Coverage & continuity
Professional Will and Practice Succession Plan
Who looks after your clients and records if you can’t. Many clinicians are expected to have one; few do.
For doctoral psychologists and psychiatrists in private practice
Your own practice, with a group behind you.
Colleagues who cover your clients when you’re away, take the referrals you can’t, and talk a hard decision through with you. Every member is verified by a person.
The first 40 members in each state are founding members, free for life.
- Doctoral-level only
- Every license checked by a person
- Co-founded by a licensed psychologist
Cover plan · six weeks’ parental leave
3 of 3 clients covered. Handovers ready.
Client 1 · Trauma/PTSDMaya Calderwick, PsyD · Brooklyn · NY license reviewedReady
Client 2 · Teen anxietySamuel Brindlemoor, PhD · Queens · AetnaReady
Client 3 · Needs prescribingEli Kestrelby, MD · Manhattan · PsychiatryReady
The problem
Private practice works well, until you need a colleague.
In a group practice someone covers your clients when you’re ill, takes the referral you can’t, and is down the corridor when a case keeps you up at night. On your own, each of those becomes phone calls, favors and listserv posts, usually when you have least time.
The moment
Without PsyAlliance
With PsyAlliance
CoverYou’re away.
Without PsyAllianceYou call around, hoping someone licensed in the right state is free and suited to each client.
With PsyAllianceEach client is matched to a colleague who is licensed, suited and actually available, and every handover is tracked through the platform.Watch how Cover works →
ReferralsYou’re full.
Without PsyAllianceThe inquiry goes on a waitlist, or to a name you half remember.
With PsyAllianceThe referral is matched to the right colleague by license, focus and insurance, for much better continuity of care for your client.Watch how Referrals work →
ConsultYou’re unsure.
Without PsyAllianceYou post to a listserv of strangers, or carry it alone.
With PsyAllianceYou ask colleagues you trust or have worked with before, choosing the right group for the question.Watch how Consult works →
For every stage of a career
The colleagues you need change. The place to find them shouldn’t.
Starting out
Someone to ask.
Find colleagues to ask, and share perspectives with people who have built a practice before you.
Building
Work that fits.
Receive referrals that match your focus from colleagues who are full, and start from Library templates instead of a blank page.
Established
A group behind you.
Arrange cover, place a client with the right colleague and get another professional perspective.
Changing pace
A careful next chapter.
Plan time away, reduce your caseload responsibly and put a professional will in place.
Show me how PsyAlliance could help →
Membership is for doctoral-level psychologists and psychiatrists with an active US license, which a person checks before you are listed.
The Library
Templates for the hard moments of independent practice.
In a group practice, the leave plan, the referral letter and the professional will already exist. On your own, you write them yourself, usually when time is shortest. Start from a PsyAlliance Library template instead, each found in the relevant section of the platform.
All templates are available to members once their license is verified.
Coverage & continuity
Extended Leave Pack
Step away for parental leave, illness or a sabbatical without stranding clients.
Referrals
Referral, Termination and Transfer of Care Toolkit
Letters and steps for referring on, ending treatment or transferring care well.
Browse all 20 templates
- Coverage & continuityReciprocal Coverage AgreementA standing cover arrangement with a colleague you trust.
- ConsultationPeer Consultation Group CharterPurpose, membership and ground rules for a consultation group.
- ConsultationCase Consultation TemplatePresent a case to colleagues clearly, without identifying details.
- ConsultationClinical Supervision Agreement and LogSet out supervision terms and keep a record of each session.
- ReferralsSplit-Treatment Collaboration AgreementWho does what when a therapist and a prescriber share a client.
- Clinical practiceInformed Consent for PsychotherapyPlain-language consent covering fees, confidentiality and its limits.
- Clinical practiceTelepsychology Consent and Multi-State ChecklistConsent for telehealth, plus checks before seeing clients across state lines.
- Clinical practiceAI Tools Consent and PolicyVet AI scribes and tools, and get consent before using them.
- Clinical practiceClinical Documentation PackIntake, progress note and treatment plan templates.
- Clinical practiceSuicide Risk, Safety Planning and Follow-Up PackStructure risk assessment, safety plans and follow-up.
- Clinical practiceTelepsychiatry Prescribing KitTelehealth and controlled-substance prescribing compliance for psychiatrists.
- Practice essentialsFinancial Policy and Good Faith EstimateFees, cancellations, Good Faith Estimates and superbills.
- Practice essentialsGroup Practice Agreement KitAn agreement for clinicians working together as a group.
- Practice essentialsPrivacy Notice and Release of Information PackYour notice of privacy practices and release-of-information forms.
- Practice essentialsHIPAA Security Risk AnalysisAssess security risks and plan your response to a breach.
- Practice essentialsCompliance Calendar and Renewal TrackerTrack license renewals, CE deadlines and yearly compliance tasks.
- Practice essentialsSubpoena Response GuideWhat to do when a subpoena, court order or records request arrives.
Why we built it
A directory helps patients find you. PsyAlliance helps clinicians find each other.
Going on maternity leave, Rena Pazienza, PhD, needed her clients covered by someone qualified, and there was no good way to find them. So she co-founded PsyAlliance with Nick Rapley to build the professional circle she wished she’d had.
Rena Pazienza, PhD, co-founder
Trust
Verified by a person. Private by design.
Doctoral-level only.
Psychologists (PhD, PsyD, EdD) and psychiatrists (MD, DO). A person checks each license against the state board before you’re listed.
Needs, not names.
Clients are described by need. The clinical handoff happens through your own secure channel.
Your data stays yours.
Never sold or used for advertising, and nothing is sent until you’ve seen who will receive it.
Questions
What clinicians ask first.
Who can join?
Doctoral-level psychologists (PhD, PsyD, EdD) and psychiatrists (MD, DO) licensed in the US. Anyone eligible can create an account; the network opens state by state, starting with New York and Massachusetts.
What does it cost?
The first 40 members in each state are founding members and never pay: membership stays free for as long as you remain a member. A place counts once your license is approved, in your main practice state. After a state's founding places are taken, membership there will be paid; we'll publish the price before then.
What's in the Library?
Twenty templates for independent practice, from a professional will to a reciprocal cover agreement. You can see every title here. Members open and download them inside PsyAlliance once their license is verified.
Do client details go into PsyAlliance?
No. Requests describe needs ("adult, anxiety, telehealth, Aetna"). PsyAlliance flags dates, phone numbers, emails, addresses and record numbers before anything is sent. It can't reliably catch names, so leaving those out is up to you.
Will I get a flood of notifications?
No. You hear about what needs you: a cover request, a referral that fits, a reply. Nothing else interrupts you.
Founding members
Be one of the first 40 in your state.
The first 40 members in each state are founding members, free for life. Open now in Massachusetts and New York; other states open as colleagues join.