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Which Online Therapist Locators are the “Best”?

August 6th, 2008 • Casey Truffo • 4 comments • Related • Filed Under

On the blog, there have been a lot of comments about my two last articles regarding Online Therapist Locators.

Several people shared which ones worked best for them. One person suggested I write an article about which online therapist locators I recommend. Great idea.

First, an important thing to know is that the locator that works best for you may not the one that works best for a colleague. So, how do you choose?

You should act as if you are a prospective client searching for a therapist in your area via the internet. Get online on a computer in or near your office and enter into the Google search box, the terms that you think your ideal client would be entering into Google. What do you think they would be searching for?

For example: Find a therapist 92612 or women’s therapist or find a couples therapist

Since you have done your ideal client profile, you will have a sense of what they will be typing in to locate a therapist on the internet.

Then simply look at which online locators came up.

Second, make sure you are on the free online therapist locators that come with your association membership. For example, CAMFT’s Therapist Finder. I highly recommend it.

And to answer the question, Here are the U.S. ones I recommend:

My favorite: www.Find-A-Therapist.com (This one is awesome - you can be on up to 5 online locators with this service alone.)

www.Counsel-Search.com

www.PsychologyToday.com

www.NetworkTherapy.com

www.GoodTherapy.org

Make sure you look at how many people are in your zip code. It could be a factor for you.

Feel free to share your comments below.

Happy practice building!

Casey