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For therapists choosing tools
Choose the right tools for your therapy practice.
Therapist Front Page is a publication that reviews and compares the software and services clinicians actually have to pick: insurance networks, an EHR, bookkeeping, payroll, a directory. It is not a quiz site, not a clinic, and not a coaching sales page.
Categories we can actually send you to
These cards go to pages that already exist. We are not inventing empty hubs.
Insurance & credentialing
NPI, CAQH, credentialing versus contracting, claims, associates, California telehealth, and paneled networks (Headway and that category).
2EHR
SimplePractice as practice software: calendar, notes, claims, superbills. It is not a payer and it will not credential you.
3Accounting
Heard (bookkeeping aimed at therapists) and Gusto (payroll), plus the rest of the disclosed referral list.
4Marketing
How a Psychology Today profile actually converts: photo, first paragraph, honest insurance, response time.
Featured comparison
vsHeadway vs Alma vs Rula
Headway, Alma, and Rula compared from official materials, plus Grow as a fourth paneled-network option Mason has also used in practice. The honest trade is usually speed onto commercial plans versus less control of the payer relationship. This comparison does not invent rates, take-rates, or a winner badge.
Used in practiceVendor documentation verifiedResearch comparisonPractitioner-tested picks
Mason refers these tools. That is not a claim he uses every one of them. Evidence is marked on each card. We do not invent a “used in practice” badge. How we mark evidence is on the review methodology page.
SimplePractice
An EHR and practice tool: calendar, notes, documents, invoicing, a client portal, and, if you turn it on, claims and superbills.
Vendor documentation verifiedHeadway
A paneled network. Helps clinicians show as in-network faster than a solo packet, usually by running a lot of the claims traffic. Mason has also used Alma, Rula, and Grow; that is not a ranking.
Used in practiceVendor documentation verifiedHeard
Bookkeeping aimed at therapists. The money after the session, not the clinical hour.
Vendor documentation verifiedPsychology Today
A public therapist directory. Mason keeps a live clinician listing there for Advantage Mental Health. Also used in practice, separately: Headway, Alma, Rula, and Grow (see the comparison). That is not a claim he uses every tool on this page.
Used in practiceHow this publication works
Reviews use four evidence levels only: Used in practice, Hands-on tested, Vendor documentation verified, Research comparison. If we do not have a firsthand verdict, we say so. We do not invent prices, BAAs, commissions, star ratings, or testimonials. Current referral offers Mason reported live on Deals.
Educational check-ins still exist. They are not the product. They live on a quiet tools page. Client-facing articles are in the Client guides strip above, not in this hero.