Sessions by Obicorp · Last updated 2026-11-01 · Draft pending legal review
Sessions AI is software. It is not a person, a therapist or a crisis service, and it can make mistakes. This page describes what Sessions does when someone writes or says something that suggests they might harm themselves or someone else.
What is checked
What you write or ask each time is checked against a list of crisis phrases in English, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Sessions AI also reads what it is given from your journal and sessions, and is told to flag anything that suggests you may be at risk now: self-harm, suicide, wanting to die, being in danger or harming someone else. In Reflect, Ask your journal, Today's chat, the guided journal's questions and reflections, the weekly report, the daily affirmation, Year in review and Talking points, what Sessions AI writes is checked against the same list before it reaches you; when the phrases are found in what you write or ask there, Sessions AI is not asked at all. Talking points checks everything it sends, not only what is new. The weekly report, the daily affirmation and Year in review carry nothing new from you to check: there, Sessions AI's flag and the check on what it writes decide.
What you see
When a check finds crisis content in one of those places, Sessions AI's words are not shown. In their place is a card with numbers to call or text, which you can tap. The numbers follow where your phone is: in the United States, 988 (call or text), the Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741) and your local emergency number; in Canada, 988 (call or text) and your local emergency number; elsewhere, lines for the language your phone uses.
When a session you capture touches on crisis, the same card is at the top of its review, and nothing about the crisis is turned into a habit or a suggestion. When your story so far touches on it, the card is shown with your story, and what was said about the crisis is left out of it. Sessions AI is told never to turn crisis content into a habit, a heading or a suggestion.
In call mode, when the card appears Sessions stops listening: it reads the card's own line once, and the microphone stays off until you tap it, so you can call or text from the card first.
Always there
"Need help now? Crisis resources" stands on the screens where you write or talk to Sessions AI and where it reads a session back to you, whether or not a card has appeared. In Settings, "If you need help now" lists the numbers; they are built into the app and work without a connection.
What is kept
Our service does not record that a card appeared: a request that raised one is logged exactly as any other, and the words you send are never logged. Nothing about a card is sent anywhere else.
Limits
Sessions cannot respond to an emergency, and the checks can miss things. If you are in danger, call 911 in the United States or your local emergency number.