For Clinicians
A structured brain-gut regulation program that helps IBS patients expand their diet and reduce symptoms, not just manage them.
Digestible combines evidence-based therapies (GI-CBT, EAET, MBSR) with a unique Food Response Retraining protocol. Patients get daily practices over 8+ weeks, requiring less than 20 minutes per day. Practices include educational audios, guided meditations, reflection surveys, journaling prompts, and a systematic pathway to reintroduce avoided foods (if needed).
Digestible goes beyond passive relaxation practices, to guide users in actively identifying and challenging their unique IBS triggers. It can serve as an effective compliment to medical, behavioral, or dietary treatments for IBS or other Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction.
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of IBS patients are open to mind-body treatment,
but only 15% are ever referred.
With your help, we can change that.
Evidence-based brain-gut therapies
Digestible's program integrates a variety of evidence-based practices for IBS and other DGBIs.
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Psycho-education & shifting illness perceptions → shifts catastrophic illness perceptions that drive avoidance, poor quality of life, and symptom severity.
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CBT & Exposure tools → reduce GI-specific anxiety, dismantle avoidance (foods/places/body sensations), and produce durable symptom relief.
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Stress reduction (mindfulness, self-compassion, relaxation training, cognitive reframing) → targets autonomic dysregulation and central amplification of visceral pain.
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Emotional-processing → studies show decreased IBS severity by addressing unprocessed emotions.
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Food-reintroduction guidance → counters fear/avoidance and rebuilds flexible eating, consistent with exposure-based CBT.
How we're different
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Psychoeducation in the IBS context
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Goes beyond passive relaxation techniques
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Guides users in actively identifying and challenging stress-based triggers and avoidance behaviors
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Unique exposure-based Food Response Retraining protocol, led by a registered dietitian
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A range of techniques to explore, because there is no one-sized-fits-all approach to IBS
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Recovery stories and community support
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100+ unique modules, plus in-the-moment flare up support
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Developed by clinicians and recovered IBS patients
Developed with Clinical Experts
"I've treated thousands of patients with IBS and other disorders of gut-brain interaction using exactly the same concepts that are in the Digestible app. This is an excellent resource."
Dr. David Clarke
Board-certified Gastroenterologist,
President of the ATNS
Dr. Jennifer Franklin
Clinical psychologist specializing in the treatments of DBGIs
Ingrid Currington
Dietitian specializing in gastrointestinal symptoms and food avoidance
How to Talk with Patients
1. Reinforce that IBS is not caused by structural abnormalities or damage to the gut, but rather a disruption in how your brain and gut are communicating.
“IBS is what we call a Disorder of Gut-Brain Interaction, or a DGBI. What that means is that the issue isn't in your gut alone — it's actually a disruption in how your brain and gut are communicating. For this reason, mind-body treatments can be effective for many people.”
2. Discuss the physical presentations of stress and anxiety in the body including digestive symptoms and heightened pain sensitivity.
“Stress activates the body’s fight-or-flight response, which disrupts the digestive process and heightens pain sensitivity. This can lead to the hallmark IBS symptoms like diarrhea, constipation, bloating, and pain. Over time, stress can lead to a hypersensitive gut, even when everything looks ‘normal’ medically.”
3. Explain that stress, both current and past, can play a major role in IBS.
“Stress can play a major role here. And not just current stress — even stress from earlier in life, like childhood adversity or chronic tension growing up, can change how the brain and nervous system process signals from the gut.”
4. Explain that over-avoidance of foods can backfire in IBS.
"Many individuals with IBS will turn to elimination diets to try and reduce their symptoms. For some people, this can help reduce their symptoms, but when it goes too far, it can backfire by creating stress around food even when the food is not the problem."
5. Offer hope that there are effective treatments to reduce symptoms.
“The good news is that the brain and nervous system can change. Just like they learned to be on high alert, they can learn to calm down and regulate again. There are effective treatments that target the brain-gut connection.”
6. Share Digestible as a resource.
“One example is a program called Digestible. It’s an app for individuals with IBS that helps change the way your brain and gut are communicating to reduce symptoms. It focuses on helping you identify and address stressful patterns that could be contributing to your symptoms. Digestible also has resources to help you reintroduce avoided foods with dietitian support, if needed.
If you’re open to trying a mind-body approach, you can use the code CARE14 to get the first two weeks free (after that the cost is $149/year).”
