3Don't just get found.
Get chosen.
4A better way to market your practice, without becoming a marketer.
5You don't need to be everywhere online to build a thriving practice. AgoraMHN gives you a rich, professional portal inside a therapy marketplace with the tools to help you easily demonstrate to prospective clients what it would be like to work with you. Let them know you, so they feel confident enough to choose you. Right online.
8The private practice dream is real, if…
9The freedom to set your own schedule and fees, and to control your professional life. That's the promise of private practice, and it's still true, if you can grow a steady stream of clients.
Does your subscription to a legacy therapy directory still produce referrals?
Does the website you built even get discovered?
Does your random social media post convert to inquiries?
11Being listed is not the same as being chosen.
12Traditional directories are great for getting found. But when a profile is a headshot, credentials, and a few paragraphs, every therapist starts to look the same. So when they ask a friend, “Do you know a good therapist?”, they're asking for something a directory can't offer: firsthand experience.
13When the digital experience doesn't give people enough of the right evidence to make a deeply personal decision, they look elsewhere. The marketing opportunity is to create a digital presence that provides that evidence, and creates that sense of connection, so they can choose with confidence.
The prospective clients’ problem
They are not evaluating credentials alone. They are trying to imagine whether they will feel comfortable and understood. A standard listing gives them too little information to decide with confidence. Left with a lingering uncertainty about who would be best, they exit the directory without making a choice.
Your problem
You have years of experience, a distinct perspective, and your own way of communicating, but a conventional “profile” gives you very little room to demonstrate any of it: your expertise, your warmth, or your personality. You risk being a commodity.
17Directories help people find therapists. AgoraMHN helps them choose one.
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19Marketing that doesn't feel like marketing
21Marketing yourself can feel uncomfortable, as if by promoting yourself, you're putting your own needs ahead of the people you're supposed to be helping. That concern is what makes you a good clinician, but it doesn't have to stand between you and the people who need what you offer.
22AgoraMHN moves beyond telling people what makes you different and lets them experience that for themselves. It gives you the tools to create that moment of recognition, in your own words and voice, using the same language you already use with clients. Your approach, your expertise, and your personality become evidence that helps the right people know that you’re the right one for them.
Let them experience you
In a guided video interview, answer five questions that prospective clients most want answered. They see and hear how you communicate, warm and human, the basis for a real connection. Answer additional questions or upload more videos anytime.
Let them understand your thinking
Meaningful information turns your portal into evidence of your expertise, not mere assertions. Explain your background, core skills, and approach in writing or on video. Write about the issues you care about.
Help them make the choice
Choosing a therapist can feel overwhelming. By introducing a Favorites Folder and an at-a-glance comparison matrix, AgoraMHN reduces the distress from cognitive overload that often paralyzes people at the decision stage. When they can easily see what sets you apart, they can stop randomly scrolling and choose, with confidence.
29Simple to build. Built to compound.
30You’re not creating marketing from scratch. Your best marketing is already hiding in your work: the questions you answer in first sessions, the ideas you keep thinking about between clients, and the learning experiences you’ve shared. Put those in an article or record them on a cell phone video, and your portal does the rest. Create it once, add to it, and let it compound forever.
31One investment. Four returns.
32A directory profile is static. A dynamic portal builds equity and pays you back.
Select a return below to see the features that drive your growth.
Grow your caseload
Show people your approach, personality and expertise before they ever contact you. The clients who reach out already know why they want to work with you.
A directory tells clients what you are. Your portal shows them who you are.
Grow your referrals
Give colleagues, physicians and other referral sources something far more useful than a business card: a living professional presence they can send prospective clients to. It’s a link they can share with confidence, and it does the introducing for them.
Directories don’t help you stay in touch with the people who send you clients. AgoraMHN does.
Grow your revenue
Attract more self-payers by being the only one they want to see. Optimize your revenue with differential pricing of your appointment times according to how in demand they are.
No therapist directory offers differential pricing. AgoraMHN does.
Grow your authority
Create it once. Let it keep working. Every article and video you publish becomes an asset that continues building trust, attracting clients, and generating referrals long after the initial effort. Your expertise compounds over time, gaining value, year after year.
A directory caps you at a few paragraphs. Here, there’s no limit on what you can publish.
The features behind them
40Grow your practice, not your marketing workload.
41Good marketing gets you seen. Great marketing gets you chosen, without taking more of your time.
Your portal works for you around the clock. It puts you in front of many people who are already looking for what you offer. It answers the questions they're asking. And it helps them decide.
By the time they reach out, they're not wondering if you're the right therapist. They know you. They trust you. They've chosen you.
42Build the practice you imagined. Get chosen.
43Claim Your Founding Member Spot Founding Membership now open — first 50 only
We'll be straight with you: AgoraMHN is new. We don't have thousands of success stories to show you yet.
What we do have is a platform built to fix what directories never have, and a growing group of therapists who see the same gap and decided to get in early. What we can offer you is an early seat at the table, a direct line to our team, and a real voice in what AgoraMHN becomes.
And we built the founding offer around one principle: your membership shouldn't start before your audience arrives.
— James Dod, Ph.D., President, AgoraMHN45Your part is simple. AgoraMHN does the rest.
AgoraMHN asks a little more of you than a directory does. That's deliberate, because it's what lets people actually choose you. But it comes down to three things, and as a Founding Member, we'll do the hardest one with you.
Let prospective clients meet you.As a Founding Member, you'll sit down with us (live or virtually) and we'll ask you five questions that people frequently want answered before choosing a therapist. We'll record the interview and produce it for AgoraMHN. Or record it yourself on your phone and we'll produce it. It's up to you. You review everything before it goes live. No script. No performance. Just you in conversation.
Share what you know.Your portal is a dedicated space to showcase your expertise and specialties. Write a blog post or article, record a video, or embed a YouTube clip that mirrors how you solve complex problems. Every piece builds a lasting professional presence that speaks for you.
Let people know what working with you costs.Fee transparency up front builds trust and removes the friction that stops prospects from reaching out.
Your membership doesn't start until you're being seen.
Not when you sign up. Your first year begins once your portal reaches 50 real visitors (not you, and not bots), a number you can watch climb in your dashboard. Until then, everything is free.
Your founding rate is locked in for as long as you remain a member. That's under $17 a month.
- We'll produce your AgoraMHN-branded video interview in a format that AI search tools increasingly read and cite. It's yours to use anywhere: your website, social media, even other directory profiles.
- Plus: a Founding Member badge on your portal, launch-period visibility, and Advisory status with a direct line to our team.
Don't just get found. Get chosen.
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