28 emotion categories
Session themes
An optional vocabulary of 28 emotion categories you can apply when reviewing a session, instead of just 'positive' or 'negative'. Label the moments that matter to you, with the exact patient quote attached.
Spend less time on paperwork. More time with your patients.
Mena writes your session notes, organizes every theme, and keeps your records ready, so you reclaim hours of admin each week and spend them on care, not documentation.
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I keep feeling like I'm not doing enough at work.
ThemePressure at work
It's the same thing we talked about last month.
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Session noteDrafting
Remembered across sessionsCapturing in real time
15 minutes • No commitment • GDPR compliant
“The support has been exceptional and incredibly close”
Rodrigo Pais, Founder of PhysioX · Trusted by psychologists in Portugal
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What is Mena.ai?
Mena.ai is clinical intelligence software for licensed psychologists and mental health clinics in Portugal and the EU — not a marketplace where patients book therapists. It combines scheduling, billing and patient records with an AI assistant that drafts session notes and organizes themes across sessions, always for the clinician to review.
Who It's For
Built for independent psychologists, clinics and students
Whether you're an independent psychologist, a clinic, or a student, Mena takes the admin off your plate so your time goes to care.
Independent Psychologists
Running a practice solo means hours of admin every week. Mena automates the notes, scheduling, and billing so that time goes back to your patients.
- ●Automatic clinical notes after every session
- ●Scheduling with patient self-booking
- ●Integrated billing and invoicing
- ●Starting at €39.99/month, less than one session
Clinics & Teams
Coordinating a team means even more paperwork. Mena centralizes the admin so your psychologists spend their time on patients, not process.
- ●Multi-professional management with role-based permissions
- ●Financial dashboard and team reports
- ●Secure case sharing between colleagues
- ●Cross-session clinical memory
Students & Researchers
Special pricing for those training or researching in clinical psychology.
- ●Academic discount available
- ●Supervised practice tools
- ●Access to validated clinical models
- ●Research and publication support
How It Works
From session to finished note in minutes.
Session slot
Sarah Mitchell
Now
Apr 2 09:00Anna FosterApr 2 10:30
Michael ChenApr 2 14:00
New session
Microphone
00:00
Select a session and click record to start
Recording is encrypted end-to-end
How it works
Less admin before, during, and after every session
Data Migration
Importing records to Mena
patient_records.csv2.4 MB
session_notes.pdf8.1 MB
appointments.xlsx1.2 MB
assessments.pdf4.7 MB
billing_history.csv0.9 MB
Your day
Great therapy needs your time. Paperwork keeps taking it.
Professional Burnout
Notes, reports, and admin pile up after every session, driving burnout and pulling hours away from the work only you can do.
Limited Accessibility
Portugal set a target of one psychologist for every 5,000 inhabitants, and its public health service remains far below it. In the first half of 2023, 39% of hospital psychiatric appointments exceeded the legally guaranteed maximum waiting time.
Source: Assembleia da República, Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 158/2021 (2021); Entidade Reguladora da Saúde, Acesso a cuidados de saúde mental nos hospitais do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (2023)
Treatment Engagement
Lack of engagement between sessions and high treatment costs lead to therapy abandonment, with cost being the primary barrier preventing citizens from seeking mental health support.
Fragmented Solutions
Juggling disconnected tools for notes, scheduling, and billing adds hours of busywork to every week and slows the whole practice down.
Clinical Intelligence
Your notes, written for you. Your records, always ready.
While other platforms just transcribe, Mena drafts the notes, organizes the themes, and keeps your records ready, saving you hours of documentation every week. Here's what no other platform offers.
13 thinking patterns
Thinking-pattern notes
An optional vocabulary of 13 cognitive thinking patterns you can apply when reviewing a session, including catastrophizing, mind reading, and all-or-nothing thinking. You confirm each one, and the exact patient quote is captured alongside your note.
Per session
Session summaries
Mena drafts a structured summary of each session as it happens, so writing your note takes minutes instead of the hour it used to.
Cross-session
Clinical Memory
Mena remembers the notes, themes, and context you record across every session and surfaces them instantly, so you never dig through old files before an appointment again.
No other platform offers these capabilities.
See how we compareYour AI Copilot
An assistant that does your admin, not just your notes.
Every competitor turns audio into notes. Mena writes the notes, organizes the sessions, and runs the scheduling and billing, so you get hours back every week and spend them on patients, not paperwork.
Parental problems... focus on the child
She's not sure what to do with her life
His sleeping problems are getting worse!
Parental problems... focus on the child
She's not sure what to do with her life
His sleeping problems are getting worse!
Parental problems... focus on the child
She's not sure what to do with her life
His sleeping problems are getting worse!
Parental problems... focus on the child
She's not sure what to do with her life
His sleeping problems are getting worse!
Ask the AI about your patients
Query your patient's full clinical history through conversation. Ask 'What themes have I noted for Maria over the last 5 sessions?' and get instant, organized answers from your own notes.
Mary Jane: draft note ready for your review
Stay on top of every patient
Mena keeps track of upcoming appointments, surfaces the notes and themes you recorded, and preps you for each session, so nothing slips and nothing needs chasing.
AI proposes, you decide
The AI suggests therapeutic assignments, generates session reports, and recommends interventions. It never acts without your explicit approval. EU AI Act Article 14 compliant.
Everything else, automated
Scheduling, billing, invoicing, patient portal, and video calls are all integrated, so the admin that used to eat your evenings just runs itself.
Healthcare Partners
Academic partner for clinical psychology research
Research & Innovation
Selected for the Google for Startups AI-first accelerator
Selected for the Microsoft for Startups program
Co-developed AI clinical models with Instituto Superior Técnico
Research collaboration on NLP for clinical documentation
Recognition
Best Paper Award at ICT4AWE 2025 for MentalRAG, the research behind Mena, developed with Instituto Superior Técnico and INESC-ID.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Most practices can be up and running within 1-2 weeks. Our implementation team provides full onboarding support, training, and data migration assistance. We'll schedule a personalized demo within 24 hours of your initial contact.
Yes, Mena.ai is fully GDPR compliant with enterprise-grade security. We use end-to-end encryption, secure data centers in the EU, regular security audits, and strict access controls. All patient data is processed and stored according to the highest healthcare privacy standards.
Most therapy platforms offer basic transcription and note generation (what we call 'AI scribes'). Mena goes far beyond: our AI captures each session and organizes the themes and patterns you note, with an optional vocabulary of 28 emotion categories and 13 thinking patterns drawn from validated CBT frameworks, and it maintains clinical memory across sessions. You can actually have a conversation with the AI about your patient's history. No other commercial platform offers this combination of capabilities.
Yes, Mena.ai offers APIs and integrations for common healthcare systems, billing platforms, and scheduling tools. Our technical team works with you during implementation to ensure smooth integration with your existing workflow.
Yes — a 14-day free trial with full access to every feature. It starts with a short call so we can set your practice up properly. Book one and we'll get you going.
No. Your clinical data is never used to train AI models. Mena processes your data exclusively to generate your clinical notes and analyses. Data remains encrypted in EU data centers and is deleted from processing systems after completion. Your privacy and your patients' privacy is our absolute priority.
Mena is one of the first mental health platforms to comply with the EU AI Act. We ensure permanent human oversight: AI suggests, the psychologist decides. We provide full transparency on how AI processes data, maintain complete audit logs, and implement continuous oversight and monitoring of the AI system as required by the regulation.
Yes. Mena allows full export of all your data at any time, including clinical notes, patient records, and session history. We believe your data is yours, with no lock-ins and no restrictions. Data portability is a right guaranteed by GDPR.
Still have questions? Email us at support@mena-ai.pt
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