What licenses does Online-Therapy.com accept?

Clinical social workers, licensed counselors, marriage and family therapists and psychologists (as it lists them: US practitioners need to be licensed by a state board to provide counseling (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PsyD or similar); no interns or clinicians who require supervision.). It does not accept pre-licensed or associate clinicians.

Can therapists set their own schedule at Online-Therapy.com?

Therapists choose their own work hours; how much they earn depends on the number of clients Online-Therapy.com can provide and how much they work.

Does Online-Therapy.com send therapists clients?

Online-Therapy.com acquires the clients and matches them to therapists in the states and countries they select; it says the workload depends on the number of clients it can provide.

For therapists

Online-Therapy.com for therapists

What Online-Therapy.com's own pages tell the therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists and prescribers who would work with it: how the arrangement works, what it charges you, what it says about pay, and who it accepts, each linked to the page that says it.

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Contract with its networkhow you work with it

Independent contractorcontractor or employee

A therapist contracts to work with clients Online-Therapy.com acquires and matches to them, on its own platform, through live sessions, worksheets and messaging. Online-Therapy.com says its practitioners are not employees but independent therapy providers. Online-Therapy.com says pay rises with engagement and hours: hourly rates currently range from $30 to $70 USD depending on engagement, plus a $700 USD bonus for those who work more than 120 hours a month (30 hours a week).

How you work with it Pay and fees Who can join Compared

Apply to Online-Therapy.comOn Online-Therapy.com's own site, which reviews every application.

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The arrangement

How you work with Online-Therapy.com

From its own pages for providers, its provider help center and its job postings.

How it works: A therapist contracts to work with clients Online-Therapy.com acquires and matches to them, on its own platform, through live sessions, worksheets and messaging.
Contractor or employee: Online-Therapy.com says its practitioners are not employees but independent therapy providers.
Insurance credentialing: Its pages do not say.
Clients: Online-Therapy.com acquires the clients and matches them to therapists in the states and countries they select; it says the workload depends on the number of clients it can provide.
Schedule and caseload: Therapists choose their own work hours; how much they earn depends on the number of clients Online-Therapy.com can provide and how much they work.
What it provides: Its platform is built on CBT methods: therapists work through worksheets, messages and live sessions by video, voice or text chat, with a dashboard showing which clients expect feedback.

Money

Online-Therapy.com pay and fees for therapists

Only figures the platform prints itself, exactly as printed, with what each is per. We never estimate pay.

Cost to you: Its pages do not say whether clinicians pay anything.
Pay: Online-Therapy.com says pay rises with engagement and hours: hourly rates currently range from $30 to $70 USD depending on engagement, plus a $700 USD bonus for those who work more than 120 hours a month (30 hours a week).
$30-$70 USD per hour (the hourly rate increases the more hours you work, depending on engagement)
$700 USD bonus (for those who work more than 120 hours per month (30 hours per week))
When you are paid: Its pages do not say.
Benefits: Online-Therapy.com pays a $700 USD bonus to those who work more than 120 hours a month, which it says can for example be used for health insurance.

Insurance-based pay depends on the payer, your license and your state, and a job posting's range covers that one role. Ask for the rate for your license, state and payers, in writing, before you sign.

Eligibility

Who can join Online-Therapy.com

Licenses: Clinical social workers, Licensed counselors, Marriage and family therapists, Psychologists (as it lists them: US practitioners need to be licensed by a state board to provide counseling (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PsyD or similar); no interns or clinicians who require supervision.) Not pre-licensed or associate clinicians.
Requirements: CBT as the therapy orientation; an MA, MS, MSW, Psy. or PhD in counseling, social work, clinical psychology or a related field; at least 3 years or 2,000 hours of counselling; malpractice insurance of at least $1,000,000/$3,000,000; no disciplinary action in the past 10 years; and, in the US, an NPI number. Interns and clinicians who require supervision are not accepted.
Malpractice insurance: Therapists must hold their own professional malpractice liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000/$3,000,000 or similar for their country. Which platforms cover it
Where: It accepts practitioners based in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland or Australia, matched with clients in the states and countries they select.
Who it recruits: licensed therapy practitioners in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia

Meet these requirements? Online-Therapy.com takes applications on its own site. Before you sign, ask for the rate for your license, state and payers in writing.

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Side by side

Online-Therapy.com vs similar platforms, for therapists

The same facts for the platforms therapists compare it with. Open one for its sources.

Platform	How you work with it	Contractor or employee	Cost to you	Pay it publishes	Insurance credentialing	Licenses
Online-Therapy.com	Network	Independent contractor (1099)	Not stated	$30-$70 USD per hour $700 USD bonus	Not stated	LCSW, LPC/LMHC, LMFT, Psychologist
BetterHelp	Network	Independent contractor (1099)	Free	$43 to $70 per hourMental Health Counselor (New Comp & Benefits), listed for all 50 states and DC, remote $43 to $59 per hourLicensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor- Remote, Utah - Remote 3 more	You bill under its contracts	LCSW, LPC/LMHC, LMFT, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, PMHNP
Brightside Health	Network	Independent contractor (1099)	Not stated	No figure published	Not stated	LCSW, LPC/LMHC, LMFT, Psychologist, PMHNP
Cerebral	Network	Contractor or employee, by role	Not stated	No figure published	Credentials you	LCSW, LPC/LMHC, LMFT, Psychiatrist, Associates
Modern Health	Network	Independent contractor (1099)	Not stated	Not stated	Not applicable	Psychiatrist
Headway	Own practice, it bills	Your own practice	Free to join; $9.99 per marketplace-client session from Nov 2026 Keeps 2.95% of private-pay sessions	No figure published	Credentials you	LCSW, LPC/LMHC, LMFT, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, PMHNP

For clients:Online-Therapy.com vs BetterHelp

Questions

Online-Therapy.com for therapists: questions, answered

How do therapists work with Online-Therapy.com?: A therapist contracts to work with clients Online-Therapy.com acquires and matches to them, on its own platform, through live sessions, worksheets and messaging.
How much does Online-Therapy.com pay therapists?: Online-Therapy.com says pay rises with engagement and hours: hourly rates currently range from $30 to $70 USD depending on engagement, plus a $700 USD bonus for those who work more than 120 hours a month (30 hours a week). The figures it prints: $30-$70 USD per hour; $700 USD bonus.
Are Online-Therapy.com therapists employees or contractors?: Online-Therapy.com says its practitioners are not employees but independent therapy providers.
What licenses does Online-Therapy.com accept?: Clinical social workers, licensed counselors, marriage and family therapists and psychologists (as it lists them: US practitioners need to be licensed by a state board to provide counseling (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PsyD or similar); no interns or clinicians who require supervision.). It does not accept pre-licensed or associate clinicians.
Can therapists set their own schedule at Online-Therapy.com?: Therapists choose their own work hours; how much they earn depends on the number of clients Online-Therapy.com can provide and how much they work.
Does Online-Therapy.com send therapists clients?: Online-Therapy.com acquires the clients and matches them to therapists in the states and countries they select; it says the workload depends on the number of clients it can provide.

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