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The library is guided audio to listen to between sessions — short recordings for sleep, breathing, grounding and the rest. It’s in Library in your workspace.

It’s free

Every session is free to anyone with an Open Therapy account: no paid tier, no membership. You need an account because the audio isn’t published at a public address.

What’s in it

A new session is published every day, and Today’s pick at the top of the page is the same for everybody. Sessions are filed under ten topics: Sleep & wind-down, Body scan, Breath & grounding, Anxiety relief, Self-compassion, Focus & clarity, Morning intention, Gratitude, Stress reset and Letting go. Use the pills across the top to filter, or leave it on For you.
The Library page in the workspace with topic filter pills, a Today's pick panel for a ten-minute body scan with a Play now button, and a Series section listing sets of sessions to take in order.

Topic pills across the top, with Today's pick ready to play beneath

The audio is generated — a written script read by a synthetic voice. It isn’t a recording of a therapist, and it isn’t therapy or a substitute for a session.

Series

A series is a set of sessions meant to be taken in order, released one or two a week. Open one for the list, a Your progress count, and a button reading Start session 1, then Continue. Any session can also be played on its own.

Picking up where you left off

  • Your position saves every ten seconds while a session plays, and when you pause or stop.
  • Anything unfinished sits under Continue listening, most recent first, and resumes rather than restarts.
  • Finished means you heard almost all of it. Playing it again starts from the beginning.
  • Positions save to your account, not the browser, so start on a laptop and finish on a phone.
  • Your listening shows on your Calendar, with your sessions, journal entries and check-ins.

Background sound

Put a looping background sound under a session: ocean waves, gentle rain, forest, mountain stream, night crickets or a crackling fire. Use the control in the expanded player or the Background sound panel in your settings, with its level slider. The level is per device.

Listening offline

You can’t. Sessions stream and there’s no download, so you need a connection.

What your therapist can see

Nothing — not which sessions you played, not how far you got, not how often you open the library. Tell them if you want them to know. See Messages.