Who Built TruePath

TruePath was founded by Elon Salomon, a product builder who has spent years working on tools that help people make hard personal decisions. TruePath is not a clinical practice. It is an editorial and software product, written and reviewed by a small team using established research as its source material. When a particular article needs a clinician's eye, we work with licensed therapists in a consulting capacity and credit them by name on the page they reviewed.

What TruePath Actually Does

• The 15-minute relationship assessment. A structured questionnaire that produces a personalized report across nine relationship dimensions, with a Stability Score and the three things most worth your attention.
• Your private dashboard. A space to read your report, track changes over time, and work through a personalized roadmap of small steps.
• The relationship coach. A conversational tool that helps you think through specific situations using your own report as context. It is a thinking partner, not a therapist.
• The article library. Long-form, research-backed pieces on the questions our users actually ask: red flags, trauma bonding, decision-making, marriage readiness, and more.

The Research We Draw On

Our content and our assessment are built on established research from the clinical and academic literature, not on opinion. We draw on several decades of peer-reviewed work across these areas:

Attachment science

Decades of research into how early-life attachment patterns shape adult relationships. This is the basis for much of how we describe anxious, avoidant, and secure ways of relating.

What predicts relationship stability

Long-running studies of couples have identified the patterns that predict whether relationships last: criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and withdrawal, along with the repair behaviors that protect a bond. These findings shape our assessment and our content.

Emotional disconnection and repair

Research that treats relationships as emotional bonds gives a clear vocabulary for the negative cycles couples get stuck in, and what it actually takes to break them. We draw on it when we write about disconnection, criticism cycles, and repair.

The nervous system in relationships

Research on how the nervous system responds to safety and threat in close relationships informs how we talk about feeling calm, safe, and secure with a partner.

Trauma bonds and coercive control

A body of research on trauma bonds and coercive control grounds the way we write about why people stay in relationships that hurt them, and what it takes to leave.

How Our Articles Are Made

• Each article starts from a real question our users are asking, not a keyword tool.
• We work from primary sources where we can: peer-reviewed research and established clinical frameworks.
• For articles on abuse, trauma, or safety, we follow a stricter process: we lead with the safety information, we never minimize danger, and we point readers to crisis resources before anything else.
• We do not publish anonymous content. Articles carry a clear editorial byline.

What TruePath Is Not

Specifically:

• Not therapy. Our coach is a structured thinking partner. It does not replace working with a licensed therapist, especially for trauma, abuse, addiction, or significant mental-health concerns.
• Not legal advice. If you are facing a separation, a custody question, or financial decisions, talk to a qualified family-law professional in your jurisdiction.
• Not medical advice. We do not diagnose anything. Where our content describes patterns that overlap with clinical conditions, we are describing patterns, not making diagnoses about you or your partner.
• Not a crisis service. If you or someone you love is in danger, please contact the appropriate hotline below, or local emergency services.

If You Are In Crisis

Please do not hesitate. These lines are free, confidential, and staffed around the clock.

United States

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988.
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Call 1-800-799-7233, or text "START" to 88788.
• Loveisrespect (for dating abuse, ages 13-26): Call 1-866-331-9474, or text "LOVEIS" to 22522.

United Kingdom

• Samaritans: Call 116 123.
• National Domestic Abuse Helpline (Refuge): Call 0808 2000 247.

Israel

• ERAN emotional first aid: Call 1201.
• National hotline for victims of family violence: Call 118 (Ministry of Welfare), or 1-800-220-000 (WIZO).
• NA'AMAT women's hotline: Call 1-800-353-300.

Anywhere else

The international directory at findahelpline.com lists crisis lines for most countries. Please use it.

Our Promises To You

• Your assessment answers and your chat with the coach are private. We do not sell or share your data.
• We will never pretend a tool is more than it is. Where you need a therapist, we will say so.
• We write about hard subjects without sensationalizing them. The bar is honest, not dramatic.
• If we publish something inaccurate, we correct it. Email us at [email protected].

How To Reach Us

For editorial corrections, partnership requests, or anything else, email [email protected]. We read every message.