Last year, you asked for a list of online directories where you could list your services. Here is an updated list of those that readers have sent to me.
- 1-800-Therapist
- CounsellingBC.com
- The Family & Marriage Counseling Directory
- Find-a-Therapist.com
- GoodTherapy.org
- Google Business Directory
- My Therapist Match
- National Directory of Family & Marriage Counseling
- NetworkTherapy.com
- Online Therapy Institute’s Directory
- Psychology.com
Note that many of these require a fee to list your practice with them.
Have I missed any? If so, you can list them here. And, if you’ve had any direct experience (positive or negative) with any of these, please let us know! Are you getting any business from these?
Tamara, I have been spending my time looking for this information. You have saved me a lot of time. Now I have more time to write for my blog.
I only need better time management so I could be a steady as you are at posting to my blog.
Hi, Brenda! Thanks for dropping back in to let me know that this is useful to you. If I don’t hear back from my readers, I never know for sure what is helpful and what you are needing more information about.
As for the time management piece, I can so relate . . . !
Tamara,
I have question. Now that I have started to blog, do I need a disclaimer on my blog. Something along the lines of, “This is not a subtitute for therapy, hence…..”
Hope you can shed some light on my queston. Brenda
Brenda, you know that I’m not an attorney so please don’t take this as legal advise. However, I do think that if you are going to ethically interact with your readers about their personal issues . . . yes, it would be a good idea to include a disclaimer. And, even more important than that disclaimer is to make sure that you aren’t attempting to over-reach when providing personal advice, interpretations, etc. It’s a bit of a tricky balance for mental health professionals to interact long distance in an asychronistic method such as blogging or email. In my opinion, we all need to err on the conservative side when providing this type of assistance.
If there’s any mental health or personal injury attorneys reading, I hope you’ll jump in to share your opinions on this!
A reader just suggested Washington [state] Counselor Directory.
Hi Tamara,
I’m working with Breakthrough.com to increase the accessibility of mental health services.
We offer licensed therapists a free online profile and hipaa compliant tools which enable online and face-to-face sessions.
If any of you have tried our service, I would love to hear your thoughts. I can be reached at sarah at breakthrough dot com.
Currently we have over 600 providers across all 50 states.
All the best,
Sarah
Hi Tamara,
Thanks for mentioning our directory! We would love to have you join us at that network and the directory! Join at http://www.onlinetherapysocialnetwork.com!
DeeAnna
Here’s another one I just ran across – the Gay / Lesbian Medical Association at http://www.glma.org/index.cfm?nodeid=1.
Someone sent a link to Liquic – Life Quality Improvement Center at http://www.liquic.com/content/services.
The Private Practice Network of Denver (for Colorado only) can be found here – http://privatepracticenetwork.blogspot.com/
There is no information here to suggest how effective these actually are at bringing in new clients. I have been on Psychology Today’s 6 month free trial profile listing for two months now and have received all of about 3 clicks to my website, even though they claim I have several thousand impressions. Maybe my ad is just poorly written.
Still, I would be interested in seeing some statistics on the effectiveness of these services. Especially since they are pay-sites.
Thank you for compiling this list too. Your work is appreciated.
Hi, Yosh, and welcome to our community! I appreciate you taking time to point out that just because they exist doesn’t mean you should use them. Your comment is so important that I’m going to actually use it as the basis for a post. Thanks for taking time to comment. I hope you’ll drop in often and join the conversations.
Here are two more groups that you can join and then be listed in their online directories:
Metro Atlanta Therapists’ Network (MATN) – http://www.matn.info/
New Jersey Association of Women Therapists (NJAWT) – http://njawt.org/home
I find a get quite a few referrals from Psychology Today. If you join only one paid referral source, that is the one to join. Psychology Today puts out an embarrassingly superficial magazine, but their referral web site is excellent. I also belong to the National Registry of Marriage Friendly Therapists, because I subscribe to their statement of beliefs, and I believe this listing pays for itself in new clients. On the other hand, I have tried therapistlocator.net and received, I would estimate, less than one new client per year through their very expensive service. Not worth it.
Hi, Karen! Thanks for dropping in to share your experiences with online directories! That is so helpful to other therapists trying to figure out how to navigate this whole marketing thing! I especially appreciate you referencing the NRMFT and directories’ statements of belief. Several of the online directories do include values statements and it’s critical as ethical therapists that you have read, are familiar with, and agree with those positions in order to join those directories. NRMFT and GoodTherapy.com are just two of those that include those positioning statements.
Hi,
I just created a website and community about C-PTSD recovery. For this, I am looking for experienced trauma therapists or counselors. I am creating a (free) list so members of the community have easier access to the right help.
You find the website here and please leave your e-mail so I can contact you in the near future.
Kind regards,
Adriaan