🧠 AI Mental Health Therapist

Description: AI Mental Health Therapist is a web application that provides users with a safe and private space to express their thoughts and emotions. Powered by AI, it offers empathetic conversations, coping strategies, and emotional guidance while keeping chat content private and secure.

✨ Features

🔐 User Authentication Secure sign-up and login with session-based authentication.

🤖 AI-Powered Conversations Interact with an intelligent AI therapist designed to provide supportive and thoughtful responses.

🛡️ Private Chats Chat messages are temporary and not stored on the server, ensuring conversation privacy.

🧾 Secure Sessions Sessions are managed using HTTP-only cookies to keep user access safe.

📱 Responsive Design The interface works smoothly across desktop and mobile devices.

🛠️ Tech Stack

🌐 Frontend — Next.js (App Router) ⚙️ Backend — Node.js, MongoDB, Mongoose 🧠 AI Integration — Gemini API 🔑 Authentication — Session-based cookies 🎨 Styling — Tailwind CSS

💡 Why This Project

💙 Focuses on mental well-being and emotional support 🔒 Prioritizes user privacy by not storing chat content 🚀 Built with modern web technologies and scalable architecture