MindHealer (old psywork.shop) - portal for Mental Health with payments in ADA and CNA (MVP)

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Dmitrii Bondarenko

[GENERAL] Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

Individual

[GENERAL] Requested funds in ada

75000

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

6

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language

No

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

We will create a mental health platform where mental health experts and clients could:

• Post request for help
• Get professional help
• Have video calls
• Track scheduled meetings
• Pay & get paid in ADA and CNA

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.”

No dependencies.

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

Yes

[GENERAL] Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

The project's smart contract will be open source.

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

We will create a mental health platform where mental health experts and clients could:

• Post requests for help
• Get professional help for the price they are willing to pay
• Have online video sessions and chat
• Build professional portfolio and share it with general public
• Track scheduled meetings in their time table
• Create educational articles and videos
• Pay & get paid in ADA and CNA

One of the ways to increase Cardano adoption is to introduce real life use cases. Our project is doing exactly that. We're using Cardano smart contract to make sure that financial relations between therapists and clients are strictly protected. Financial part of the contract between Client and Therapist will be maintained by a Cardano smart contract: https://psyguide-96d99.web.app/contract

[IMPACT] Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community

Cardano community will increase, our project will solve another real world problem with Cardano smart contracts and will create another use case for ADA and CNA:

• Clients will be able find mental health help and pay with ADA and CNA.
• Mental health experts will be able to earn ADA and CNA.

In the interaction between Clients and Therapist our project will remove mediators and 3d parties: banks, data collectors, video call provides.

[CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

The proposer possesses the capability to deliver the project with high level of trust and accountability based on their working experience. 

Here are the key factors that demonstrate their capability and accountability:

• Successful Frontend experience: The proposer has experience in creating multilingual services and apps.
• Successful Psychotherapy experience: The proposer has 5 years of experience working as a psychotherapist.

The proposer has skills in the following areas that are necessary to complete the project:

• Community engagement
• Managing the team
• Writing code

At the moment a large part of the MVP is ready: https://psyguide-96d99.web.app/

Design is here:

https://www.figma.com/file/ys59OirSfIbKi5QAQc7QgN/Design-for-Psyguide?type=design&node-id=1-3&mode=design&t=lxngTqmYGcHRNFRU-0

Yet there're a few more things that need to be done before main net, they are listed in Milestones.

[PROJECT MILESTONES] What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Social media community building:

1. Create channels for:

• Youtube
• Twitter
• Discord

2. Hire community manager

3. Road map announcement

Backend upgrade or migration to Node.js:

1. Migrate backend from Firebase to Node.js or bugfix Firebase backend. Currently the app runs on Firebase, but it doesn't have enough flexibility for the app.
2. Fix bugs.

Create Admin panel with tabs:

1. manage psychotherapists' ranks.
2. solve disputes between psychologists and clients.
3. manage/moderate articles.

Smart contracts

1. payments between clients and psychotherapists on-chain code.
2. payments between clients and psychotherapists off-chain code.

UX and UI polish

To improve UX and make it easier to understand how to pay with Ada and CNA - Integrate educational videos and text instructions (tooltips) into the app.

Create PsyJournal

PsyJournal is a separate website where articles and/or videos created by psychologists inside their accounts will be displayed. Aim of the PsyJournal is to organically promote the app and expand community. In PsyJournal psychologists will be able to share knowledge, promote mental health and their services.

Community onboarding / debugging.

• Invite Cardano community testers into the app.
• Collect feedback.
• Fix bugs.

[RESOURCES] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Dmitrii Bondarenko (CTO, Fullstack developer) https://twitter.com/PsyWorker

Anastasia Polozova (Frontend developer) https://twitter.com/AnaBondItka1

SmartContract developer - to be hired.

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

Social media community building: 10.000 Ada

Frontend: 10.000 Ada

Backend: 15.000 Ada

Smart Contracts: 40.000 Ada

[VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

The online therapy services market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $9.57 billion in 2023 to $12.05 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.9%. The growth observed in the historical period can be attributed to the increasing awareness of mental health, a reduction in the stigma associated with therapy, lifestyle and convenience factors, global events impacting mental health, and the expanding adoption of telehealth services.

https://www.cognitivemarketresearch.com/online-therapy-services-market-report

https://www.verifiedmarketresearch.com/product/online-therapy-services-market/

https://www.researchandmarkets.com/report/online-therapy

MindHealer aims to invite this market into the the Cardano ecosystem, building a low-risk, high-reward niche project.

Low Risk:

The project will be developed in a specific professional business niche. Online mental health services are only getting more popular.

Education and Awareness:

The service will provide guides and instructions on how to use Cardano:

• initiate a Cardano wallet
• buy ADA and CNA

Cost-Effectiveness:

The money requested will be used to develop a product that meets the market requirements and boosts Cardano adoption. Project audience will be gradually integrating into the Cardano ecosystem.