Stop waiting on the list
Looking for atherapist?
Most therapists' waitlists are longer than ever, and the only way to find one with a free slot is to ask a lot of them. ContactStar finds therapists who match what you need and writes a personal message to each, so you can reach several in minutes and let the replies come to you.
Finding a therapist who's actually taking clients
When you need therapy, the hardest part is rarely choosing — it's finding someone with an opening at all. You email one practice, wait a week for “sorry, we're full”, and start again. Doing that ten times over is exhausting, especially when you're already not at your best.
ContactStar turns that into one step. Describe what you're looking for — the kind of therapy, the language, roughly where — and it puts together a shortlist of therapists and counsellors who offer it, along with the address each one lists for new-client enquiries.
Then it drafts a short, personal message to every one of them, in your words. You read each message and approve it before anything is sent, replies land in your own inbox, and you keep a clear record of who you've already asked — so no one hears from you twice and nothing slips through the cracks.
What you get
What ContactStar does for your therapist search
It handles the searching and the writing. You choose who to ask and what to say.
Describe what you need — an approach such as CBT, a language you're comfortable in, roughly where — and ContactStar builds a shortlist of therapists and counsellors who offer it, with the address each lists for new-client enquiries.
AI drafts a short, personal enquiry for every therapist — in any of 9 languages. You read and approve each one before it sends, so reaching ten practices takes minutes, not an evening.
Every inquiry keeps an exact record of what you sent and to whom, so you never double-message a practice or lose track of who's replied. Answers land in your own inbox, not in ContactStar.
Messages are sent from a ContactStar address showing your name, with your own email as the Reply-To, so replies come straight to you. Your shortlist is never sold, shared or exported.
How to actually get a therapy appointment
Where the real bottleneck is
The shortage isn't of therapists — it's of open slots. A practice can be excellent and still be closed to new clients for months, and there's no public, always-current list of who has space this week. The only reliable signal is a direct reply, which is why reaching many practices at once beats researching the single “best” one and waiting.
That's the job ContactStar is built for: it turns a long afternoon of copy-pasting the same email into one reviewed batch, so your energy goes into the replies, not the outreach.
What to put in a first message
Keep it short and easy to say yes to. Name what you're looking for (individual therapy, a particular approach such as CBT, a language you're comfortable in), your rough availability, and how you'd like to be reached. You don't need to explain your whole history — a practice deciding whether it has capacity mostly needs to know the fit and that you're a real, reachable person.
ContactStar drafts exactly this for each practice and lets you edit every word before anything sends, so the message reads like you wrote it, because you did.
Paying for therapy — and claiming it back
How therapy is paid for varies by country and by practice: some bill your insurer directly, some are private-pay, and some sit in between. Before you commit, ask each practice two things up front — whether they can bill your specific coverage, and if not, what a session costs and whether you can claim it back. Plenty of people are entitled to reimbursement they never claim, simply because no one told them the process.
Asking several practices at once surfaces these differences quickly, so you can compare not just availability but what you'll actually pay.
How long it usually takes
Realistically, expect a mix: some practices reply within days, some take a week or two, and some never answer. That's normal, and it's exactly why a one-at-a-time search drags on for months. Sending a batch and letting replies come back on their own schedule compresses that waiting into a single round — and ContactStar keeps a record of who you've asked, so you never double-message anyone or lose track of who said what.
Simple by design
How ContactStar works
Describe what you need
Tell ContactStar who you're looking for — a therapist, a psychotherapist, a counsellor. Be as specific or broad as you like.
Check the shortlist
ContactStar suggests professionals who match. You decide who to ask and who to drop, and you can add practices you already know of yourself.
Read it, then send it
ContactStar writes a personal inquiry for each one — your question, their name, your reply address. You read every message and approve it before anything is sent.
Simple pricing
Pay only when you send
No subscriptions, no monthly fees. Put an inquiry together for free, then pay once — at the moment you decide to send it.
€9 / inquiry
Questions & Answers
Finding a therapist — common questions
Can ContactStar find a therapist who's accepting new clients?
It finds therapists who match what you describe and lists the contact details they publish for new enquiries. Whether each one currently has a free slot is something only they can confirm — which is exactly why asking several at once, rather than one at a time, is the fastest way to find an opening.
How many therapists can I contact?
Enough to give yourself a real chance of a reply without it becoming spam. Each message is personal, you approve every one before it's sent, and anyone you've recently emailed is automatically left out of your next round.
What do I write to a therapist I've never met?
You don't have to start from a blank page. ContactStar drafts a short, polite enquiry for each therapist — who you are, what you're looking for, and how to reach you — and you edit or approve it before it goes. It reads like you wrote it, because you had the final say.
Do replies come to me or to ContactStar?
Straight to you. Messages are sent showing your name with your own email as the Reply-To, so a therapist simply replies and the conversation is between the two of you.
Is this for patients or for marketing to therapists?
For patients. ContactStar is for a person looking for care to ask therapists about their availability — it is not a tool for advertising to them, and it's capped and monitored to keep it that way.
How is this different from a therapist directory?
A directory shows you listings; it can't tell you who has a free slot or reach out for you. ContactStar takes the same public contact details and does the actual outreach — a personal message to each, sent with your reply address — so you get answers, not just a list to work through yourself.
Will therapists know I contacted others too?
No. Each message is sent individually to that one practice, addressed only to them, with your own email as the Reply-To. There's no shared thread and no visible “also sent to 20 others” — from their side it's a normal enquiry from you.
Can I use this if I just want a second opinion?
Yes. ContactStar assumes nothing about your situation — starting from scratch, switching, or looking for a specialist alongside existing care — you describe what you need and it finds and contacts practices that match.
Looking for something else?
ContactStar isn't only for this one search — it works the same way for all of these.
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