Starting Therapy
All your questions, answered.
Starting Couples Therapy: What to Expect and How to Prepare
Struggling in your relationship? Couples therapy can help you reconnect, communicate better, and navigate challenges.
Premarital Counseling Questions & How to Get Started
Alma vs. Grow Therapy: Which is Best for Finding an Online Therapist?
How to Tell If a Therapist is (Really) Neurodiversity-Affirming
Demystifying Insurance: How Mental Health Benefits Work
9 Reasons To Consider Therapy, Even If You’re Feeling ‘Fine’
Is Therapy Worth It? An Honest Review: Benefits, Tips, and More
Child Therapy: How It Works, Types, and Finding the Right Therapist
Does Insurance Cover Therapy? How to Calculate Your Cost
In Session
Make the most of every minute.
Is It Time to Change Therapists? Here’s How to Tell
Knowing if your therapist is a good fit can take time, but learning to advocate for yourself is the surest route to getting what you need.
How Can I Tell If Therapy is Working?
7 Signs That It’s Time to End Therapy
9 Reasons Why Therapy Isn’t Helping and What to Do
How to Break Up With Your Therapist: Templates and Tips
You want to talk to someone, but not just anyone.
Connect with a therapist who’s right for you.
Mental Health 101
Conditions and modalities, explained.
Reactive Attachment Disorder in Adults: Signs to Look For and How to Heal
When childhood bonds are broken, trust can feel impossible—but Reactive Attachment Disorder doesn’t have to define your relationships forever.
What is the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)? Is it Right For Me?
What Are Attachment Styles — And Can I Change Mine?
Reunification Therapy For Divorce: Repairing Parent-Child Relationships
What is a ‘Trauma Response,’ Actually? And How Many Are There?
Does Safe and Sound Protocol Work? SSP Review for C-PTSD (And More)
What is Rejection Therapy?
Why I’m Not ‘Fighting’ My Eating Disorder Anymore
The Role of Diagnosis in Therapy
Voices & Advice
Real stories. Smart solutions.
Demand Avoidance: A Guide For When You’re Too Anxious to Do Anything
I was desperate to know: Why had something as simple as taking a shower become so fraught? Why couldn’t I just do the thing?
Ask Alma: How Do I Stick to a Routine When I Hate Structure?
I Have OCD, And Intrusive Thoughts Aren’t ‘Quirky’ — They’re Torture
Call It What It Is: How to Know If You’re 'Trauma Bonded'
Do I Have Trauma? Signs & Advice From a C-PTSD Survivor
Next Time You Can’t Sleep, Try Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Ask Alma: My Friend Diagnosed Herself as Autistic. I Don't Buy It
5 Tips For an ADHD-Friendly Workspace
Loving Kindness Meditation
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Clinician Perspectives
Advice and stories for and by providers.
The Most Overlooked Tax Deductions for Therapists
From office space to continuing education, here’s a guide to tax deductions therapists should be claiming for maximum savings.
Therapist Reviews: Alma vs. Headway vs. SimplePractice
What is a ‘Wiley Treatment Planner’ and Should Therapists Use Them?
Tax Season Preparation: A Guide for Clinicians
Why Black Mothers Need Culturally Humble Care
The First Therapy Session: A Guide for Clinicians
AI & Behavioral Health: What Every Clinician Should Know
How Continuing Education Changed My Life (No, Really!)
How Therapists (Really) Measure Progress
Featured Provider Resources
Starting & growing your private practice
Making the Leap to Private Practice
Alma membership & resources
Alma’s EHR Tools
Managing your private practice
Build Your Presence Online
How Alma Minimizes Paperwork & Saves Time for Clinicians
Spend more time with clients, not paperwork—Alma offers tools to streamline everything from billing to clinical documentation.
Alma vs. SimplePractice
Assessment Tools in Alma: Supporting Therapists and Client Relationships
How Cross-State Licensure Reform Can Ease America’s Mental Health Crisis
Therapy Doesn’t Always Work. (Here’s Why.)
Conversation: Finding a Therapist Who Gets You
Alma vs. TherapyNotes
Introducing Alma Integrity Standards
On unequal access to mentors in behavioral health care
Find a therapist who meets your needs and accepts your insurance.