Informational videos, clinical deep-dives, and behind-the-scenes content from Oregon's community-powered therapist directory.
Every video and podcast on this page is NotebookLM content standing in for what will eventually be real, local stories from Oregon providers. As therapists claim their profiles and engage with the platform, this page will fill with genuine clinical expertise, provider spotlights, and community-driven content. For now, these exist to demonstrate the format, are based on real information about me, the site, and manually trained notes and sources — they test the infrastructure, and give you a sense of what's coming.
7 Videos
Platform demos, engineering deep-dives, clinical explainers, and the story behind Oregon's therapist directory.
Quick walkthrough for OHP/Medicaid clients — filter by insurance, find providers accepting new patients, and connect in under a minute.
How to bootstrap a two-sided healthcare marketplace from zero — pre-populating 16,000+ profiles from public licensing data, then driving organic claim rates.
What happens when a licensed therapist teaches himself full-stack development — the tension between clinical instincts and engineering decisions.
Why hyper-local directories outperform national platforms. How local SEO, community trust, and niche focus create a moat Psychology Today can't replicate.
A clinical explainer on trauma-informed approaches — EMDR, somatic experiencing, and CPT — and how to find trained therapists in the directory.
Why access to mental health care in Oregon is broken — and how a free, community-powered directory can level the playing field for clients and providers alike.
How the directory's two-sided marketplace creates a self-reinforcing cycle — every claimed profile attracts more clients, which attracts more providers, which makes the directory more valuable for everyone.
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4 Episodes
Deep dives into the platform's engineering, marketing strategy, and the story behind Oregon's community-powered therapist directory.
The full origin story and technical architecture — how AI, OSINT enrichment, and public licensing data combine to build a comprehensive therapist directory from scratch, without a single manual entry.
How Oregon's community-powered directory fits into the broader open-source mental health ecosystem — and why transparency and provider ownership matter more than feature count.
The transition from volume-first AI marketing to refined, clinically-grounded content. Why the "shitslop" phase was necessary, and how winning concepts evolve into a real brand.
The counterintuitive playbook — why flooding Meta with "bad" AI content outperforms polished campaigns at launch, and how Andromeda's algorithm rewards volume over quality in the calibration phase.
"Every claimed profile makes the next patient's search a little easier — and that's the whole point."
— Eric Richers, LPC · Eugene, Oregon
Finding a therapist should be straightforward, but most directories make it harder than it needs to be. Outdated contact info, wrong insurance panels, and stale profiles mean clients hit dead ends before they even make a first call.
Oregon Counselor Directory takes a different approach: profiles are pre-populated from public licensing data, then each therapist is invited to claim theirs — for free, forever. The more providers who participate, the more powerful the directory becomes.
Every therapist who claims their profile makes the directory more accurate. This only works if the community builds it together.