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Couples Therapists and Mediators: the Mental Loadless Practitioner Export
In short : The Mental Loadless practitioner export is a one-to-two-page PDF summary that a couple generates in the app and brings to a session: the split of the mental load (MLI), each person's share of anticipating and checking, cross-estimates, check-ins and domain handovers for the month. The app measures and organizes; the professional interprets.
A factual monthly summary of how the load is split in a household, which the couple brings to your session. The app measures; you interpret.
By YF · updated
What does the practitioner export contain?
A factual one-to-two-page document, generated server-side at the household's request, summarizing the past month from the same data as the monthly report shown in the app:
| Section | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Load index (MLI) | Each adult's share of the household's mental load, out of 100 |
| Invisible load | Each person's share of anticipating and checking, with the target agreed by the couple if they set one |
| Trend | Week-by-week change |
| Check-ins | Rumination, energy, satisfaction, self-reported from 1 to 5, with the previous month |
| Cross-estimates | The share each person thinks they carry, and the share they attribute to the other, reported separately |
| Domain handovers | Domains passed from one adult to the other, completed or in progress |
Every export states the method version (MLI v1.0) and carries the disclaimer: the app gives no medical advice and measures no health condition; interpretation belongs to the professional.
How can you use it in a session?
- The couple generates the export in the app for the past month and brings it to you. You need no account.
- Start from the gap, not the number: the gap between what each person thinks they carry and what is measured often opens the conversation better than the measurement alone.
- Look at anticipating and checking: that is where the load task lists never see sits.
- Follow the couple's target: the app measures the gap to the split the couple chose, not to an imposed 50/50.
The method is published and versioned: you can read every weight on the MLI page.
What the export is not
- Not a clinical assessment: no health data, no diagnostic scale.
- Not a referee: the app uses no "score", "ranking" or "should". A measurement is there to start a conversation, not to settle one.
- Not a monitoring tool: the household decides whether to generate and share the document.
In a household on the Family plan, the export covers the household's adults. On the Solo plan, it is limited to the share of the person generating it: the split between adults is left out, so nothing about the other person can be inferred by subtraction.
Where is the data?
Household data is hosted in France (Azure, France Central region) and encrypted per household. Self-reported feelings are encrypted at rest. The document is only produced at the household's request, and the household can delete its data.
Would you like to suggest it to your clients?
You are welcome to recommend the app and point to this page. If you would like a presentation of the method for your practice or network, write to us from the contact page: we answer professionals and never approach your clients.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account to read the practitioner export?
No. The export is a PDF that the couple generates in the app and brings or sends to you. You read it like any other document, without an account or access to the app, and you only see what the household chose to share for that month.
Does the practitioner export make a diagnosis?
No. It describes how household organization is split, using a published method, along with feelings the couple reported. It measures no health condition and contains no clinical scale; interpretation belongs to the professional supporting the household, and the document says so.
What method are the export's figures based on?
On the Mental Load Index (MLI) v1.0, which weights each task by the phase each person carries in the cycle described by sociologist Allison Daminger in 2019: anticipate, identify, decide, execute, check. The weights are published on the site and in the app.