Dr. Deliberto co-founded Yuna to help close the treatment gap and get people support when they need it most — bringing together two decades in clinical psychology, the best of what the field has to offer, and AI.
Yuna is an AI-supported mental wellness platform built for the large population of people who are struggling but not in active crisis or formal treatment — often the exact group that falls through the gaps between overloaded therapy waitlists and generic wellness apps. It's also designed to work alongside formal treatment: people already working with a licensed clinician can use Yuna as ancillary support between sessions. When someone needs more than the platform can offer, Yuna helps them connect with an appropriate, best-fit provider. Dr. Deliberto co-founded the company to bring evidence-based clinical thinking into that gap, without pretending a chat interface can replace a treatment relationship.
Yuna follows a structured growth plan: focused, guided sessions that teach users the specific skills they need, building over time rather than offering an open-ended chat.
Dr. Deliberto's work at Yuna is guided by the same discipline she brought to building Integrative Modalities Therapy: don't scale what hasn't been thought through, and never let convenience quietly become a substitute for care.
Yuna is built for people navigating everyday stress, mood, and life transitions — and for people already working with a licensed clinician who want structured support between sessions. It's not a stand-in for psychotherapy or a diagnosis-driven treatment plan.
Before any feature ships broadly, there has to be a clear, tested path for recognizing when someone needs more than the platform can safely offer — and getting them there.
Growth metrics are not the same thing as whether people are actually doing better. Dr. Deliberto's role centers on keeping clinical outcome data, not just usage data, in the room where decisions get made.
The same modular, evidence-first thinking behind IMT — pull from what's already validated, and be honest about what isn't yet known — shapes how content and guardrails get built at Yuna.
In her white paper, The Compassionate Bet: A New Paradigm for Ethically Scaling AI-Powered Mental Health Support, Dr. Deliberto lays out her thesis: AI can help close the global mental health treatment gap, but only on a compassionate bet — choosing user trust over engagement metrics.
Four commitments anchor it:
Dr. Deliberto is a Co-Founder of Yuna.io, a high-quality, low-cost, scalable mental health solution. She has been part of the company from its earliest days, shaping its clinical direction as it grew.
Dr. Deliberto founded Integrated Treatment, LLC on the premise that evidence-based care shouldn't be locked away in academic journals — it should be usable "in the trenches." Her work at Yuna is a continuation of that mission for a population that may never reach a clinician's office at all.
Yuna is a separate company from Integrated Treatment, LLC and is not a substitute for psychotherapy, medical care, or crisis intervention. Dr. Deliberto's private practice and IMT training work remain entirely distinct from her advisory role at Yuna. If you are in crisis, please contact 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or local emergency services.