A colleague of mine, Dr. Keely Kolmes, is conducting a survey about what you — as a consumer — would be interested in looking for in an online therapist review website.

Why is she conducting this survey? Because there are a lot of websites online today that say they do psychotherapist reviews (like HealthGrades and Yelp).

But what they really do is a pretty horrible job at getting at any useful or important information that you might use to make an informed decision about choosing your next therapist. And due to some of the choices these companies have made, it is almost impossible for a person to understand whether these reviews are in any way representative of the people the therapist treats.

The survey will take you less than 4 minutes to complete. Thanks for your help with this important project!

Take the survey now: Online Reviews of Psychotherapists

Dr. John Grohol is the founder & CEO of Psych Central. He is an author, researcher and expert in mental health online, and has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues -- as well as the intersection of technology and human behavior -- since 1992. Dr. Grohol sits on the editorial board of the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking and is a founding board member and treasurer of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

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