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Our science and clinical foundations

The intersection of neuroscience, behavioural science and cultural psychiatry

Helping someone navigate a delicate marriage concern, establish extended family boundaries or process deep-seated emotional burnout requires far more than generic chatbot responses. It demands an intentional synthesis of neuroscience, behavioural psychology and culturally adapted clinical care.

We rebuilt and retrained the DilSe AI Core Engine from the ground up. Our conversational models, reflective prompts and simulation engines are directly informed by the published methodologies, peer-reviewed studies and clinical frameworks of world-renowned researchers across five essential disciplines.

Discipline 01

South Asian family systems and intergenerational therapy

Evidence-based couples work adapted for households where a marriage sits inside a wider family system.

Dr. Saunia Ahmad

Clinical Psychologist and Director of The South Asian Couple Therapy Project

Contribution: Adapting evidence-based couples therapy to complex, multi-generational family environments.
DilSe implementation: Powers scenario engines for asserting marital boundaries respectfully without triggering familial alienation.

Anushka Phal

Registered Psychologist and Intergenerational Trauma Specialist

Contribution: Research on ancestral wounding, migration stress and romantic attachment.
DilSe implementation: Helps The Listener identify whether emotional triggers stem from immediate events or intergenerational attachment patterns.

Dr. Gurprit Ganda

Multicultural Mental Health Ambassador

Contribution: Multilingual, Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CaCBT) for severe marital stress.
DilSe implementation: Informs DilSe's language processing layer for natural, culturally accurate English and Urdu guidance.

Dr. Dipti Yadav

Relationship Counsellor and Joint-Family Specialist

Contribution: Clinical work on domestic power structures, in-law cohabitation dynamics and arranged marriage adjustment.
DilSe implementation: Guides conversational trees for cohabitation friction and shared decision-making.

Discipline 02

Cognitive neuroscience, stress regulation and focus sprints

Protocols for steadying the body and protecting attention before a conversation that already feels heavy.

Dr. Andrew Huberman

Professor of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Contribution: Biological protocols for physiological autonomic nervous system regulation and stress recovery.
DilSe implementation: Embedded into pre-conversation grounding exercises to stabilise physical anxiety.

Dr. Sahar Yousef

Cognitive Neuroscientist, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

Contribution: Focus allocation, cognitive capacity management and burnout prevention.
DilSe implementation: Powers the Mental Load and Household Duties frameworks for bandwidth-based discussions.

Lucas Miller

Cognitive Performance Researcher, UC Berkeley

Contribution: Energy management, cognitive fatigue and structured behavioural change.
DilSe implementation: Provides structure for timed rehearsal sessions to avoid cognitive overwhelm.

Discipline 03

Behavioural psychology and cross-cultural romance

Frameworks that read affection as something more specific than a single relationship status.

Dr. Robert J. Sternberg

Creator of the Triangular Theory of Love

Contribution: Deconstruction of love into intimacy, passion and commitment.
DilSe implementation: Analyses concerns through distinct emotional dimensions rather than a generic relationship status.

Dr. Jeanne Tsai

Director, Stanford Culture and Emotion Lab

Contribution: Affect Valuation Theory, mapping how different cultures value specific emotional states.
DilSe implementation: Honours practical devotion, duty and quiet presence instead of relying on verbal declarations alone.

Dr. David Reid

Cross-Cultural Research Psychologist

Contribution: Multi-decade longitudinal studies on relationship satisfaction metrics across Western and Asian cultures.
DilSe implementation: Informs evaluation matrices for measuring relationship satisfaction within interdependent ecosystems.

Discipline 04

Cultural psychiatry and community infrastructure

Context for the social expectations that sit around a marriage, and language that keeps help approachable.

Dr. Neil Krishan Aggarwal

Cultural Psychiatrist and Mental Health Researcher

Contribution: Research on how social expectations and systemic family roles impact marriage dynamics.
DilSe implementation: Provides context awareness regarding societal pressures experienced locally and in diaspora communities.

Raj Kaur

Founder of SouthAsianTherapists.org

Contribution: Bridging traditional clinical psychology with community needs and demystifying therapy.
DilSe implementation: Informs the DilSe interface tone, keeping psychological concepts approachable and destigmatised.

Discipline 05

Sleep science and digital behavioural dynamics

The everyday conditions, rest and screens, that decide how a difficult conversation actually goes.

Dr. Matthew Walker

Neuroscientist, UC Berkeley and author of Why We Sleep

Contribution: Neurological research on how sleep debt compromises emotional regulation and empathy.
DilSe implementation: Prompts you to assess whether a conflict is being amplified by acute sleep debt or exhaustion.

Cal Newport

Computer Science Professor and author

Contribution: Digital minimalism and mitigating cognitive friction from fragmented messaging.
DilSe implementation: Encourages shifting away from destructive text arguments toward intentional, in-person talks.

Dr. Harriet Westcott

Sociological and Digital-Anthropology Researcher

Contribution: How digital platforms alter traditional courtship and intimacy rituals in urban Asian regions.
DilSe implementation: Interprets modern digital boundary friction, phone privacy concerns and messaging anxiety.

The researchers named above are cited for their published work. Listing their research does not imply that they are affiliated with DilSe, have reviewed DilSe or endorse it.

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