Awesome Private Practice 
A curated list of software for running a private therapy, counseling, or small clinical practice — scheduling, documentation, billing, insurance, and getting found by clients.
Solo and group practices run on a stack that looks nothing like a hospital’s. This list covers the tools clinicians actually use to see clients, get paid, stay compliant, and fill a caseload.
Contents
- Practice Management & EHR
- Insurance, Credentialing & Billing
- Client Directories & Referrals
- Practice Websites & Marketing
- Telehealth & Client Communication
- Documentation & Note-Taking
- Assessment & Clinical Tools
- Professional Bodies & Reading
- Contributing
Practice Management & EHR
All-in-one systems covering scheduling, notes, invoicing, and client portals.
- IntakeQ - Intake forms and practice management with a focus on customizable, HIPAA-compliant paperwork.
- Jane - Practice management for multidisciplinary clinics, widely used where therapy sits alongside other allied health services.
- Practice Better - Practice management aimed at health and wellness practitioners, with protocols and client programs.
- Sessions Health - EHR built specifically for mental health clinicians, with treatment planning and outcome measures.
- SimplePractice - The most widely adopted all-in-one EHR for solo and group behavioral health practices.
- TheraNest - Practice management for behavioral health, including group practice and agency workflows.
- TherapyNotes - Long-established behavioral health EHR known for its note templates and billing integration.
Insurance, Credentialing & Billing
Getting paneled, filing claims, and helping clients use out-of-network benefits.
- Alma - Membership network that handles credentialing, claims, and payment for therapists joining insurance panels.
- Headway - Platform that credentials therapists with major insurers and manages billing on their behalf.
- Mentaya - Helps clients of out-of-network providers file superbills and claim reimbursement.
- Rula - Network connecting clients to in-network therapists, handling insurance operations for providers.
- Thrizer - Out-of-network payment tooling that lets clients pay only their copay upfront.
Client Directories & Referrals
Where prospective clients actually search for a therapist.
- GoodTherapy - Therapist directory with an emphasis on ethics and practitioner education.
- IntroTherapy - Directory of 211,000+ verified practices, filterable by clinical focus, location, and insurance carrier, with sliding-scale options flagged. Free for clients to search without an account.
- Mental Health Match - Matching-questionnaire directory that routes clients to providers by fit.
- Psychology Today - The default paid directory; still the largest single referral source for many practices.
- TherapyDen - Directory with detailed identity and modality filters, positioned as an inclusive alternative.
- Zencare - Vetted directory with provider video introductions, concentrated in specific metro markets.
Practice Websites & Marketing
Getting found outside the directories.
- Brighter Vision - Done-for-you website service built specifically for therapists, on a monthly subscription.
- PracticeWoven - Vertical site builder for therapy and coaching practices: 150 hand-drawn templates, specialty SEO landing pages, state-board license verification badges, and HIPAA-aware forms with Good Faith Estimate and 988 crisis-line language built in.
- Squarespace - General-purpose site builder commonly used by practices that want design control and will handle compliance themselves.
- TherapySites - Template websites for mental health professionals with built-in scheduling add-ons.
Telehealth & Client Communication
Video sessions, secure messaging, and phone lines that are not your personal cell.
- Doxy.me - Browser-based telehealth with a free tier, requiring no client-side install.
- Google Voice for Workspace - Secondary business number, available under a Workspace BAA.
- OpenPhone - Business phone and texting; verify BAA availability before using it for client-identifiable content.
- Spruce Health - HIPAA-compliant messaging, voice, and fax built for small healthcare practices.
- Zoom for Healthcare - The BAA-backed tier of Zoom, widely used for teletherapy.
Documentation & Note-Taking
Progress notes, treatment plans, and the AI scribes clinicians are cautiously adopting.
- Blueprint - Measurement-based care platform with assessment delivery and AI-assisted note drafting.
- Mentalyc - AI progress-note generation for therapists, with SOAP, DAP, and other note formats.
- Upheal - AI note-taking and session analytics built specifically for mental health sessions.
A note on AI scribes: these tools process protected health information. Confirm a signed BAA, check your state’s recording-consent law, and get informed client consent before recording a session.
Assessment & Clinical Tools
Diagrams, measures, and instruments used in the room.
- Ecomap Creator - Native iPad and web ecomap tool using Hartman-standard notation, with energy-flow direction on connections and 18 system categories. Works offline.
- GenogramAI - AI-assisted genogram creation for therapists and family systems work. The free genogram maker draws a McGoldrick-standard genogram from a plain-English description, with clinical templates for therapy, social work, and nursing.
- Genogram Creator - Native iPad and Mac genogram maker with 100+ clinical symbols and PDF/PNG/SVG export, fully offline.
- Greenspace Health - Measurement-based care platform for administering and tracking outcome measures.
- NovoPsych - Library of validated psychometric assessments with automated scoring and reporting.
Professional Bodies & Reading
Ethics codes, licensure, and the business side.
- Abundance Practice Building - Consulting and podcast focused on filling a private practice caseload.
- APA Ethics Code - The American Psychological Association’s ethical principles and code of conduct.
- ASWB - Association of Social Work Boards; licensure requirements and exam information by jurisdiction.
- NASW Code of Ethics - The National Association of Social Workers’ ethics code.
- Private Practice Skills - Practical guidance on starting and running a therapy practice.
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Contributing
Run a practice and use something that isn’t here? Additions welcome — see contributing.md.
Disclosure: this list is maintained by Awesome Directory, which also builds several of the tools listed. Entries are held to the same criteria regardless of who makes them, and competing products are listed alongside.
License
CC0 1.0 Universal — public domain dedication.