During the COVID-19 pandemic, online mental therapy and psychiatry platforms gained a lot of importance and popularity for providing quick, low-cost, and convenient mental healthcare solutions.
This article will cover a comprehensive review of a telehealth platform that is comparatively new in the ecosystem but has managed to offer multiple benefits and mental healthcare options under one roof. It is called Rethink My Therapy.
About Rethink My Therapy
Rethink My Therapy, a part of Rethink My Healthcare was established by Connor Galic in New Jersey, USA, in the year 2018.
It is one of the most economical counseling and psychiatry platforms in the country. And despite being younger than its competitors, the platform has seen rapid growth and rise to fame in America for its risk-free 7-day free trial and reasonable pricing plans for individuals, couples, as well as families and children.
Rethink My Therapy Review 2023
This section will give you a detailed rundown of all the key features and aspects of Rethink My Therapy to help you choose the right online counseling or psychiatry platform for you as an individual or for you and your partner/spouse.
1. How Does it Work?
My consultation sessions were quite flexible, and I had the option to connect with my mental healthcare provider via phone or video calls. I wish the platform offered text-based messaging, too, but this service is not available at the moment, although the website mentions otherwise and clashes with one of its FAQs.
Before my sessions began, I went through a thorough screening process which helped me decide which professional services to take – therapy, psychiatry, or both. I even had the option of opting for in-person consultations, which take about 35 days to confirm. However, online sessions are quicker and can be scheduled in less than 7 days.
I generally had around three 30-minute appointments with my provider. This is very subjective and depends on your requirements. This is something that we jointly modified based on my schedule and the availability of my counselor/psychiatrist, as I was directly in touch with him.
There is no fixed upper limit on the number of sessions per month, but most patients would need a minimum of 2 every month. If your case is severe, you may even need about 5 sessions per month.
The process of choosing the right provider and switching them if they do not satisfy your needs is simple as Rethik My Therapy provides multiple mental healthcare experts in every state in the US. So, it is easy to get every offer customized as per your needs and location preferences.
2. Pricing
Rethink My Therapy has a three-tiered, subscription-based pricing to accommodate all budgets and still keep comprehensive mental healthcare super affordable compared to traditional therapy as well as psychiatry.
There are three plans, namely – The single plan, the Couples pricing, and the Family/children program.
I purchased the Single plan, which costs $99 USD per month. It included 24×7 access to personalized online mental health care, and the best part was I did not have to pay any copay for my psychiatry sessions.
The couples’ pricing plan is worth $129 USD per month. The package is great for both couples therapy and psychiatric treatments/medication management. It includes 24×7 access to personalized virtual primary care and $0 copays. As couples, you are allowed to open two individual accounts but have the option to schedule all your appointments either separately or jointly.
The third plan, that is, the family/children program, costs $159 USD per month, offering $0 copay and 24×7 access to customized online mental healthcare. Additionally, this plan allows you to open four individual accounts.
A new development is underway which includes unlimited access to communities and interactive resources such as webinars as effective supplementary tools supporting your treatment.
I really liked Rethink My Therapy’s simple, fuss-free pricing with clearly stated offerings. It is easy to understand and hence even easier to pick any one program without any confusion.
Coming to the most exciting part, Rethink My Therapy has done a great job when it comes to getting rid of too many choices causing analysis paralysis. The platform provides a 7-day free trial to help you decide if Rethink My Therapy is suitable for you. It is a win-win for both customers as well as the company.
3. Insurance Coverage
Rethink My Therapy neither accepts any insurance carriers nor Medicare or Medicaid. According to the platform, insurance policies sometimes act like major hurdles in catering to appropriate medical attention. The paperwork and copay calculations are too time-consuming.
The slashed treatment prices are the primary reason why there is no insurance coverage.
4. Privacy
Rethink My Therapy claims to verify all their patients, and therefore, nobody is permitted to enroll in counseling or psychiatry programs without a name. Also, to ensure maximum privacy and security of patient information, the platform is fully HIPAA-friendly and follows strict data encryption standards.
Overall, Rethink My Therapy does have a good past record, and its privacy policy does not seem problematic. Moreover, the platform follows all the guidelines set out by the state law and strict professional ethics, which is great and keeps privacy concerns at bay.
5. Accessibility
There are no accessibility issues as Rethink My Therapy provides its services in all states of the US and has mental health providers stationed across the entire country.
Even if you are assigned a counselor/psychiatrist not belonging to the state or time zone you are in, you have the opportunity to discuss your schedules and fix appointments based on what works best for the both of you.
6. Available Treatments
Rethink My Therapy offers holistic treatment, including medication management for the following mental illnesses:
- Panic attacks
- Depression
- Post-partum depression
- Relationship or couple’s counseling
- Addiction issues
- Women’s issues
- Grief and loss management
- Insomnia
- Anxiety disorders
- Cognitive disorder
- OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
- Social anxiety
- General anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Anorexia
- Bulimia
- PTSD ([Post-traumatic stress disorder)
The above treatments are available to all individual adults, couples, families, and children.
7. Pros and Cons
Pros
- A 7-day free trial available to try and buy and ease purchase
- Low-cost counseling, psychiatry, and medication management services are available
- A good network of board-certified therapists and psychiatrists is available
- Easy sign-up process
- Flexibility to switch providers in case you are unsatisfied with the services
- No mediator is needed, there is full transparency as you can discuss and schedule all your appointments directly with the assigned provider
- Clear and upfront pricing details
Cons
- Limited modes of communication with your provider
- No chat or text-based messaging is available
- No insurance coverage
- Rethink My Therapy does not cater to urgent or emergency healthcare
- Limited payment methods
- I personally found the website to be very confusing as opposed to the popular opinion
How Does it Stack Up Against Competitors?
MDLIVE, Teladoc, Talkspace, BetterHelp, and Doctor on Demand are some of the competitors of Rethink My Therapy.
BetterHelp, however, cannot be a direct competitor as it does not offer psychiatry services, but the platform does provide couples’ therapy that is slightly more affordable than Rethink My Therapy ($60 to $90), but your final therapy cost will be determined by your location and therapist schedule.
BetterHelp even offers counseling services via different websites to teenagers and the LGBTQ+ community. And the modes of communicating with your therapist are not limited to just phone or video calls, unlike Rethink My Therapy.
Talkspace also has a wider scope of services with affordable therapy starting from $69 USD if paid out of pocket. But psychiatric treatment on the platform is on the expensive side, worth $299 USD without insurance. However, Talkspace accepts insurance, so these costs can go down to a fair extent.
The same goes for Teladoc. Its services are not affordable without insurance. Doctor on Demand and MDLIVE are relatively reasonable even without insurance. But both of them specialize in emergency mental healthcare.
Conclusion
If you are someone suffering from relationship problems or other individual mental health issues covered by Rethink My Therapy, such as depression, anxiety disorders, postpartum depression, OCD, social anxiety, substance addiction, cognitive disorders, etc, this platform can be a great choice.
What is amazing is that you can even book a 7-day free trial to find out if Rethink My Therapy is the best fit without parting with a huge sum of money.
In my opinion, the company should ideally offer a 15-day free trial. It simplifies the decision-making process, and it also helps the platform improve in many ways, as people would have a considerable amount of feedback to give after they have productively tried the services for a good 15 days.
Rethink My Therapy reduces barriers to mental healthcare by offering both therapy and psychiatry with not much out-of-pocket expense.
So, if you are seeking low-cost counseling/psychiatric services and do not have insurance coverage, this platform can be a very good alternative to consider for its reasonably priced plans. And even ticks a lot of other boxes of approval.
She is an experienced Clinical Psychologist and Mental Health Writer with a decade of expertise in psychology. Skilled in assessment, therapy, and patient care. Committed to helping individuals through clinical practice and mental health writing at Therapyjourney.co. Passionate about promoting mental well-being and awareness. Open to aligned opportunities.