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Behind Mentalyc

We are team of people passionate about the health of healers doing the hard work of psychotherapy and counseling. Helping our healers and their clients is what motivates us to innovate around the clock to deliver the best experience possible.

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Mentalyc's Team

Our Mission

To create an AI-based app that fully automates note-taking in therapy, while creating a unique, anonymized data set for research of the most effective interventions.

Our Vision

More effective end efficient therapy. Truly measurable, data-driven, and insightful.

Our Values

Curiosity

We ask questions

Integrity

We walk the talk

Bravery

We rise to the challenge

Resilience

We never give up

Reliability

You can trust us

Kindness

We care

Collaboration

We do it together

Security

We keep data safe

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Meet Our Co-Founders

Maria Szandrach

Maria Szandrach

CEO

Third-time founder and ex-McKinsey. Previous startups: Insurance and Mental Health, worked as a head of growth in a series B startup. As a teenager, Maria went to therapy for an eating disorder. She switched therapists 5 times before she eventually recovered. She devoted her career to making therapy more effective and efficient.

Georgi Urumov

Georgi Urumov

CTO

Machine Learning Engineer and Software Developer. Worked in various startups, and managed ML teams. He left his well-paying job to devote his work to helping others. When he met Maria in an accelerator and co-interviewed 100 therapists with her, it became clear to him that his AI skills can make a real change in the field.

Meet The Rest Of The Team

Moonis

Moonis

NLP

MSc student researching Comp. Social Science and Comp. Linguistics phenomena.

Joshua

Joshua

Design

All round designer at Mentalyc with multiple software product contributions across many industries.

Linus

Linus

Data

Student of management at WHU (Germany) and data science at Lancaster University (UK).

Shreya

Shreya

Frontend

Frontend Developer at Mentalyc and Student of Cyber Security at NFSU.

Usama Adeel

Usama

SEO

Passionate SEO expert, highly committed and proactive in keeping up with best SEO practices.

Hamza

Muhammad

CRM

Health-tech Marketplace Specialist - Connecting clinics with AI technologies.

Salwa

Salwa

Content

Medical student and researcher at the AUB medical center, a medical editor at Cactus Global.

Our Advisors

Brac Selph

Brac Selph, PsyD

Psych. and Supervision

Associate Professor from UCSF and Stanford. 20 years of clinical practice.

Kevin M. Ramotar

Kevin M. Ramotar, PsyD

Ethics and Quality

Ethics leader, focused on clinical ethics and quality assurance for therapists.

Dr. Maelisa Hall

Dr. Maelisa Hall

Documentation Training

Founder of QA Prep, note-taking training for therapists.

Affiliate Partners

QA Prep

Note-taking training

My Outcomes

Outcome measurement for evidence-based practice

Investors and Accelerators

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