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Your best-fit clients
are already out there.Polaris brings them to you.

Join a peer network of Michigan's licensed clinicians to send and receive matched client referrals.

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Why Michigan therapists need a new path

>60%
Of patients fail to benefit meaningfully from routine psychotherapy
Therapy works. Random assignment does not. Patients assigned by availability rather than clinical fit are far less likely to improve, regardless of therapist skill.
Constantino et al., PCORI-funded RCT, JAMA Psychiatry 2021
2x
More effective — what well-matched therapists achieve vs. random assignment
Above-average therapists treating matched patients are up to twice as effective as their counterparts treating mismatched ones. The difference is not just skill. It is fit.
Constantino et al., PCORI-funded RCT, JAMA Psychiatry 2021
40–60%
Of patients drop out, most within the first two sessions
Every early dropout is a wasted intake evaluation and an empty slot in your schedule. Better matching before session one changes this math for your practice and your patients.
Wierzbicki and Pekarik meta-analysis · Garfield, 1994 · PMC2762228

Three steps to clients who actually fit your practice

From signup to your first matched client.

1

Verify your license

Enter your name, email, and Michigan license number. Polaris verifies your credentials against the LARA database and gets you into the network at $29/month.

5 minutes
2

Build your profile

Answer questions to determine your specialties, therapeutic style, the populations you serve, and your availability to configure your match signal.

15 minutes
3

Start receiving matched clients

When a client's presenting concern fits your clinical strengths, Polaris sends you an intake card with a summary of their presenting concerns, why you were matched, and their consultation availability. You decide whether to accept. If you do not receive at least one matched introduction within 30 days, we continue your membership at no charge until you do. That is the 30-day guarantee.

30 days
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No revenue share 30-day match guarantee Michigan clinicians only

Meet Mona

Mona began building things at 11 years old, launching PawsGlobe, a pet rescue brand on Instagram that grew to a community of 140,000 dog owners and helped rescue over 4,000 dogs. By 16, she was running a brand management agency, working with Fortune 500 companies, musicians, and public figures. A longtime admirer of Gary Vaynerchuk, she later joined VaynerMedia and Vayner3, where she worked on social media strategy, content creation, and NFT projects for notable brands.

Her lived experience with ongoing mental health challenges led her toward psychology, eventually earning a B.A. and a postgraduate research position at Yale School of Medicine's XR Pediatrics Lab, where she studied virtual reality and game-based interventions for behavior change. She also worked directly with teens in residential treatment as a Mental Health Technician, facilitating groups and building the kind of genuine rapport with patients that remains the standard she holds every product and decision at Polaris to.

Mona became committed to advancing ethical, evidence-based innovation in mental health. Polaris is the expression of that commitment: technology that serves the clinician and the client, not the other way around. She believes in a world where the right tools reach the right person at the right time.

As a first-generation Indian-American with an audience of 10k+, Mona also writes about personal growth, entrepreneurship, relationships, and intentional living through her Substack and social media brand, "The Work of Becoming." On weekends, you can find her with loved ones, playing the violin, or road tripping with her dog, Mischa, to explore a new corner of Michigan.

Mona Sinha, Founder of Polaris Healthcare
Mona Sinha,
Founder of Polaris Healthcare, Inc.
mona@polarismentalhealth.com
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Frequently Asked Questions

Polaris is a precision mental health matching platform built for Michigan mental health care providers, connecting patients to the clinicians most likely to help them based on clinical fit. Clients describe what they are going through; Polaris analyzes the match across clinical strengths, therapeutic style, and specialties to surface the right therapists. Therapists access a peer referral network of providers and community partners and can accept matches and refer clients out.
Psychology Today is a national directory. It does not know that Michigan has 233 designated mental health provider shortage areas. It does not know that in some Michigan counties, there is one provider for every 2,950 people. It does not know that the Detroit metro, the most populated part of the state, ranks near the bottom for mental health care access in Michigan. It lists you alongside thousands of other profiles and leaves clients to figure out the rest on their own. Polaris is not a directory. It is a referral network built specifically for Michigan, by someone who lives here. The therapists in this network are your actual colleagues in this state.
No. $29 a month is the only thing you pay us. Once a client is in your practice, the relationship is yours entirely. We have no financial stake in how many sessions they attend, what you charge, or how you run your practice. That is the model Polaris was built against.
You can pause new client intake whenever you need to. Being in the network is still useful when you are full. When a client contacts you and you cannot take them, you have a network of vetted Michigan colleagues to pass them to rather than sending them back to a directory to start over. Most therapists find that referral access alone is worth the monthly fee, even in months when they are not actively looking for new clients.
Yes. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Business Associate Agreements are in place with the vendors we use. The intake information we collect from clients is handled under the same regulatory framework as protected health information. Polaris does not connect to your EHR or billing systems.
Once you complete the form below, we'll reach out to verify your license, build your profile, and start contacting partner organizations and clinicians to let them know of your availability. When we identify a client that fits your practice, we'll make a direct introduction. You'll hear from us with context about who this person is and why we think they're a good fit. Right now, we're in waitlist mode while we build the platform. The platform goes public once we have at least 50 therapists onboard, so you are part of a real network from day one. At that point, you will receive login credentials for your Polaris portal and can start collaborating with colleagues.

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No credit card required. No commitment. We'll be in touch within 48 hours.