Anonymous surveys for your patients' inner circle. Get the perspectives that transform treatment.
70%
of self-report-only diagnoses
are inconsistent with collateral data
2x
improvement rate when therapists
receive structured external feedback
0
identifying data collected
from survey respondents
Four steps. Five minutes to set up. Insights that change sessions.
Anonymous patient identifiers. No real names stored.
Choose a template or build custom. Share one-time links.
Friends and family respond anonymously. Only relationship shown.
Aggregated views, charts, relationship filters, PDF export.
Psycontext was built for one purpose: getting honest, unfiltered perspectives from a patient's world — without compromising anyone.
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PDF reports always available
Auto-erasure
Data deleted after 15 days
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Minimal data
Only what's clinically needed
Decades of clinical research show that gathering perspectives from people in a patient's life leads to better outcomes.
70%
of psychiatric diagnoses based solely on self-reports were inconsistent with diagnoses made using collateral information
Achenbach et al. (2005) — Psychological Bulletin, meta-analysis of 108 studies
When different people in a patient's life disagree about symptoms, it reveals how those symptoms manifest differently across social contexts — crucial information for treatment planning.
De Los Reyes et al. — Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Therapists who receive structured external feedback show clinically significant improvement rates almost twice as high as those who rely solely on their own clinical judgment.
Lambert & Shimokawa — Psychotherapy, meta-analysis of 24 studies
An international study across 14 countries confirmed that information from people in a patient's life does not merely duplicate what the patient reports — it adds genuinely new clinical insight.
Rescorla, Achenbach, Ivanova et al. — Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
The first standardized measurement tool for collateral information found a direct association: therapists who review more informant sources take more therapeutic actions.
Gutheil et al. — JMIR Mental Health
Neurologically-based insight deficits (anosognosia) affect approximately half of patients with schizophrenia and 40% with bipolar disorder, making external perspectives essential.
Gerretsen et al. — Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience
No. Respondents never create accounts, and we don't collect names, emails, IP addresses, or device fingerprints. The only thing a respondent shares is their relationship type (e.g., friend, family member, coworker). The therapist sees the responses grouped by relationship type but has no way to identify who specifically wrote what.
Yes — and they should. The therapist discusses this with the patient during sessions and gets their consent before sending any surveys. The patient is the one who typically tells their friends and family to expect a link. Psycontext is a collaborative tool, not a surveillance tool.
Psycontext is designed with privacy at its core. The anonymous surveys collect no Protected Health Information (PHI) from respondents. Patient data in the therapist's dashboard is protected by Row Level Security, encryption at rest (AES-256), and encryption in transit (TLS 1.3). We never store respondent IPs, cookies, or device fingerprints.
We provide four pre-built clinical templates covering mood and emotions, social behavior, daily habits, and coping strategies. Questions use validated formats including Likert scales, open text, multiple choice, and yes/no. Therapists can also create fully custom questions tailored to their specific clinical needs.
Yes. You can download a complete PDF report of any survey at any time. We recommend exporting before the 15-day auto-erasure window. After a survey is closed and 15 days pass, the response data is automatically and permanently deleted from our servers — only the survey structure remains.
This is intentional. We believe therapists should own their data, not us. The 15-day window gives you time to review responses and export a PDF for your records. After that, we erase the data to minimize our footprint and reduce privacy risk. This is a feature, not a limitation.
Each survey link is one-time-use — one link per respondent. You can generate as many links as your plan allows (5 on Free, 20 on Professional, 50 on Clinic). This ensures each response comes from a unique person and prevents duplicate submissions.
Absolutely. Psycontext works well for individual therapy, but it's also valuable in couples and family contexts. You can create separate patient codes for each person and gather perspectives from overlapping social circles. The relationship-type filtering helps you see how different people perceive the same individual.
Yes. The free plan includes 3 patient codes, 5 surveys per month, and 5 links per survey. It's enough to test the platform with a few patients and see how it fits into your practice. Paid plans start at $29/month (or $23/month with annual billing).
Respondents see a clear consent screen before starting the survey and can choose to skip non-required questions. They can also close the browser at any time without submitting. We emphasize on the consent screen that participation is voluntary and anonymous.
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