About Therapy Fit
Built to help you find therapy that actually fits.
Why I built this
“I’m a pre-licensed art therapist — and I’ve also been the person sitting across from one, trying to figure out where to even start. I built Therapy Fit because the mental health system is genuinely hard to navigate, and that shouldn’t be the thing that stops someone from getting help. This site exists to meet you where you are: whether you’ve never heard the word ‘therapy’ before, you’re making an appointment in the middle of the worst week of your life, or you just need to know what those letters after your therapist’s name actually mean. I wrote the FAQ for the person who has a hundred questions and no idea where to start asking them. I wrote the credentials guide because some titles require zero formal training — and you deserve to know that. I included a script for booking your first appointment, because picking up the phone during a depressive episode is genuinely hard, and no one should have to figure out what to say on top of everything else.
I also know that therapy doesn’t fix everything — and good therapists don’t pretend it does. Sometimes what someone needs most is help paying rent, finding community, or just knowing what resources exist. That’s in here too.
This is for the person who is overwhelmed and needs one clear next step. It’s for the therapist figuring out what’s next for their practice. And it’s for anyone who has ever felt like this system wasn’t built for them.
I built it for all of you.”
Abigail Aron
Art therapist & founder, TherapyFit · Illinois
What Therapy Fit is
Four tools in one place: a quiz to match you with therapy modalities, a plain-language guide to therapist credentials, a community and wellness directory, and a therapist search for Illinois. Here's what shapes all of it.
Evidence-informed
The quiz scoring and modality descriptions are grounded in clinical research and practice guidelines -- not keyword matching or generic recommendations.
Free and private
No account, no email, no data sold. Your answers stay on your device. This is a public educational resource, not a product designed to capture you.
A starting point, not a prescription
These are informed suggestions, not diagnoses. The best therapy for you also depends on your therapist, your timing, and factors no quiz can capture alone.
On finding the right modality
Finding the right therapy modality is not just about preference. Different approaches work through fundamentally different mechanisms. CBT changes thought patterns through conscious reappraisal. EMDR accesses traumatic memories through bilateral stimulation and desensitization. Art therapy engages the right hemisphere and limbic system through sensory and expressive work in ways that talk therapy often cannot reach alone. Somatic approaches regulate the nervous system through body-based tracking and titrated activation.
The reason this matters: trauma, in particular, often lives below the level of verbal language. For someone whose distress is stored in the body -- in freeze responses, in disconnection, in sensory triggers -- an exclusively talk-based approach may not be enough, no matter how skilled the therapist.
This is not a criticism of any modality. It is an argument for matching. And matching requires knowing that the options exist.
What Therapy Fit is not
- Not a replacement for a licensed clinician
- Not a diagnostic tool
- Not a therapist directory with paid placement (providers are not paying to appear here)
- Not a crisis service -- if you are in danger, call 911 or 988
- Not a guarantee -- results depend on many factors a quiz cannot capture
Currently serving Illinois
Provider listings and local resources are currently focused on Illinois. Modality education, the quiz, and general resources are available to everyone. Expansion to additional states is planned.
Therapy Fit is an educational tool and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or 988 (U.S.).