@lea_therapy_botFreemium
62 / 100
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These bots give you a place to put a hard moment into words: an AI listener for stress and anxiety, a three-minute technique for when tension spikes, or a daily gratitude prompt. They all run in Telegram, and none of them is a therapist or an emergency service.
| # | Bot | Price | Languages | Inline | Groups | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @lea_therapy_bot | Freemium · The first messages are free | EN · ES · RU · PT | no | no | 62 |
| 2 | @lolapsy_bot | Freemium · 5 free messages | EN | no | no | 59 |
| 3 | @faino_psy_bot | Free | EN · RU | no | no | 58 |
| 4 | @eliza_mental_health_bot | Free | EN | no | no | 50 |
| 5 | @grace_gratitudes_bot | Free | EN | no | no | 49 |
We confirmed on t.me that each bot is live and traced who runs it: the maker's own website, an app store listing, or an independent source such as the MIT Solve page for Faino. Prices, languages and features come from those sources. Then we compared what matters in a support bot: the method behind the replies (CBT, DBT or a single exercise), what the free tier allows, whether the bot says plainly that it is not therapy and points to professional help, and whether a named person or team stands behind it. We did not hold long conversations with the bots, so the quality of their replies is not part of the score.
Support bots in Telegram do three different jobs. Lea (@lea_therapy_bot) and Lola (@lolapsy_bot) are open conversations: you describe what is going on, and the bot answers in a CBT pattern, reflecting what you said, looking at the thought behind the feeling and suggesting a small next step. Faino (@faino_psy_bot) works like first aid instead: it asks how stressed you are and offers one short technique matched to that level, built on CBT and World Health Organization guidance. Eliza Mental Health Coach (@eliza_mental_health_bot) is a free listener from an independent developer that runs on Anthropic's Claude, and Grace (@grace_gratitudes_bot) does not discuss problems at all; it keeps a daily gratitude practice going. Choose by the moment you need it for: an evening when you want to talk, a spike of stress before a meeting, or a routine you want to keep.
Faino and Eliza cost nothing. Lola gives you five messages and then asks for about $3 a month in Telegram Stars, so no bank card is needed. Lea's first messages are free; its app store listing prices unlimited chat at $5.99 a month and sells sessions with a human therapist for $12.99 to $19.99, which makes it the only bot here with a route to a person. Grace does not publish a price.
Everything you write reaches whoever runs the bot. Lola and Eliza are linked from their makers' websites, Lea's company links to its support account rather than to the bot, Faino's own site currently shows only a placeholder, and we found no developer behind Grace. Share less with a bot you cannot trace, and in a crisis contact local emergency services or a crisis line rather than a chat.
No. An AI support bot can help you put feelings into words or suggest a breathing exercise, but it is not a psychologist or psychotherapist: it does not diagnose or treat, and it can sound sure while being wrong. Ongoing difficulties are worth taking to a specialist.
Not in the way therapy is. Chats with bots are not end-to-end encrypted: everything you write reaches the bot's owner, who decides how long to keep it, and an AI bot may pass it to an AI service. Leave out names, addresses and details that identify you or others.
In a crisis, a bot is not the right help. If you are thinking about harming yourself or feel unsafe, contact emergency services or a local crisis helpline, or tell someone you trust who is nearby. A bot cannot send help or stay with you the way a person can.
