She helped me work through years of anxiety with real, practical tools — not just listening. I actually look forward to our sessions now.
12+ attended
Good therapists benefit from honest reviews. We're giving people a place to leave them anonymously.
Therapy runs on trust and a power dynamic that doesn't exist in most professions, so being publicly evaluated by people you can't respond to in the moment can understandably feel like a risk. Here's why we built GooderTherapy anyway, and why we think it's good for good therapists.
You're already being reviewed. Just not here.
Therapists get discussed online whether a platform like this exists or not — on Reddit, in Facebook groups, in private messages between friends trying to find someone good, in recovery meetings, in hallway conversations after church. That conversation is already happening.
The only real question is whether it happens somewhere structured and accountable, or somewhere with no safeguards at all. GooderTherapy doesn't create the conversation — it just gives it a better home.
Good work speaks for itself
If you're good at the work, reviews are going to reflect that. Right now, a therapist who's great with clients and a therapist with just a polished directory profile look identical online. Real reviews change that — they reward the therapists who are actually good at the work, not just good at marketing themselves.
What reviews actually look like
These are illustrative examples, not reviews of any real therapist — showing the range of what gets published, good and bad.
Example
Example
Sessions were genuinely helpful for talking through work stress, but rescheduling was a headache more than once and it felt rushed near the end of our time together.
6 attended
Example
I saw them for about 4 sessions and never felt like we got past surface-level check-ins. When I brought up wanting to work on a specific issue, we kept circling back to generic coping tips instead. I'd recommend someone else if you want a more structured approach.
4 attended
We built safeguards because therapy is different
This isn't a restaurant review site. Clients in therapy are sometimes vulnerable or in crisis, and a session can end with an upset client even when nothing went wrong. Moderation is built around that reality.
A cooling-off period for negative reviews
Reviews with a low rating are held for 48 hours before publishing, giving the reviewer time to reflect — and to edit or remove something written in a moment of frustration.
Required detail for negative reviews
A one- or two-star review needs more than a few words. We ask how many sessions the reviewer attended and whether they'd recommend the therapist for a different concern. Vague venting doesn't meet the bar.
AI moderation before anything goes live
Every review is screened before publishing. Emotional venting rather than constructive feedback, a lack of specific professional criticism, or language suggesting a client may be in crisis all get flagged for manual review instead of posting automatically.
A human reviews everything flagged
Nothing flagged posts automatically. A real person looks at it before any decision is made.
Your profile costs you nothing
You don't need to sign up or manage anything. We build profiles from publicly available licensure and directory data, so your information is already accurate and discoverable. When you get a review, we'll notify you — and if something feels inaccurate or unfair, you can report it and we'll take a real look.
There's no premium tier and no paid placement. Every therapist is on equal footing; the only thing that moves you up is what your clients actually say about working with you.
$0
Cost to claim your profile
0
Accounts or logins required
48h
Cooling-off on negative reviews
100%
Flagged reviews human-checked
The therapists who rise to the top here are the ones whose clients would send a friend their way.
If that's you, claiming your profile takes about five minutes — and if you already have a listing, we'll help you find and claim it instead of creating a duplicate.