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Feel Good Austin is proud to announce its new directory service which is now available online to visitors and healing professionals. It boasts endless amounts of useful features.
Your directory listings are also controlled entirely by you. We have a members' interface where you can log in and change any details, add special promotions for Feel Good Austin clients and much more.
- List Your Practice
- Features
- Benefits
- Internet Advertising
- FGA Gives Back
- Multi-page profile
- Google map locator attached
- Free postings to Events, Articles, and Member Classifieds
- Designate your own meta-tag keywords for search engine crawlers
- Directory is searchable by name, keyword and multiple criteria per profession
- Up to two professional categories included
- Upload and attach files, add photos and video snippets
- Access to Members’ Community page -- edit your profile, manage your account, see the statistics of viewers to your listing, post on or peruse the classifieds
- Friendly URL for listing and articles make your page readable by Search Engines www.feelgoodaustin.com/events/you_name_it.html
- Includes Summary and Detail Listings
- Friendly URL, www.feelgoodaustin.com/events/you_name_it.html
- Google map attaches
- Event titles are searchable by keywords and by category
- Posted until event is over
Features of Listing on Feel Good Austin
An online presence is a standard in today's business world. INCLUDED in Feel Good Austin's professional directory listing service, for $15 per month:
- Multi-page, professional listing
- Search by keywords, name, location, fees or 12 other criteria such as presenting issue, technique and specialty
- Keyword designation ~ create your own metatag list of keywords which crawled by search engines and can increase your page ranking
- Access to a public calendar where you may add events of interest
- Publish your articles and they are linked back to your listing
- Upload documents, photos and even video clips to your profile
- Access to a professionals-only classified ad section
- Your own personal, unique, "friendly" website address
- Use of Feel Good Austin's gallery of photos
- Viewable statistics of visits to your listing
- Google map locator of your office attached automatically
- Cross-listing in two professions
- Posting of "promotions" or coupons
You will be buying locally and that in itself Feels Good. Also, ten percent of FGA’s net proceeds will go to community agencies serving our city’s most needy, and that Feels Good, too. (see "FGA Gives Back")
Feel Good Austin is beautiful and easy to navigate. You will feel proud to be featured here and potential clients will enjoy using the site. Feel Good Austin will promote and protect the integrity of your profession by featuring only licensed professionals. The rates are competitive. At $15 a month, you won’t feel like you need to shift any money around to accommodate this investment.
Compare Feel Good Austin’s rates to those at Psychology Today which average thirty dollars a month. That site and many others are trying to serve a nation. There are so many benefits to listing on Feel Good Austin.
What are the benefits of a Feel Good Austin listing?
Foremost, people looking for healing services in Austin will be able to easily find this site on the internet. Feel Good Austin will make every effort to put itself at the top of search engine results pages. Search psychologists, search Austin, Texas counselors - any therapist search will return Feel Good Austin as a highly useful site.People who use the internet to search for healing professionals appreciate a site that is pleasing to the eye, easy to move around and gives useful information. That is what Feel Good Austin will give you, and, in turn, you will be giving that great service to your potential clients.
If you run any therapy groups or are interested in forming one, there will be a place for you to feature those on your listing. If you offer any workshops, you can post them on our Events page. Users can easily search for all of this information.
Feel Good Austin has been designed to be a great resource for finding counselors, psychologists, groups, massage therapists and other professionals. Therefore, Feel Good Austin is equally as useful to the clinician as it is to the consumer. You may have a client who would benefit from a topic-focused group or a therapy that is different from what you offer. Just go to Feel Good Austin to see what options there are. Or, you may be interested in learning more about a certain type of training. Go to Feel Good Austin to see which colleagues in town have been trained in that area and contact them.
In the spirit of community, Feel Good Austin moderates a YahooGroup for discussion groups among its members and ways to increase networking.
By way of reading about your practice online and seeing your photo, clients start building rapport with you before they even walk in the door. What a great reason to advertise your service in this way! There is also a stronger likelihood of a good helper-client fit when the client has chosen you based on more criteria than the presence of your name on a provider list or simply your office location.
Historically, it has been a challenge for private practitioners to let the public know about their practice, much less their existence. Not only are the benefits their services intangible, but their advertising dollars are often limited or nonexistent. This is true for so many small businesses. That is why the dawn of the internet has been such a fortunate thing—you don’t have to put out hundreds of dollars a month to be seen. And, consumers who want your service actually come looking for you, whether you are a counselor, psychologist, social worker, massage therapist, or doctor.Additionally, professionals often use this site to learn more about their colleagues. You may be offering a specialty, a group, or a workshop that other practitioners would be interested in. Advertising this way on the internet puts you in a community of colleagues which can foster networking and increase resources.
My practice is full, I don't need to advertise.
That’s great! It has taken you a lot of time and dedication to build to this point. Now, you can ask yourself, “Where do I want to take my business from here?” Would you like to share your practice expertise by offering consultation to newer practitioners? Would you like a place to upload client forms or post written directions to your office? A professional presence on the internet is becoming more and more of a standard in today's business world. Many consumers and colleagues will go their computer before they go to a phone book to find you.Now that you aren’t worried about getting enough clients, you are in a position to redirect or refine your practice. You can advertise only for the kind of work you really want to be doing, or expand into arenas that you are newly interested in. Remember, what you list on this site is your choice. If you don’t want take on more insurance cases, then don’t advertise yourself as taking insurance. You have the choice of being a referral source only. You have the choice of advertising just a portion of what you do in order to invite in more of that. For a small fee of $15 a month, you will have a web presence, a place where your current clients and colleagues can find valuable information about you, and a way to enhance your already successful practice. That same $15 also gets you into the community of FGA subscribers where you can find and be a resource, post articles, network with colleagues, post items on the classifieds and list events on the calendar.
You Can Give Back, too!
Click on any of the individual agency links below to find out how to give your time or resources to these worthy causes. We promise, it will Feel Good!
Thank you for your generosity.
FGA Gives Back to…
The list of organizations we currently sponsor is shown below. Most of these organizations are involved in addressing the mental health issues of those in greatest need in our community.
AIDS Services of Austin
The mission of AIDS Services of Austin (ASA) is to respond the HIV needs of the Austin area by providing services that enhance the health and well-being of individuals and the community in the face of an evolving epidemic. Today, ASA is the largest provider of HIV/AIDS services in Central Texas - responding to the growing need for care and education.
Caritas
A place to live and food to eat are the most basic needs all people require on a daily basis to sustain themselves. When these basic needs are not met, most people cannot address other issues in their lives. Caritas helps people meet these most basic human needs through providing a community kitchen, food pantry, resettlement program, case management, and self-sufficiency education programs.
Communities in Schools
Communities In Schools helps students stay in school and make right choices by connecting schools with needed community resources. By bringing resources, services, parents, and volunteers into schools, we create a community of caring adults who work hand in hand with educators. In some schools, services are made available to all students and their families. In other schools, CIS connects services with particular students in need, either on a one-time basis or as part of a carefully monitored case management system. CIS also brings community resources to students and families through after-school programs.
Front Steps
The individuals and families that come to Front Steps find themselves in a range of circumstances. Some have just recently lost a job, health insurance or home. Others have been living on the streets for years and are at various stages of having their needs addressed. Some are dealing with health issues, mental illness, substance abuse or emotional crisis, in addition to their income and housing needs. Front Steps' programs are designed to address a spectrum of immediate and long-term needs, with services providing for emergency shelter and basic needs to life skills classes and loans for permanent housing.
Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer's Association, Capital of Texas Chapter offers a variety of support services for caregivers and their families. They provide an informative newsletter, educational classes, 24/7 Helpline, support groups and numerous other supportive services for caregivers and families.
SafePlace
SafePlace exists to end rape, sexual abuse and domestic violence. They create a safe place for women, children and men who have been victimized by rape, sexual abuse and domestic violence and offer a comprehensive and compassionate continuum of services. SafePlace provides support and resources for survivors to create independent lives, free of violence, for themselves and their families.
Wright House Wellness Center
The philosophy of The Wright House Wellness Center is to help people living with chronic illnesses make healthier life-style choices and employ integrated wellness therapies to delay the illness. They provide no-cost to low-cost physical and emotional support and services for persons living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and hepatitis C; peer education and support; and community education. The Wright House is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization funded by a combination of private and public sources and receives monetary and in-kind support from a variety of individuals and organizations. Dedicated volunteers and practitioners donate their time and talents to ensure that programs and services are available to clients of the center. Most of the services provided by the Wright House are free to the client. Other services are offered on a sliding scale based on income, or are offered as at reduced flat fee.
Capital Area Mental Health Center
Capital Area Mental Health Center (CAMHC) provides low cost psychological counseling services to the central Texas community. CAMHC offers services to address virtually all mental health issues on a slide-to-$0 scale based on household income. CAMHC is virtually the only central Texas program which provides services with no session limits. The length of service is based only on the clinical needs of the client.
SIMS Foundation
The SIMS Foundation was founded to provide low-cost counseling and other mental health services that would be tailored specifically to the needs of musicians and their families. Services available from SIMS include information and referral services; individual, family, and couples counseling; therapy for children and adolescents; and substance abuse therapy and referrals. SIMS services stand out from other mental health providers because of the attention paid to the specific needs of musicians and their families. SIMS welcomes musicians from all musical genres, races, and ethnicities who meet the eligibility requirements. Even those who do not meet the eligibility requirements can find support through SIMS because the clinical staff members stay well-informed of area services and can provide callers with information on other community resources that may be of benefit to them. This may include financial, medical, housing, or informational resources.
LifeWorks
LifeWorks is Austin’s only non-profit organization to provide a continuum of services to youth and families, addressing critical needs to achieve lasting, positive change. They provide support to homeless and runaway youth, including Austin’s only walk-in emergency shelter. They also offer counseling, including crisis intervention, to youth and families, parenting and educational support for teenage mothers and fathers, GED and life skills training, youth and families alternatives to violence.