Culturally responsive care: clinically guided mental health for Asian Americans

strategy
Custom software development
Integrations & Interoperability
UX/UI design
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About the client

Anise Health is a culturally-responsive digital mental health and wellbeing platform dedicated to meeting the unique needs of communities of color, starting with a focus on the Asian American population.

The Challenge

Anise Health needed to expand their engineering capacity to advance the development of their healthcare platform

The
Solution

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Integrations
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The solution

They required developers with the right expertise to integrate into the team, align with established processes, and contribute to new features while ensuring the platform’s long-term stability. That is where our team came in

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Process and Workflow

The team joined the client’s agile workflow, using sprint planning to set priorities and deliverables. Communication ran through Slack and Jira, keeping everyone aligned and transparent. By adapting to shifting needs and working closely with designers and product managers, they delivered new features while ensuring code quality and platform stability.

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Staff Augmentation to Support Scalability

We added experienced engineers who worked as part of the client’s own team, helping them move faster without sacrificing quality. Together, we designed and shipped key features, improved stability, and handled third-party integrations. We also supported infrastructure and architecture decisions, giving the platform a stronger base for growth. With this support, the client hit deadlines, cleared bottlenecks, and kept focus on their long-term vision.

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Ensuring personalized care from the very first tap

Besides the possibility to match with a specialized therapist that has been trained in cultural sensibility, the app features a mood tracker and educational resources to complement care, have a more personalized follow-up  and maximise positive results in patients.

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Data-Driven Progress Tracking

The platform includes a progress tracker measured by the Mental Health Index and the Cultural Impact Index. In this way, the patient can visualize progress and have full control of their treatment.

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Tech Stack & Integrations

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Why it matters

Anise Health was founded to close a persistent gap in mental healthcare: culturally responsive, evidence-based care for the Asian American community.


Built by clinicians and technologists who understand how culture shapes mental health first hand, Anise combines therapy, coaching, and digital tools tailored to each individual’s identity, values, and lived experience.


More than a teletherapy platform, Anise Health is redefining what accessible, identity-centered mental health care looks like in the modern era, where culture is not a barrier to wellness, but part of the path to it.

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"Light-it acts as a really strong strategy thought partner to us. They're really invested in the success of Anise beyond just being an outsourced engineering firm for as."

Alice Zhang
Co-founder & CEO at Anise Health
Alice Zhang Co-founder & CEO Anise Health
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