How To Create an Account, Sync Your Calendar & Input Availability
Getting started on Choosing Therapy is easy. Whether you're signing up for a free directory listing or ready to launch and grow a practice on the Choosing Therapy Platform, everyone gets started in the same place:1) create an account, 2) sync your calendar to enable realtime availability, 3) select your practice's hours. It all takes less than 15 minutes.
Creating an Account
1. Create your Choosing Therapy Directory account by going to our Login Page and clicking “Forgot your password?”
2. Enter the email address you’ve associated with your ChoosingTherapy account and click on “Reset Password.”
3. Check your inbox for and email to reset (set) your password, then click the RESET PASSWORD”“ button.
4. Type in the password you would like to use, confirm it, and click the "RESET”“ button.
Congrats! You've created your Choosing Therapy therapist account.
Sync Your Calendar to Enable Real-Time Availability
5. You will be taken to the login page, where you can sync your calendar. Select the type of calendar you want synch with your Choosing Therapy profile (Google, Apple, or Outlook). This should be your main/primary calendar, where you schedule client appointments. (For this example we use Google calendar. Outlook calendar works similarly. If you have an Apple calendar, there are additional steps to follow which can be found here.)
6. Click on the specific Google account that is associated with the calendar you want sync with your Choosing Therapy profile. Again, this should be your main calendar, where you schedule client appointments.
7. Click “Allow” permission to “see, edit, share, and permanently delete all calendars you can access using Google Calendar.”
NOTE: We do not read or share any information other than if a calendar time slot is available or unavailable. Further, we do not delete any information from your calendars ever.
8. Click “Allow” again time to confirm your choice.
Congrats! You have now successfully synced your calendar.
Input Your Choosing Therapy Availability
Before we finish up, note that you can unsync your calendar anytime by clicking on the red “Unsync Calendars” button after logging into your Choosing Therapy therapist account. Also, notice that the Time Zone is pre-populated but can be changed if needed.
9. Input your session duration. Choose a duration that includes both your session length and desired buffer between sessions (Ex: For a 50 minute session plus a 10 minute buffer between sessions, choose 60 minutes as your session duration).
6. Click on the specific Google account that is associated with the calendar you want sync with your Choosing Therapy profile. Again, this should be your main calendar, where you schedule client appointments.
7. Click “Allow” permission to “see, edit, share, and permanently delete all calendars you can access using Google Calendar.”
NOTE: We do not read or share any information other than if a calendar time slot is available or unavailable. Further, we do not delete any information from your calendars ever.
8. Click “Allow” again time to confirm your choice.
Congrats! You have now successfully synced your calendar.