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About Formulate

Thoughtful tools for the work of therapy.

Formulate brings CBT resources, formulation and between-session work together. Founded by a trainee clinical psychologist, with a focus on the everyday needs of therapists and their clients.

Knowing who is behind a clinical tool matters. Here are the people, the approach and the responsibilities behind ours.

The people behind Formulate

Formulate began with Tarun’s interest in digital tools for therapy. Here you can meet the people behind the work, their backgrounds, and what they are responsible for.

Founding team

Tarun Vermani

Founder

Trainee clinical psychologist · DClinPsy

Building Formulate and developing its clinical resources.

More about Tarun

I started Formulate because I’m interested in how digital tools can help clients engage with the work of therapy, in sessions and in everyday life.

My research explores digital intervention frameworks for the assessment and treatment of depression. My MSc thesis looked at using digital tools to map depression symptoms — work that helped shape the idea for Formulate.

Away from Formulate and clinical work, you’ll find me hunting for good coffee, planning a trip, or getting lost in a podcast.

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Contributors

Tassyana Jenkins

Clinical contributor

Assistant psychologist

Bringing creativity and a focus on accessibility to clinical resources.

More about Tass

Hi, I’m Tass! I’ve been working as an assistant psychologist for four years across acute, forensic and rehabilitative settings.

In my current role, I found a love for bringing creativity into my work with clients. I’m often creating all sorts of visual resources to aid their engagement and understanding, and adapting information for varying levels of cognitive ability. Contributing to Formulate allows me to extend my creativity and passion for accessible resources a little further!

Outside the world of psychology, I bodybuild, love being outside, spending time with friends and family, and eating good food. I’ll never say no to a cup of tea!

Clinical authorship and review are credited separately on the relevant resource. A team or contributor profile does not mean that person has reviewed every resource in the library.

Built around the work between sessions.

A thought record on a difficult evening. An activity plan for the week ahead. A behavioural experiment tried in everyday life. The work of therapy continues long after a session ends.

Formulate grew from an interest in how digital tools could support that work. Therapists can choose a referenced resource, share it with a client, and bring their responses back into the next conversation.

The aim is practical: make useful resources easier to work with, while keeping the therapeutic relationship and your clinical judgement at the centre.

Explore the resource library

Care in the content.
Clarity about review.

Our editorial policy: who creates resources, what informs them, and how to raise a concern.

Named responsibility

Unless another author is named, clinical content is written or adapted by Tarun Vermani, a trainee clinical psychologist, and reviewed by him before publication. Formulate does not yet have an external clinical advisory panel. When qualified reviewers join, they will be named on the pages they have reviewed.

Grounded in published sources

Content draws on peer-reviewed literature and established CBT models. Our formulation model pages list their primary sources, with NICE guidance referenced where relevant. We describe resources as grounded in or informed by the evidence.

Open to correction

Resource and model pages show authorship and review dates. We revisit content when its evidence or guidance changes. If you spot an error or an outdated reference, tell us. We aim to reply within 1 working day, correct confirmed errors, and update the page’s review date.

Our approach to AI

AI to support your preparation.
Clinical judgement stays with you.

Formulate uses AI to help therapists draft worksheets and convert existing worksheet templates into editable resources. You decide what to create, check the result, and choose whether to use it with a client.

What these AI tools receive

  • The description you submit, and any optional context supplied with the request.
  • Text extracted from a PDF or Word worksheet you choose to import.
  • Formulate’s instructions and resource structures, used to shape the draft.

These inputs are sent to Anthropic, our AI provider. Import is intended for blank templates, not completed client worksheets.

What they do not automatically access

  • Your saved client records and session notes.
  • Completed homework responses and outcome scores.
  • The content of your saved client formulations.

This boundary depends on what you submit: information pasted into a prompt or included in an uploaded document becomes part of the input.

Keep client information out of inputs

Before generation and import inputs are sent, an automated step replaces recognised identifiers with placeholders. It can miss information and does not remove all clinical detail. Please use generic descriptions and blank templates, without identifiable client information.

Review every generated draft

AI can make mistakes. Check accuracy, wording and suitability before using a resource with a client. AI-generated custom worksheets are not reviewed or validated by Formulate; clinical responsibility remains with the treating practitioner.

Formulate does not provide AI session recording, transcription or a client-facing AI chatbot. You can use the resource library and create worksheets manually without using AI generation or import.

For details, read our security information and data processing agreement.

Trust you can look into.

Our approach to data, clinical risk and accessibility is published for you and your service to review.

Bring your perspective.

Interested in contributing clinical knowledge, research, design or product experience? Tell us about your background and what you’d like to help with.

Get in touch

Formulate Tools Ltd

Company No. 17065550 · Registered in England & Wales

11 Chantry Close, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 7TH

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