently in beta and requires a beta access code. Once activated, you get access to additional tools intended for guided use, including higher-load processing tools and EMDR-specific functions that require clinical context.

In Therapist Mode you can also override the normal safety gating. If a tool would normally be blocked for a particular state, you can access it anyway when you are guiding the session. This gives you clinical flexibility while maintaining sensible defaults for self-help use.

The session setup flow lets you choose a modality (EMDR, ACT, CFT, DBT or General), select tool categories and configure session timing before you begin.

EMDR support

Navigate includes tools designed specifically for EMDR practitioners.

Tools are tagged by EMDR phase (Prep, BLS, EMDR 2.0) so you can quickly find what you need. You can also browse by cognitive focus (visual tracking, dual attention, executive sort) depending on what loading you want.

Programme builder

Navigate includes a built-in library of guided programmes and a programme builder that lets you create your own. You select a set of tools, suggest a frequency and share the programme via a link. Clients can access the programme and use the tools on their own schedule.

Programmes are designed around availability, not obligation. We avoid streaks, completion targets or any language that creates pressure. The aim is to make helpful tools available without turning regulation into homework.

After each tool in a programme, clients can leave optional feedback on how it felt. This helps you understand what's landing without creating compliance pressure.

Voice guidance

Navigate includes optional voice guidance for selected tools. A calm, paced voiceover walks clients through each step: particularly helpful for Body Scan, Container and grounding exercises. Voice guidance can be turned on or off in Settings.

Example use cases:

Using Navigate in session

Navigate can be used during sessions to support regulation before reflective work, ground a client who is overwhelmed or help stabilise at the end of a session. You can run it on your own device or share your screen.

The interface is designed to be unobtrusive. There are no ads, no pop-ups and no distractions. Just the tool, full screen if you want it, with simple controls.

Between-session use

You can offer Navigate to clients as an optional resource between sessions. Share a link to a specific tool or a programme, frame it as something that is there if it helps and leave it at that. Clients choose when and whether to engage.

A suggested framing: "This is there if it's helpful. There's no need to use it regularly or report back."

This protects client autonomy and keeps the therapeutic relationship clean. Navigate is a support layer, not a compliance system.

Compatibility with your approach

Navigate is designed to be theoretically neutral. It works alongside:

Use it where it supports your work. Leave it where it does not. There is no expectation of consistent use or long-term adoption.

Privacy and ethics

Navigate is built around a No Harm Pledge. We do not gamify regulation, track emotional states, create streaks or use guilt-based notifications. We do not sell data or build emotional profiles.

Clients using Navigate via shared links do not need to sign up. Their use is not reported back to you. This keeps boundaries clear and supports autonomy.

For more detail, see our Window of Tolerance explainer or the full terms and privacy policy.

Getting started

The best way to get started is to try Navigate yourself. Use the tools. Notice how they feel. Get familiar with the interface. Then you will be better placed to introduce it to clients.

To enable Therapist Pro, open the app and go to Settings. You will need a beta access code: contact us or check your onboarding email. Once activated, you will see additional tools, session setup and the option to create shareable links and programmes.

Try Navigate

Explore the tools, enable Therapist Mode and see if it fits your practice.

Open Navigate