Wellness & medical disclaimer
DRAFT — pending review by legal counsel before public launch.
Blue Bonsai is a wellness and self-help companion, not medical or mental-health treatment. It is not a substitute for care from a licensed clinician, not a diagnostic tool, and not built for crisis intervention.
Nothing in this app — including the field guide, practices, AI reflections, pattern insights, or any other content — constitutes medical advice, therapy, psychotherapy, counseling, or a clinical recommendation. The educational material is general information, not personalized clinical guidance.
What this app is
A small, private space for nervous-system regulation, reflection, and learning — built for ordinary days as much as hard ones. The practices are grounded in well-established self-regulation tools (breath, orienting, somatic skills). The educational content is plain-language explainers about how nervous systems respond to stress and trauma.
What this app is not
- Not a replacement for a trauma-informed therapist or any other licensed mental-health professional.
- Not a replacement for medical care, medication, or clinical assessment.
- Not a diagnostic tool. Nothing in the app diagnoses you with anything.
- Not designed for crisis. If you are in immediate distress or thinking about harming yourself, please use the resources below.
- Not a therapeutic or clinical relationship. Using Blue Bonsai does not create a clinician–patient or therapist–client relationship between you and us.
If you are in crisis
Please reach a person who can help right now. The crisis lines below are free, confidential, and available any hour.
Outside the United States, the Find a Helpline directory maintains a current list by country. If you are in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number.
Use your own judgment, and a professional's
Self-help tools and educational content can supplement, but never replace, professional care. If anything in your life feels bigger than what an app can hold — including persistent low mood, ongoing distress, or symptoms that interfere with daily functioning — please reach out to a qualified clinician. The Finding care page has plain-language overviews of trauma-informed approaches and pointers to therapist directories.
Do not delay or discontinue professional care because of anything you read or do in this app. If you are currently in treatment, please discuss any self-help practice with your provider.
Honest about the AI features
Some features (state classification, pattern reflections, tapping phrase generation) use large language models. AI output can be wrong, incomplete, or context-blind. Treat anything the AI surfaces as a hypothesis to consider, not a diagnosis or directive. The app's safety routing routes any apparent crisis disclosure straight to crisis resources rather than to AI processing.
No warranty
The app and its content are provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or suited to any particular purpose. Your use of the app is at your own discretion and risk. See the Terms of Service for the full disclaimers and limitation-of-liability terms.