last updated august 18, 2026
Psychology Today is the biggest therapist directory on the internet — and one of the most crowded. many therapists report referrals declining sharply since 2024 while still paying $29.95/mo for a static listing. Resolv takes a different approach: therapists build visible reputation by answering real questions in a live community, with reviews and a consultation inbox attached to their profile. resolv is $29/month, and the first 50 founding therapists get their first year free. choose Psychology Today if you want maximum raw traffic today. choose Resolv if you want a channel where demonstrated expertise — not directory position — earns the client.
| Psychology Today | Resolv Social | |
|---|---|---|
| listing fee | $29.95/mo ($359.40/yr), month-to-month | $29/mo — first year free for the first 50 founding therapists |
| what the fee buys | static profile, telehealth badge, "protected" phone number | community access, profile with reviews, consultation inbox, directory listing |
| how you stand out | a better photo, a warmer opening paragraph, waiting | public answers to real questions — expertise demonstrated, not claimed |
| cut of your session fees | none | none — never a percentage of your revenue |
| client contact | phone number on a public page (a spam-call magnet) | consultation inbox inside the platform |
| audience today | the largest consumer traffic in the space | smaller, growing community focused on interpersonal conflict |
if you're here, you probably already know the story: your Psychology Today profile used to produce steady inquiries, and somewhere in the last couple of years it slowed or stopped. you're not imagining it. therapist forums have been full of this since late 2025 — reporting by ClearHealthCosts documented therapists whose profile views dropped over 90% from their 2019 peak, and clinicians whose referrals went from 5–10 a year to zero. the directory itself is crowded: roughly 80,000 therapists are listed, and in most metros your profile is one of hundreds behind the same zip-code search. meanwhile the "protected number" on your listing attracts scam calls — the fake-subpoena scam that targets therapists is commonly run off directory phone numbers. $29.95/mo is cheap if it produces even one client a year; it's expensive at any price if it produces zero and you keep paying out of habit.
none of this makes Psychology Today a scam. it's still the highest-traffic directory in the space, its brand is the consumer default, and for plenty of therapists — especially in less saturated markets — it still pays for itself. the problem isn't that PT is bad. it's that a static listing is a weak product, and you have no way to compete inside it except waiting.
Resolv is a peer-support community focused on interpersonal conflict — relationships, family, roommates, the hard conversations people are actually losing sleep over. consumers post real situations; experts answer. that's the core difference. on Psychology Today, your marketing asset is a paragraph about yourself. on Resolv, your marketing asset is a public track record of actually helping people. every answer is attached to your profile — a potential client doesn't read that you're "warm and collaborative", they watch you be it. reviews and helpful answers accumulate: a listing you paid for last month is worth nothing next month, but a reputation you built last month is still there. interested consumers reach out through a consultation inbox instead of a phone number sitting on a public page, and you also get a standard profile in the Resolv therapist directory, searchable by city and specialty.
Psychology Today at $29.95/mo needs roughly one new client every few years to break even, which is why it survived this long on autopilot renewals. Resolv is $29/month, and the first 50 founding therapists pay nothing for a year — so in year one the only cost is the time you spend answering questions. that time doubles as public proof of competence, which is more than a renewal fee ever bought anyone.
honesty first — keep your PT listing if it's still producing clients for you; don't cancel a working channel out of frustration with the category. keep it if you're in a smaller or underserved market where PT profiles still surface prominently. keep it if you want zero-effort marketing: PT is passive, Resolv rewards participation, and if you won't answer questions, a Resolv listing will do less for you than PT's paid one, free first year or not. and keep it if you need maximum raw traffic today — PT's consumer volume dwarfs everyone, including us.
Resolv is built for you if you specialize in couples, family, or relational work — that's what our community talks about all day. if your PT ROI has gone negative and you want a free channel that builds an asset instead of renting a slot. if you like writing and explaining — ten thoughtful answers on Resolv is a portfolio no directory bio can match. and if you want founding status: the first 50 therapists who claim a listing get their first year free, then $29/month.
read this before signing up: we don't bill insurance, we don't credential you, we don't have an EHR, and our consumer audience is currently much smaller than Psychology Today's. we're a new platform. early experts are making a small time-bet on a growing community, not buying guaranteed referral volume. if you need billing infrastructure, keep Alma or Headway — Resolv sits alongside them, not instead of them.
there's nothing to migrate. your Resolv profile takes about 15 minutes: credentials, specialties, bio. most therapists shouldn't "switch" on day one — claim a founding listing on Resolv — free for the first year — keep PT until your next renewal, and compare where inquiries actually come from. cancel the one that isn't working.
For marketing and client connection, it can be — especially for conflict- and relationship-focused therapists. But Resolv is a new platform with a smaller audience. Most therapists should run both and keep whichever produces. The first 50 founding listings are free for a year, so the year-one test costs nothing.
Resolv is $29/month. The first 50 founding therapists get their first year free, and once those 50 are claimed the founding window closes and new therapists join a waitlist. The fee is flat — Resolv never takes a percentage of your session fees.
No, never. Resolv does not meter on referrals, sessions, or revenue. The price is a flat, uniform $29/month listing fee — free for the first year for the first 50 founding therapists — and that flat structure keeps you clean under fee-splitting and ethics rules (APA 6.07, ACA A.10.b, NASW 2.06).
No. Resolv is a directory and community, not a billing platform. If you need insurance infrastructure, use Alma or Headway alongside Resolv.
The most common reasons reported in therapist communities: sharp referral declines since 2024, an overcrowded directory where profiles cannot differentiate, spam calls to listed numbers, and paying monthly for a channel with no measurable return.
$29 a month, and the first 50 founding therapists get their first year free. no contracts, never a percentage of your session fees, and a waitlist once those 50 seats are claimed.
claim your founding expert spottwo fields, about a minute. the app itself is live and public — check it first if you'd rather look before you sign anything: app store · google play