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    FOUNDER · PRODUCT CRAFTER · MENTAL HEALTH TECH

    Building products that heal.

    I'm a product crafter working on technology and mental wellbeing — founder of Loop Mind and CannabisReset, built on a decade of product work for teams like Mentalyc, Sedex, and the British Red Cross.

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    The Studio

    What I'm building

    Small, opinionated products at the intersection of technology and mental wellbeing — built with co-founders, clinicians, and the people who use them.

    Loop Mind app screens

    Loop Mind

    Talk it out. See the pattern.

    A voice journaling app for chronic overthinkers. Speak what's looping in your head; AI reflection names the loop, surfaces the triggers, and shows you the pattern over time.

    CannabisReset app screens

    CannabisReset

    Feelings, not day counts.

    A quit-cannabis companion built from The Quit Cannabis Handbook, co-founded with its author James Langton. An emotion-first recovery programme with his voice at its core.

    Selected case studies

    A few examples of how I’ve helped teams bring clarity to complex product work.

    Loop Mind project screenshot

    Loop Mind

    Founding a voice-first thinking tracker for overthinkers

    Founded, designed, and shipped a voice journaling app that turns spoken thoughts into named patterns. Live on the App Store, built solo with an AI-powered operating model.

    FounderAI/MLMental Health
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    CannabisReset project screenshot

    CannabisReset

    Turning a recovery book into a digital companion

    Co-founding a quit-cannabis programme built from The Quit Cannabis Handbook — an emotion-first recovery companion with the author's voice at its core. In development.

    Co-FounderDigital HealthRecovery
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    Mentalyc

    AI Clinical Co-Pilot for Therapists

    Shaped the product strategy for an AI platform that automates clinical notes and surfaces insights for therapists.

    Product StrategyAI/MLMental Health
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    User Reach

    100M+

    users reached through digital products I designed

    across health, humanitarian, and social impact platforms

    Clinical Reach

    50K+

    clinicians using products I helped build or shape

    across therapy platforms, behavioral health tools, and AI-assisted care

    Mental Health Innovation

    2017

    pioneering AI-assisted mental health products

    starting with the Lify behavioral health platform

    Product Functions Built

    6

    product functions built from zero

    as the first product hire at early-stage product companies

    Trusted by

    MentalycSedexBritish Red CrossThrive TribeShelterThriving WorkplacesClarityThe Leadership NetworkCasaviMentalycSedexBritish Red CrossThrive TribeShelterThriving WorkplacesClarityThe Leadership NetworkCasavi

    About Adrien

    Adrien Barbusse

    I've spent a decade crafting high-stakes products in mental health, digital health, and AI-assisted care.

    That work has been about turning complex systems into clearer, more usable products — with a particular focus on care, behavior, and decision-making.

    I'm especially interested in technology that strengthens human judgment rather than replacing it.

    Today I build on my own account — as founder of Loop Mind, a voice-first thinking tracker, and co-founder of CannabisReset, a digital recovery companion — and work with a small number of teams doing the same.

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    Work with me

    Alongside the studio, I take on a small number of engagements with teams building in mental health and AI-enabled care. The advice comes from the workshop floor.

    EMBEDDED

    Fractional Product Crafter

    I embed with your team and build alongside them — strategy, discovery, and design, hands on the actual product. From one day a week.

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    NEED CLARITY

    Product Strategy Sprint

    A focused engagement to shape a feature, untangle a workflow, audit a product, or bring structure to a stuck initiative.

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    NEED PERSPECTIVE

    Mental Health & AI Advisory

    Strategic input for founders working on clinically sensitive, behavior-driven, or AI-assisted products — from someone building one right now.

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    Trusted by founders, product leaders and digital strategists

    Adrien has designed products used by clinicians, global NGOs and complex enterprise platforms.

    Adrien works strategically within constraints and focuses on what actually moves the needle.

    Maria Szandrach

    Founder — Mentalyc

    Adrien helped uncover more than 60 customer problems through extensive research and redesigned the platform to dramatically improve how users interact with our core product.

    Gaby Paul

    Product Leader — Sedex

    Adrien is much more than a UX designer — he's a user-centred design champion and instigator of agile practices.

    Stuart Kennaugh

    Head of Digital — British Red Cross

    Adrien combines analytics, user research and product thinking to drive better outcomes, translating insights into clear design decisions backed by evidence.

    Lucy Crawford

    Lead Product Manager — Shelter UK

    Adrien works strategically within constraints and focuses on what actually moves the needle.

    Maria Szandrach

    Founder — Mentalyc

    Adrien helped uncover more than 60 customer problems through extensive research and redesigned the platform to dramatically improve how users interact with our core product.

    Gaby Paul

    Product Leader — Sedex

    Adrien is much more than a UX designer — he's a user-centred design champion and instigator of agile practices.

    Stuart Kennaugh

    Head of Digital — British Red Cross

    Adrien combines analytics, user research and product thinking to drive better outcomes, translating insights into clear design decisions backed by evidence.

    Lucy Crawford

    Lead Product Manager — Shelter UK

    Adrien brings a rare combination of deep UX research, strategic thinking, and measurable product impact.

    Yuliya Matusevich

    Lead Product Designer — Mentalyc

    Adrien is diligent, innovative and highly thorough. His work on the UX and design of our digital portal demonstrated exceptional attention to detail and strong problem-solving.

    Richard Crick

    Head of Growth & Innovation — Thrive Tribe

    Adrien rapidly built credibility across the organization and delivered meaningful improvements to our product design capability.

    Adam Rowlands

    Senior Director, Strategy & Transformation — British Red Cross

    The digital consultancy work Adrien delivers is innovative, timely and highly effective. He is knowledgeable, approachable and our teams genuinely enjoy working with him.

    Oliver Langford

    Director of People Experience & Information Governance — Thrive Tribe

    Adrien brings a rare combination of deep UX research, strategic thinking, and measurable product impact.

    Yuliya Matusevich

    Lead Product Designer — Mentalyc

    Adrien is diligent, innovative and highly thorough. His work on the UX and design of our digital portal demonstrated exceptional attention to detail and strong problem-solving.

    Richard Crick

    Head of Growth & Innovation — Thrive Tribe

    Adrien rapidly built credibility across the organization and delivered meaningful improvements to our product design capability.

    Adam Rowlands

    Senior Director, Strategy & Transformation — British Red Cross

    The digital consultancy work Adrien delivers is innovative, timely and highly effective. He is knowledgeable, approachable and our teams genuinely enjoy working with him.

    Oliver Langford

    Director of People Experience & Information Governance — Thrive Tribe

    Building something in mental health?

    Whether you want a product partner, a second opinion, or just to compare notes between builders — I'd love to hear what you're working on.

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