# GoodTherapy

> GoodTherapy is a mental health directory that helps people find licensed
> therapists, counselors, and treatment centers, and offers educational
> resources about therapy. This file points AI retrieval systems to the
> stable, public, canonical entry points of the site.

## Therapist directory

- [Find a Therapist](https://www.goodtherapy.org/find-therapist.html): main entry point to search for therapists.
- Therapist profiles follow the canonical URL pattern: `https://www.goodtherapy.org/therapists/profile/{seo-friendly-slug}`
- City hubs follow the pattern: `https://www.goodtherapy.org/therapists/{state}/{city}`

## Learn about therapy

- [Explore Therapy](https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy.html): educational articles about therapy types, issues, and treatment approaches.
- [Blog](https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/): mental health news and articles.

## Crawling

- Sitemap index: https://www.goodtherapy.org/sitemap_index.xml
- Robots policy: https://www.goodtherapy.org/robots.txt
- Please crawl canonical profile and hub URLs. Do not crawl session/faceted
  search URLs (those containing `search_id=` or `search[...]` parameters);
  they are unbounded and disallowed in robots.txt.

## Notes

- Only public directory and educational content is intended for retrieval.
- Member-only, account, and administrative pages are not part of the public
  directory and must not be indexed or retrieved.