Hi im Hussein
They say the best startup ideas come from solving your own problems. Mine started with a breakup.
After going through a difficult breakup (Like a reallly shitty one), I decided to do something I'd never seriously considered before: go to therapy.
There were hundreds of therapists to choose from, all with impressive qualifications, professional headshots, and descriptions promising a safe, supportive space. But everything was self promotion how was I supposed to know who was actually good?
That's when I started wondering: Why isn't there a Rate My Professor, but for therapists?
A few months later, I ended up building Review My Therapy with some friends.
Some therapists loved the concept of transparency, while others ... decided they wanted to sue us.
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Welcome Hussein, and what a way to find a problem. The lawsuit part tells you it's touching something real. The hard design question I'd be curious about is the reviews themselves: therapy is private, so how do you check that a reviewer actually saw that therapist, without asking them to reveal anything they wouldn't want public? It feels like the whole trust of the site, for patients and for the therapists who like the idea, rests on that one answer. Also, have you thought about rating the fit rather than the person, like "good for anxiety, not for couples"? That might be easier for therapists to accept too.