4therapy.com Receives Top Reviews From Gomez and About.com.Business Editors and Mental Health Writers CULVER CITY Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000 4therapy.com landed the top spot in a review of mental health Web sites by Gomez Advisors this past week and received a "Best of the Net" designation by reviewers at the online search engine About.com, it was announced today. "We are pleased to have attracted such positive attention from Gomez and About.com, two very well-respected authorities on the Internet," said 4therapy founder and chief executive officer, Howard A. Brown. "Their good reviews are certainly encouraging." In a review of four mental health Web sites, Gomez analyst Sheri Sullivan found 4therapy.com to be equipped with the most desirable features -- condition centers, assessment tools, community aspects, "ask the expert," medical information, clinical trials, news, resources, a privacy policy and a therapist search. She also noted 4therapy's organization and "grasp of netiquette (NETwork etIQUETTE) Proper manners when conferencing between two or more users on an online service or the Internet. Emily Post may not have told you to curtail your cussing via modem, but netiquette has been established to remind you that profanity is not in good form over ." Guides at About.com, meanwhile, recommended 4therapy.com in several subjects, including social work, lesbian life, alcoholism and sleep disorders Sleep Disorders Definition Sleep disorders are a group of syndromes characterized by disturbance in the patient's amount of sleep, quality or timing of sleep, or in behaviors or physiological conditions associated with sleep. . Trudy Weathersby, the guide on death and dying issues, named 4therapy.com "Best of the Net" for its help to counselors and grief therapy Grief therapy is a kind of psychotherapy used to treat severe or complicated traumatic grief reactions,[1], usually due to the loss of a close person, by separation or death, sometimes associated with community disaster. resources. 4therapy.com is a subscription-based Web site uniquely structured to serve two audiences. It provides mental health professionals with administrative support and other valuable services, such as continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). courses online. It also offers consumers free access to confidential chat rooms, self-assessment tests, expert-moderated forums and well-researched articles and reports on mental health issues. What links the two audiences together -- and what makes 4therapy.com different from other health destinations on the Internet -- is the Web site's Therapist Locator LOCATOR, civil law. He who leases or lets a thing to hire to another. His duties are, 1st. To deliver to the hirer the thing hired, that he may use it. 2d. To guaranty to the hirer the free enjoyment of it. 3d. , a trademarked search engine that matches consumers with mental health professionals who not only fit their needs and preferences, but who live in their area as well. In operation for only seven weeks, 4therapy has signed up nearly 500 mental health professionals nationwide, primarily through a small test mailing in a handful of key markets. "We expect our membership to continue to grow, especially in a couple of months, when we expand our marketing program," said CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Brown. |
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