The "Why" Behind the Lifegiver Clinician Directory?
Because connection is what everyone is looking for
Military & First Responder Families
Service Families need to connect with clinicians
Military and first responder families are under an immense amount of pressure. Finding high quality help is difficult when you don't know what you are looking for. The Lifegiver Directory makes this step easy. Families looking for hope are able to search for culturally competent clinicians easily as well as organizations that support them. Families can search for providers that are military spouses, veterans, first responder spouses, and even search clinicians that take their insurance. The Lifegiver Directory also provides a way for families to search clinicians that are providing online telehealth, or distance counseling. Using the searchable Telehealth list, this platform opens up new opportunities to creatively get the help they need.
Service Organizations
Organizations need to connect families to clinicians
Non-profits, businesses, and other organizations that work with service families want to be fully focused on programming and services, many of which do not include therapy or intensive treatment. These organizations want to ethically direct service families who need this level of care to competent professionals without changing their programming. By utilizing and referring their families to the Lifegiver Directory, everyone wins.
Clinicians
Clinicians need to connect with families
Clinicians rarely get training in business, outreach, and marketing in their degree programs. Finding the clients you are passionate to serve can be challenging. The Lifegiver Directory makes the clinician's practice visible to service families that trust the process and values of the Lifegiver brand. Lifegiver also partners with larger organizations that work with service families who are always looking to refer to culturally competent providers giving them extra visibility.
Clinicians need Telehealth to be searchable
Directories, including insurance companies have been trying to figure out a way to make telehealth searchable. Lifegiver understands that telehealth is the modern way to provide services anywhere in the state. Telehealth makes it possible to expand a clinician's practice and for many active duty military spouse clinicians, makes their career portable. The Lifegiver directory not only allows clinicians to categorize as a telehealth provider in their practice listing, it provides an additional FREE Telehealth list for providers to be listed.
Clinicians need to connect with CEU Opportunities
Continuing education is always a concern for licensed professionals. Lifegiver partners with organizations that offer continuing education and other training that can build the clinician's portfolio and help them carve a more credible niche to treat service families- simply by joining the directory. The Provider Dashboard features service organizations as well as opportunities of interest to clinicians.
Who is eligible to join?
We take great pride in sending only the best to service families in need. In order to register as a mental health provider, you must meet the following criteria.
Clinicians with Service Experience
Military & first responder spouses, veterans, first responders, retired military & first responders, chaplains, etc.
- Personal connection to the service lifestyle as a serving or supporting spouse.
- Hold an active, unrestricted license in one or more states
- Mention of supervision if currently under an intern/associate license
- Accurate and current information about you and/or your practice
- A yearly fee ($10/yr) to list on the directory. Additional franchises are $5/yr. Joining the Telehealth Directory is FREE!
Civilian Providers with a passion to serve
Civilians who may not have personal experience in the service lifestyle but have the passion, education, and experience working with service families.
- Proof of at least 3 years experience, prior service listed above, or CEU’s/certifications that show competency
- Hold an active, unrestricted license in one or more states
- Mention of supervision if currently under an intern/associate license
- Accurate and current information about you and/or your practice
- A yearly fee ($10/yr) to list on the directory. Additional franchises are $5/yr. Joining the Telehealth Directory is FREE!
Non-Profit Organizations
Organizations that provide programming to military and first responder families. (FREE) Examples include:
- Equine Therapy
- Retreats
- Programming that treats post-traumatic stress
- Family and Marriage programming
How does it work?
- Register for an account on the Lifegiver site.
- Enter your practice information including your bio and contact information. The directory even allows you to embed videos and upload photos that highlight your practice.
- Select searchable categories and include tags like specialties of insurance carriers you work with.
- Work in two or more locations? The Lifegiver Directory calls that a "franchise"- after your initial listing, you can add "franchises" that connect the two together.
- Provide telehealth? Include that as a searchable category and then sign up to be on the FREE Telehealth provider list.
- Service families and organizations then utilize the directory to send families your way!
Hear from service families...
Service Organizations Currently Partnering with the Lifegiver Clinician Directory
Want your organization listed?
Please reach out to connect your organization and find out how the directory can be a win-win for everyone involved! Connected organizations are listed on participating clinician dashboards. Find out more about what these organizations offer for families you serve as well as opportunities they have for building your resume and education.