Best Online Therapy

Therapy and psychiatry built around measurement-based care

• ✓Measurement-based care: every visit uses validated PHQ-9 and GAD-7 tracking, so treatment is adjusted on data rather than guesswork
• ✓Publishes peer-reviewed outcomes (e.g., about 75% remission among patients completing 12 weeks in a 6,248-patient analysis), offering more transparency than most telehealth competitors
• ✓Offers true integrated psychiatry plus therapy, not just one or the other, with a discounted combined plan

Best for insurance + psychiatry

• ✓Backed by multiple peer-reviewed studies of its own users showing measurable PHQ-9 depression and GAD-7 anxiety improvement, more published clinical research than most competitors
• ✓Broad insurance, Medicare, TRICARE, and employer/EAP coverage that frequently drops the copay to $0 to $10
• ✓Therapy and prescribing psychiatry live in one platform, so you can combine talk therapy with medication management

Largest network, fastest matching

• ✓Connects you with a licensed therapist (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or psychologist) usually within a day or two, often faster than typical in-person waitlists
• ✓Flexible communication: a weekly live video, phone, or chat session plus messaging between sessions
• ✓Free, no-penalty therapist switching, so a poor match doesn't lock you in

Structured CBT program with worksheets and a therapist

• ✓All therapists are required to be state-licensed mental-health professionals (degree such as MA, MS, MSW, PsyD, or PhD) with at least 3 years or 2,000 hours of counseling experience and CBT training, not coaches or peer supporters
• ✓Highly structured, CBT-focused program with an eight-section course plus worksheets, journal, activity plan, and progress tests for between-session practice
• ✓Unlimited messaging plus regular weekday therapist replies to worksheets (typically within about 24 hours), so support continues between live sessions

Therapy + medication management

• ✓Convenient nationwide access: therapy and non-controlled medication management available in all 50 states from home, often with same-week appointments
• ✓Evidence-based modalities: delivers video CBT and SSRI/SNRI antidepressants that high-quality research shows work comparably to in-person care
• ✓Accepts major insurance (Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Optum, UnitedHealthcare) with copays averaging around $30, plus flexible self-pay plans and a veterans discount