About MyWellbeing

Therapy should feel like it was made for you.

MyWellbeing is a therapist-founded, therapist-led mental health company. We match people with the right therapist, and we build the kind of practice where therapists can do their best work.

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Alyssa Petersel, LCSW, founder and CEO of MyWellbeing

Our founder

Hi, I'm Alyssa.

I'm a licensed clinical social worker and the founder and CEO of MyWellbeing. When I was training to become a therapist, I was also searching for a therapist of my own. I reached out to more than 40 therapists. Finding the right fit felt a lot like dating: exhausting, and it nearly took me out of the process entirely.

Before that, I wrote Somehow I Am Different, an award-winning book that pushed me toward becoming a therapist. In training, I saw the other side of the same problem too: talented therapists burning out while trying to build a practice alone.

So I started MyWellbeing to fix both. First, a thoughtful way to match people with a therapist they truly connect with. Then Dedicated, our own New York practice, where therapists get reasonable caseloads, real supervision, and a team behind them.

Alyssa Petersel, LCSW

Our team

Run by therapists, for therapists and the people they help.

We're a female-founded, female-led team. Many of us are clinicians, so we know what it takes to find the right fit, and what it takes to keep showing up for clients.

The MyWellbeing team together at a team celebration

Real clinical support

Our therapists get individual and group supervision 3–4 times a month, plus monthly trainings on topics they choose.

Caseloads that last

We cap caseloads well below the industry norm, so therapists have the energy to give every client their best.

A real community

Quarterly gatherings, an annual Wellbee party, and a team that genuinely has each other's backs.

Our core values

What we believe, and how we show up.

Be you, not them.

The world has plenty of conformity. We celebrate who you really are, not who you think you should be, and we design our work around our strengths.

Lead from “session” one.

Everyone leads, whatever their title. We take initiative, own our work, speak with compassionate candor, and keep healthy boundaries.

Everyone deserves a seat “on the couch.”

Great care shouldn't depend on income, identity, or zip code. We work toward equity in who gets care and who gets to provide it, including expanding to Medicaid.

Always learning.

Mistakes are how we grow. We welcome feedback, take smart bets, and invite people to hold us accountable.

Don't “shrink” the small stuff.

Small moments of care add up. We listen closely to clients and therapists, and we try to make every interaction feel human. We're better together.

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In New York, using insurance?

Our Dedicated therapists are in-network with Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, MVP and United.

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