[brookside]

There are similar services/startups in NYC i've interacted with.

My experience was it is fruitless endeavor trying to find a therapist that actually practices CBT for less than 200/hr.

[dhruvmanchala]

Do you mind mentioning the services you've used? I've heard of https://zencare.co/

We aren't a directory - we will call/email therapists for you to ensure anyone we recommend to you is available and a fit. We have called 50+ therapists for some users.

The problem with the directory model is you still have to reach out to each therapist individually.

And ya, a lot of therapists have CBT thrown in as a buzzword - we screen for that when we talk to therapists if a user wants a CBT therapist.

[skinnymuch]

How are the therapists at the lower rates otherwise?

[brookside]

In my experience, bad.

For me, it seems crazy in the year 2020 that a therapist wouldn't introduce basic analytics into the process with something like a brief mood survey after each session to know if therapy is ...for lack of a better term..."working".

Zero therapists I've found via the NYC therapist-finder sites do this.

https://feelinggood.com/tag/evaluation-of-therapy/

[dhruvmanchala]

Yup, we agree user feedback and monitoring are really helpful - hopefully the profession gets to that point.

[brookside]

Not to sound too frustrated here, but these CBT techniques are now 40 years old. So hoping the profession slowly comes around seems too mild of a take for me.