A Group Practice Should Be More Than a Collection of Therapists
Finding a therapist can be surprisingly difficult.
Spend enough time searching for one and the websites can start to blur together.
Everyone is compassionate. Everyone is passionate about helping people. Everyone offers a safe, nonjudgmental space.
For reasons no one fully understands, there are usually some stacked rocks involved. We have nothing against stock images of stacked rocks.
But there are some differences between therapists and therapy practices that matter a whole lot more, and most people don't know what to look for.
Therapists aren't interchangeable and neither are therapy practices.
At The Psychology Group Fort Lauderdale, we've intentionally built one clinical team with shared standards, ongoing collaboration, clinical leadership, accountability, and a commitment to continually getting better at what we do.
You aren't simply choosing a name from a directory. You’re choosing a therapist with an entire clinical practice behind them.
Therapists aren’t interchangeable.
Credentials are the starting point. They tell you that a clinician has met the professional requirements to practice.
Credentials don’t erase differences in clinical judgment, skill, curiosity, experience, self-awareness, personality, willingness to seek feedback, ability to build a strong therapeutic relationship, or skill in knowing when something isn't working.
Two therapists can hold similar credentials and use the same treatment approach while practicing very differently.
That's why we think choosing a therapist should involve more than finding someone who treats anxiety, accepts your insurance, and has an appointment available Tuesday at 4.
Who your therapist is matters.
And we believe the clinical environment surrounding your therapist matters, too.
A good therapist isn't just hired. They're developed.
We take hiring seriously. We look for clinicians with strong clinical skills, sound judgment, professionalism, warmth, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine commitment to doing excellent work.
But hiring is only the beginning.
Even excellent, highly experienced clinicians have blind spots. That's why our therapists meet weekly to consult on clinical work, review research, challenge their thinking, sharpen their skills, and learn from one another. They receive feedback and work in an environment where continued development is expected, no matter how many years they’ve been practicing.
At TPG, growth and accountability aren't optional extras. They're part of how we practice.
Weekly Consultation · Research Review · Feedback · Ongoing Development
“Evidence-based” should mean more than a list of acronyms.
You'll see those letters on a lot of therapy websites. And of course, treatment models are truly relevant.
But evidence-based care isn’t simply knowing the name of a therapy or completing a training in it. It means understanding why you’re using an intervention, whether it fits the person sitting in front of you, what the research tells us, and whether the treatment is actually helping.
Our clinicians use ongoing clinical assessment and, when appropriate, standardized measures to evaluate progress throughout therapy.
Sometimes the right decision is to stay the course. Sometimes it’s to adjust the treatment. Sometimes it’s to consult. Sometimes it’s to recommend another clinician whose expertise is a better fit.
The goal isn’t to prove that our original plan was right. The goal is to help you reach yours.
Not every “group practice” works the same way.
This isn't something most people think about when they're searching for a therapist. And why would you?
If several clinicians appear under the same practice name, it's natural to assume they're all part of one clinical organization.
But that isn't always the case.
Some group practices are integrated clinical teams. Others are made up of independent clinicians who may share office space, branding, referrals, or administrative resources while operating their own separate companies.
Neither structure is necessarily obvious from looking at a website.
A shared logo doesn't necessarily mean shared clinical standards. At TPG, it does.
Here, “group practice” means something very specific.
Our clinicians are members of one team. They work within shared systems, expectations, clinical standards, leadership, and a common practice culture. They participate in regular clinical consultation and ongoing professional development.
They receive feedback. They are accountable to the standards of the organization they're part of.
You may spend fifty minutes each week with one therapist. But there is an entire clinical practice supporting the work happening in that room.
We don’t fill an opening. We make a match.
Because therapists aren’t interchangeable, we don’t simply assign you to whoever happens to have the next available appointment.
We want to understand what brought you to therapy, what you’re hoping to change, what kind of therapist you might connect with, and whether there are particular specialties, approaches, scheduling needs, or insurance considerations that should shape the decision.
Then we think about who on our team is actually the best fit.
Sometimes that means one clinician gets several new clients in a row while another has more availability. That’s okay. We’d rather make the stronger match than treat incoming clients like a rotation.
There’s another reason we can do this thoughtfully: the person helping you choose your therapist actually knows our therapists.
Our team meets every Friday. The people talking to our prospective-client aren’t matching you based on a bio they skimmed on the website. They know our clinicians’ personalities, strengths, specialties, styles, and the kinds of clients they tend to work especially well with.
That gives us information a scheduling calendar can’t.
The goal isn’t to simply get you onto someone’s schedule. It’s to get you in the right room.
A great therapist shouldn't come with a terrible office.
We care deeply about clinical quality. But we also don't think seeing an excellent clinician should mean bringing your own tissues or sitting on an old squeaky couch under fluorescent lights in a room that feels suspiciously like someone's basement.
The environment is important. So we intentionally created our offices to feel private, comfortable, calm, and thoughtfully designed.
We want your calls answered by helpful people. We want communication to be easy and clear. We want appointments to begin on time. We want you to sip on a hot coffee or tea in a pretty space. We want the entire experience of coming to therapy to feel organized and cared for.
A beautiful office isn't what makes therapy effective. But professionalism should extend beyond the transformative conversation.
What about insurance?
TPG welcomes both insurance and self-pay clients.
Depending on the therapist, we currently have clinicians who accept Aetna, Medicare, UHC, Optum, Oscar, UMR, FL Blue, Highmark BCBS of PA, BCBS of MA, Ascension, Carelon, Quest, Cigna, and Lyra. Insurance participation varies by clinician, specialty, and availability.
We also work with self-pay clients, and some clients use out-of-network benefits for partial reimbursement when their plan includes out-of-network coverage.
You don't need to figure out which therapist accepts what before reaching out. Tell us what insurance you have and what you're looking for, and our team will help you understand the options available to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Maybe every therapist isn't the same after all.
We don’t think they are. And we built TPG accordingly.
Let’s find your therapist.
Tell us what you’re looking for, and we’ll help you identify the TPG therapist whose expertise, approach, and personality fit you best.