Introducing Clara - 1:1 Voice Support

Introducing Clara: Your Team’s 1:1 Voice-First Mental Health Partner

The future of workplace mental health support is here—and it speaks your language.

Today, we’re thrilled to announce Clara, October Health’s revolutionary voice-first mental health partner that brings personalized, compassionate support directly to your team through natural conversation.

Beyond Chatbots: The Power of Pure Voice

While the world has been focused on text-based AI assistants, we’ve been quietly developing something fundamentally different. Clara isn’t another chatbot—she’s a voice-first partner that understands the nuances of human emotion and responds with the empathy and insight your team deserves.

The Clara difference:

• Sub-second responses that feel natural and interruption-friendly
• 24/7 availability for everyday wellbeing support
• Crisis-aware intelligence that knows when to escalate to human care
• Privacy-first design that keeps personal conversations confidential

Everyday Wellness, Extraordinary Care

Clara excels in the spaces between crisis moments—those daily stressors, focus challenges, sleep struggles, and boundary-setting conversations that traditional EAPs often miss. She offers practical, evidence-based guidance rooted in CBT and DBT frameworks, helping your people build resilience before problems escalate.

What a conversation with Clara looks like:

You: “I’m overwhelmed and can’t focus.”

Clara: “Let’s slow things down. Want to try a 60-second reset and then triage your tasks together? After the reset, we’ll pick one small next step and set a gentle follow-up so you don’t have to hold it all in your head.”

This isn’t scripted—it’s intelligent, adaptive support that meets people exactly where they are.

Built for Real-World Impact

For Your People

Clara provides immediate access to mental health support without the barriers of scheduling, stigma, or wait times. She helps with:

• Stress management through breathing exercises and reframing techniques
• Focus and productivity with personalized concentration strategies
• Sleep and boundaries coaching for better work-life balance
• Burnout prevention through early intervention and habit building

For Your Organization

Clara seamlessly integrates with your existing mental health infrastructure:

• Smooth handoffs to EAPs and clinicians with clear, consented summaries
• Optional aggregate insights to inform supportive policies (never individual data)
• Fast deployment by connecting your support directory and escalation rules
• Reduced friction for accessing mental health resources

Crisis-Aware, Privacy-First

Clara’s most critical feature may be what she knows not to do. Built with sophisticated safety rails, she recognizes when conversations move beyond everyday support into crisis territory—and smoothly transitions care to qualified human professionals with context and consent.

Privacy guarantees:

• Personal conversations remain confidential from employers
• Enterprise-grade compliance with data minimization and retention controls
• Clear consent processes for any data sharing
• Regional hosting options for global organizations

The Technology Behind the Magic

Clara represents a breakthrough in conversational AI for mental health:

• Real-time voice processing with natural text-to-speech and full-duplex streaming
• Intelligent conversation orchestration that adapts tone and interventions
• Evidence-based intervention library continuously updated with best practices
• Multi-layered safety systems with human oversight pathways

Adding Clara to Your Wellness Strategy

Clara isn’t replacing your existing mental health benefits—she’s supercharging them. As an add-on to any October Health subscription, Clara becomes the always-available first line of support that encourages early help-seeking and creates smoother pathways to human care when needed.

Ready to scale 1:1 care to your entire team?

Clara represents our vision of mental health support that’s as accessible as asking a question and as sophisticated as the latest advances in AI and psychology. She’s launching soon for October Health clients, and we couldn’t be more excited to share her with teams ready to unlock the power of wellness.

Interested in bringing Clara to your organization? Book a demo to see how voice-first mental health support can transform your team’s wellbeing.

About October Health
October Health is transforming workplace mental wellness through innovative technology and evidence-based care. Our platform serves organizations worldwide with comprehensive mental health solutions that measure change, not just problems.