About TheraLume
TheraLume exists to take the searching out of finding a therapist — without taking the choosing away from you. Therapists introduce themselves; you decide who, if anyone, you want to talk to.
Why it exists
Choosing a therapist means reading dozens of profiles, guessing at fit from a paragraph, and sending messages that may never be answered — usually while already struggling.
Directories and referral lists each solve part of this, and many people do find good care through them.
We wanted to reverse the effort. You describe what matters once. Therapists who think they could be a potential fit reach out and explain why. The reading, comparing and deciding still belong to you — the searching does not.
What we believe
When you reach out for help, someone should answer. That holds on both sides of a first introduction.
You shouldn't have to search, decode profiles or send messages that go unanswered. Say what matters once, in your own words, and therapists who may be a fit can introduce themselves. You decide who you talk to.
See client requests that fit your practice, and reach out only when you can genuinely help.
Who is behind it
Sashaun kept seeing the same thing in her own practice: when the fit is right, care works — but a great many people never get that far, because the finding is built around browsing rather than being met. Her brother Shavauhn left full-time work to build software that gives people more agency. TheraLume is the two views put together.
Founder — Registered Psychotherapist
Brings the practitioner’s view of what a workable referral actually looks like: the right fit, arriving at a moment the person can act on it.
Co-founder — DevOps engineer
Builds the software side, with a long-standing interest in tools that give everyday people more control over their own decisions rather than less.
Principles in practice
Values are cheap to write. These are the decisions they cost us.
You never browse a list of therapists, so there’s no placement to buy. Therapists who may be a fit introduce themselves. Paying for a TheraLume plan is not an endorsement by us, and it is not a signal about the quality of anyone’s care.
How introductions are sentYour answers begin as a private draft. No therapist sees them, and no one can contact you, until you review what would be shared and approve it. You can switch it back off at any time.
Privacy and safetyNo invented testimonials, no match percentages presented as clinical probability, no guaranteed reply times. If we cannot measure it yet, this site does not claim it — including on this page.
Scope and accountability
TheraLume does
TheraLume does not
Your therapist is your care provider, and your relationship is with them. The regions and eligibility we currently support are stated on how matching works. If you are in danger or in crisis, call 911 or 988 — messages here are not monitored in real time.
The next step
The process page walks through every step, what is shared at each one, and what happens if no one reaches out.
How matching worksReady already? Start My Match · Are you a therapist? TheraLume for therapists
Shavauhn also builds Kazibee, an unrelated software project. Mentioned as founder context only; it has no role in how therapists are introduced to you.