Mental Health Therapist: Best Referral Sources
Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in.
Get the networking events worth showing up to
Tell us where you are. We will send you the best rooms for therapists and counselors and the next meeting dates. Add a ZIP and this page will also show your local chapters and which seats are open.
Most business owners network where their competitors are, not where their referral partners are.
Your own trade group is for learning. Your partners' groups are where the work comes from. Everything below starts with one question. When something happens that makes people need therapists and counselors, who else gets a call that same week?
Therapists and counselors sell to individuals and households, and most of the work starts when a marriage ends. It moves fast, so being the name already in hand matters more than being the cheapest. Clients come back, which makes one good introduction worth years.
- Divorcewhen a marriage ends
- Death / probatewhen somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
- Injurywhen somebody gets hurt
- Job changewhen somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
- New babywhen a couple has a child
Who should be sending you clients
Who you should be sending clients to
Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade.
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
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Financial Advisor
Two-way67Trigger: a marriage ends
You and financial advisors both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Real Estate Agent (Residential)
Two-way66Trigger: a marriage ends
You and residential real estate agents both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Primary Care Physician
They send you work66Trigger: somebody gets hurt
Primary care practices hear about it when somebody gets hurt, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 04
Attorney Family Law
Two-way65Trigger: a marriage ends
You and family law attorneys both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Attorney Estate Planning & Probate
They send you work64Trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
Estate planning attorneys hear about it when somebody dies and an estate has to be settled, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 06
Senior Living Placement Advisor
They send you work62Trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
Senior placement advisors hear about it when somebody dies and an estate has to be settled, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 07
Chiropractor
They send you work61Trigger: somebody gets hurt
Chiropractors hear about it when somebody gets hurt, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Physical Therapist
They send you work61Trigger: somebody gets hurt
Physical therapists hear about it when somebody gets hurt, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 09
Mobile Notary & Signing Agent
They send you work59Trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
Mobile notaries hear about it when somebody dies and an estate has to be settled, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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CPA / Accountant
Two-way58Trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
You and CPAs both get the call when somebody dies and an estate has to be settled, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Attorney Family Law
Two-way68Trigger: a marriage ends
You and family law attorneys both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 02
Real Estate Agent (Residential)
Two-way65Trigger: a marriage ends
You and residential real estate agents both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 03
Private Investigator
You send them work62Trigger: a marriage ends
You hear about it when a marriage ends, before private investigators do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Chiropractor
They send you work62Trigger: somebody gets hurt
Chiropractors hear about it when somebody gets hurt, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 05
Financial Advisor
Two-way60Trigger: a marriage ends
You and financial advisors both get the call when a marriage ends, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 06
College Planning & Funding
You send them work60Trigger: a marriage ends
You hear about it when a marriage ends, before college planning advisors do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
Where those people actually are
Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you.
Your local estate planning council
Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: financial advisors, residential real estate agents, and primary care practices.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 03
Your county medical society
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: primary care practices and physical therapists.
Doctors in one room, and almost nobody there is selling to them. You can usually go as a sponsor.
Chapter finder → - 04
State CPA society
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors and CPAs.
A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.
Chapter finder → - 05
State bar practice sections
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: family law attorneys and estate planning attorneys.
Classes, standards, and lawyers who share cases. The exception is across practice areas. Estate and family lawyers refer to each other all the time.
Chapter finder → - 06
BNI
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
The biggest referral group in the world. You meet every week. Only one person per job. They expect you to show up.
Chapter finder → - 07
LeTip International
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Weekly referral chapters. One person per job. Strong with trades and home services.
Chapter finder → - 08
Network In Action
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Referral groups that meet once a month. Good if you cannot give up a morning every week.
Chapter finder →
Your local estate planning council
Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
- 01
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: financial advisors, residential real estate agents, and primary care practices.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 03
Your county medical society
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: primary care practices and physical therapists.
Doctors in one room, and almost nobody there is selling to them. You can usually go as a sponsor.
Chapter finder → - 04
State CPA society
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors and CPAs.
A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.
Chapter finder → - 05
State bar practice sections
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: family law attorneys and estate planning attorneys.
Classes, standards, and lawyers who share cases. The exception is across practice areas. Estate and family lawyers refer to each other all the time.
Chapter finder → - 06
Prime Time Business Network
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
A South Florida referral group. Only one person per job in each chapter. So your competitors are kept out, and your referral partners have the other seats.
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An independent local leads group
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Most cities have small leads groups you will never find online. A realtor or insurance agent usually starts them. Ask three people in your trade who they meet with.
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State chiropractic association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: chiropractors and physical therapists.
Chiropractors see crash victims within days. If your work starts after an injury, this is the busiest room there is, and almost nobody in it is a lawyer.
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Let us be straight with you. For therapists and counselors, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one mental health therapist per chapter. Put in a South Florida ZIP above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add a ZIP code at the top of the page to see which seats are open.
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have fifteen chapters in South Florida and none near you. Telling you to join would be bad advice. The rooms above are the real answer where you are. We can email you the one page version and let you know if we open near you.
Send me those roomsHave the next meetings sent to you
The rooms above are the answer. This is when they meet. Tell us where to send it and we will email you the next dates for therapists and counselors, with the one page plan.
We already know your trade and your area from this page, so there is nothing else to fill in. We do not ask for a phone number. Every email we send has an unsubscribe link.
Your one-page action plan
Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.
Networking plan: Mental Health Therapist
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Financial Advisor (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a marriage ends - Real Estate Agent (Residential) (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a marriage ends - Primary Care Physician (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody gets hurt - Attorney Family Law (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a marriage ends - Attorney Estate Planning & Probate (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
The three rooms to be in
- Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, residential real estate agents, and primary care practices.
- Your county medical society: Your partners are in this room: primary care practices and physical therapists.
- Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, residential real estate agents, and primary care practices.
- Your county medical society: Your partners are in this room: primary care practices and physical therapists.