Pricing & Registration

Eligibility for Membership and Listing

Therapist Directory Australia is a separate business unit of Holistic Therapists Australia Inc, (HTA) the owner of the domain name therapist.au.  HTA has chosen to develop therapist.au as a business directory for a broad range of psychotherapists who need not be HTA members, nor even be eligible for HTA membership, but must be members of some relevant professional membership body and therefore covered by and subject to the National Code of Conduct for Healthcare Workers.

The name of a relevant professional association together with your membership number  at that organisation must be provided as part of the membership application process.

Staged development of the Directory

The monetary value of a new web-based business directory listing is initially quite low, but increases as 1) more practitioners list on the site, 2) search engine ranking increases, and 3) more potential clients land on the site and find it useful.  Each of these three elements exerts positive feedback,  effects that interact to drive the intrinsic value higher.   It is therefore appropriate that the Directory develop with a staged pricing model. We are currently in Stage 1.

Stage 1

  1. During Stage 1, the current stage, the cost of an annual listing is discounted by approx. 75% and offered  at $49.
  2. Only during Stage 1, HTA members are entitled to a listing as part of their membership, so effectively free of charge. In Stage 2, HTA members will receive a preferential discount.
  3. The scope of the directory is constrained so that the only option for practitioners is to list their default psychotherapist Category as Holistic Therapist or subcategories Holistic Counsellor,  Art Therapist or Creative Arts Therapist.
  4. Subscription packages entered into during Stage 1 will renew at the Stage 1 price indefinitely.
  5.  HTA members will have their Stage 1 rights protected should their subscription renewal fail, while non-members will be subject to cancellation through Stripe automated processes.  Experience shows that 10% of subscriptions fail to renew through a failure to keep credit card details up to date. So if you’re eligible for HTA membership (e.g a Transpersonal Counselling/Art Therapist graduate from Phoenix, Ikon or CCM) but have chosen another professional body you might wish to reconsider and perhaps add an HTA membership.  HTA membership is currently offered at $75 pa.

Stage 2

  1. In Stage 2 and beyond, the price of an annual subscription will increase based on search engine rankings and the price of competing directory products.
  2. Current and future HTA members who did not create a listing under Stage 1 will receive a $50 discount on the Stage 2 price.
  3. The scope of the directory will be expanded to cover the broad suite of therapist modalities.

Registration

In order that practitioners may create and edit their own listing they must first Register on the site and registration uses the default WordPress system.  You don’t need to be registered to complete the application form and take out a trial subscription but you cannot create a listing without being both registered to use the site and be logged in. Do NOT register until you’re ready to complete the application form, take out a trial subscription and create your listing. Registrations that don’t have an associated listing within a reasonable time (days) will be deleted.

If your training doesn’t qualify you as a Holistic Therapist, Holistic Counsellor, Art Therapist or Creative Arts Therapist then you’re not eligible for membership under Stage 1.  If you wish to be notified when registrations are entering Stage 2 you may complete the contact form here

If you are eligible to create a listing as a Holistic Counsellor, Art Therapist or Creative Arts Therapist and are prepared to register now you can proceed to the application form here

Once your application has been approved and you’ve obtained a TDA membership number you can go on to create a listing through the Add Listing page.