In this Conversation, I sit down with Oleksandr Bondariev, founder and CEO of Pleso Therapy, a mental health platform that connects people with certified therapists based on their specific therapy needs.

Oleksandr started Pleso Therapy in the middle of the lockdown after struggling to find the right therapist himself. Over the past five years, the company has evolved from a therapy marketplace into a powerful combination of human therapists and AI Care Companions that help patients access support whenever they need it.

We discuss finding the right therapist, knowing when it's time to change therapists, using AI to receive mental health support, building trust, and healing trauma in the context of war, migration, and global uncertainty.

Over the past few years, the company has expanded from Ukraine to Poland and Romania, and has  ...