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How Emora compares.
Every platform will credential you. The questions that decide your month are who brings the families, who carries the payer risk, and whether the calendar fills with children and teens after school. Here is how Emora sits next to each.
Who we work with
- TherapistsLicensed LPC, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, and psychologists who want a full therapy caseload.
- PsychologistsComprehensive ADHD and autism evaluations across every PSYPACT state, with the option to carry a caseload or supervise.
- Nurse practitionersPMHNPs running medication management with the therapist in the same record.
- AssociatesAssociates, interns, and provisional licensees finishing their hours, matched with a supervisor by Emora.
- SupervisorsLicensed clinicians and psychologists supervising Emora associates in their state, paid per supervision hour.
Pick a platform
Headway vs EmoraHeadway is a credentialing and billing layer for clinicians who already have, or will build, their own caseload, mostly adults. Emora is a network focused on kids, teens, and families that books your calendar. Ask one question of both: who fills my week?Compare Alma vs EmoraAlma is a membership network for private practice clinicians: credentialing, billing, and a directory, for a monthly fee. Emora is a network focused on kids, teens, and families that brings you families and a free-to-paid ladder for running your practice.Compare Grow Therapy vs EmoraGrow Therapy pairs credentialing and billing with a client-matching marketplace, mostly adults. Emora is focused on kids, teens, and families end to end, and books your calendar.Compare SonderMind vs EmoraSonderMind matches adults to therapists and handles billing. Emora is a network focused on kids, teens, and families that books your calendar and pays per completed session.Compare Rula vs EmoraRula is a behavioral health network across ages with billing handled. Emora is focused on kids, teens, and families, books your after-school calendar, and pays per completed session whether or not the payer has paid us yet.Compare BetterHelp vs EmoraBetterHelp is a high-volume, self-pay platform for adults: it fills your caseload fast, pays per engagement on a sliding scale, and expects you to be available on its messaging model. Emora is a network focused on kids, teens, and families, in-network with insurance, that books your after-school calendar with scheduled video sessions and pays per completed session.Compare Talkspace vs EmoraTalkspace is a large in-network platform, mostly adults, built around asynchronous messaging plus live video, with pay per engagement and per session. Emora is a network focused on kids, teens, and families that books scheduled after-school video sessions and pays per completed session, with a therapist, prescriber, and psychologist in the same record.Compare Little Otter vs EmoraLittle Otter is a pediatric mental health practice that employs its clinicians and sees families through its own app, mostly self-pay and employer-sponsored. Emora is a network of clinicians who run their own practice focused on kids, teens, and families, in-network with insurance, with a calendar Emora books and pay per completed session.Compare Handspring vs EmoraHandspring Health is a pediatric mental health group that hires clinicians as W-2 staff for in-network therapy with children and teens, largely through payer and school partnerships. Emora is a network of clinicians who run their own practice focused on kids, teens, and families, with a calendar Emora books, pay per completed session, and hours you set.Compare
<7%
of applicants are accepted. You hear back within 48 hours.
10 to 15
sessions a week, booked by Emora. You do no marketing.
3 to 9 pm
is when families book, weekdays and weekends.
4 sessions
before parents report improvement in their child's symptoms.
Before you compare, know the basics
Insurance credentialing and CAQH for therapists, explainedHow insurance credentialing works for therapists: what CAQH is, the documents payers ask for, how long it takes, why it stalls, and how Emora carries it for you.3 min readHow much do therapists make? Salary by license, and what moves itMedian therapist pay by license from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (counselors, MFTs, clinical social workers, psychologists, nurse practitioners), how to read the state tables, and why caseload matters more than the rate.3 min readStart a telehealth practice with kids and teens: the checklistThe checklist for a telehealth practice focused on kids, teens, and families: licenses, malpractice, EHR, insurance, after-school hours, and the three ways a caseload actually fills.3 min read
Bring your license. We bring the families.
Apply to Emora Health. You see your per-session pay inside the application, before any call, and you hear back within 48 hours. Less than 7% of applicants are accepted.