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Psychology Today alternatives for therapists
Therapists looking beyond Psychology Today often compare GoodTherapy, TherapyDen, Zencare, Mental Health Match, Open Path Collective, and Couch Commons. Below is each one's price, license check, and contact model, taken from its own pages on August 21, 2026. Couch Commons is small, with 12 published members; it sells no placement and prints a dated license check on every profile.
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How to use this list
- Each directory's price, license-check method, and contact model below is taken from that directory's own pages, read on August 21, 2026. Prices and policies change; check the linked source before you pay.
- No directory on this page, including Couch Commons, can promise referrals, clients, search ranking, or revenue.
Source: Compare directories
Psychology Today
- Price: $29.95/month; no contract
- License checks: Public profiles identify the state license used for the site's “Verified” label.
- Contact: Profiles may link to the clinician's website; membership also includes tracked calls and emails, telehealth, and a protected phone number.
GoodTherapy
- Price: $30.95–$49.95/month, depending on plan
- License checks: Directory applicants must meet its credential rules and pass a peer-reviewed application; its rules can include licensed, supervised prelicensed, and some legally practising unlicensed professionals.
- Contact: All directory plans include a public profile and referrals; membership also offers publication opportunities.
TherapyDen
- Price: Free profile; premium is $30/month or $330/year
- License checks: TherapyDen asks for license information; premium members receive faster license verification.
- Contact: Its terms say free profiles can carry a direct link, while premium membership makes the profile visible in search results and adds features.
Zencare
- Price: From $59/month ($69 in NY and CA) plus an $80 setup fee
- License checks: Zencare says every listed provider is vetted; its public page does not expose a dated verification receipt like Couch Commons.
- Contact: The paid listing includes a profile, referrals, SEO, content collaboration, professional media, and zip-code coverage; optional practice tools cost extra.
Mental Health Match
- Price: $39/month or $375/year after its trial
- License checks: Mental Health Match says it verifies each therapist's active state license before approving a profile.
- Contact: Its matching flow screens, matches, and supports the seeker through starting therapy; it says payment does not determine display order or contact volume.
Open Path Collective
- Price: No fee for participating therapists; eligible clients pay Open Path a one-time $65 fee
- License checks: Open Path accepts licensed or provisionally licensed clinicians with qualifying graduate education and says staff verify license and credentials.
- Contact: It asks clinicians not to place direct scheduling or practice links on public profiles; contact information is provided after a client selects a therapist.
Couch Commons
- Price: $19.99/month or $179.91/year, charged at checkout. Annual billing is 12 months for the price of 9: 3 months free, every year you renew. No contract or setup fee. First 100 therapists: your first year is free on the monthly plan. It's applied at checkout; no code needed. Then $19.99 a month unless you cancel. Charges are final.
- License checks: Dated state-registry record printed on the profile and rechecked periodically.
- Contact: Direct clinician-selected website, booking, email, or phone destinations. Couch Commons stores aggregate daily link totals, not seeker messages.
- Size: 12 published members. Psychology Today offers far more directory reach today.
Source: Pricing
Questions to ask any directory before you pay
- Can a clinician pay for a higher position or a badge?
- What exactly does its license check look at, and does the profile show the date?
- Does contact go straight to you, or through the directory?
- What does it cost per year, and is there a setup fee or contract?
Common questions
What are the alternatives to Psychology Today for therapists?
Directories clinicians list on besides Psychology Today include GoodTherapy, TherapyDen, Zencare, Mental Health Match, Open Path Collective, and Couch Commons. Their prices, license checks, and contact models differ; this page lists each one from the directory's own pages, read on August 21, 2026.
Is Psychology Today worth it for therapists?
It depends on your location, specialty, and caseload goals. Psychology Today has the largest audience of the directories listed here. No directory, including Couch Commons, can predict how many clients a listing will bring.
Where should a new private-practice therapist list themselves?
Most new practices use more than one listing. Compare what each directory costs, whether placement can be bought, what its license check shows, and whether contact comes straight to you. Couch Commons is one option: dated license checks, equal turns in results, and direct contact links.
Is there a therapist directory without paid placement?
Couch Commons sells no placement: every matching clinician gets an equal turn in a daily rotation, and payment, clicks, tenure, and popularity are not inputs. Check each other directory's own terms for how it orders results.