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Welcome to Agora Mental Health Network®

Finally, a transparent marketplace where you can find and get to know the mental health professional who's right for you!

Finding a mental health professional is easy, but choosing one is hard...or at least it used to be.

Until recently, you've had to choose from a "provider list"--which doesn't help you tell them apart-- or from a referral--which you got from someone who probably knew only one or two people. That's not much of a choice.  

To feel confident in your choice, you probably need to know only a few simple things.

  • Does this person have the expertise to help me with this issue?
  • Will this person and I really connect and work well together?
  • Can I afford to hire the best person to help me? 

Provider lists and referrals can't convey that kind of information. Most 'find-a-therapist' directories offer you little more than a picture and a paragraph. 

As mental health professionals, we know a few things about what makes for good connections and what leads to successful treatment outcomes. So, we developed the Agora Mental Health Network®. 

We designed it to be a modern, transparent marketplace. We made it easy for professionals to showcase their skills and personality so that you'll have everything you need to make a highly personal choice.  Watch streaming video interviews of all professionals telling you about their practices. Read about their specialties and learn about how they think. Then, compare your top choices, side-by-side, on the factors that matter the most to YOU! 

Our mission is to help you make that highly personal choice because we believe...

the right choice for you is the one you can make for yourself.

How Agora Mental Health Network® works

Learn more about how Agora works.

Step 1

Search for professionals  Finding a mental health professional isn't hard. However, choosing the right one for you should be a multi-step selection process. You can get some good advi

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Step 2

Look carefully at each practitioner on your list, and then do apples-to-apples comparisons. Now it’s time to dive into the portals of the professionals on your list. Your search variables bro

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Step 3

Check fees, appointment hours, and make initial contact Our consumer research showed that many people routinely go outside their insurer's "preferred provider" network in order to wor

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OUR RECENT BLOGS

Education, commentary, and opinion that you'll want to read. All written by people on the front line of mental health care.

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Dynamic Pricing and the Business of Psychotherapy

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All Hail the Office Bully

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