287 students.
Average active caseload · Workflow study 2026
One counsellor.
Their stories live in a notebook, a shared drive, and one tired memory.
None of it was built to keep a child's words safe.
The Human Systems Lab
Psyche.OS
Case management for school counsellors. Local-first, encrypted, and quiet by design.
01 · Data sovereignty
The record never leaves the room.
Every note lives on the counsellor's own device, sealed with AES-GCM and opened only by their own passphrase. No cloud account. No server holding a child's story.
PBKDF2 · AES-GCM · one passphrase per counsellor
02 · Today's Queue
The day arrives already sorted.
Before you open it, the caseload is ordered by risk, and priority shows as light rather than red badges. A teacher's referral lands here as a real item, not an email.
⌘K · any student in under two seconds
03 · Session Mode
Stay with the child. The note keeps up.
Write the way you think. A SOAP note forms in the margin as you type, drafted on the device from only what you wrote. You read it, edit it, and sign it. There is no save button.
Live note
SOAP · forming in the margin
On-device model · nothing invented · you sign
04 · Crisis workflow
The next step is already in the room.
Six protocols, from self-harm to a student who has run away. Risk is triaged as you answer, a safety plan is built with the student, and escalation arrives with India's 24×7 helplines attached.
05 · Reports
The paperwork is drafted before the day ends.
Eight report variants, from a parent letter to school analytics, drafted from the actual record. On-device polish may rephrase but never adds a fact, and every paragraph it touches stays marked until you review it.
Since September we have met for six sessions, focusing on exam stress and sleep.
She now uses a short breathing routine before bed and says most nights are easier.
AI-drafted · review
Deterministic by default · one click reverts every AI edit
06 · The instrument
Built to feel like an instrument, not an app.
One particle field carries the mood of the room through every screen. Drag it. It keeps its momentum, then settles.
Drag anywhere to rotate
Safer. More sovereign. More human.
Counselling infrastructure for the schools, and the students, of India.