Eligibility & Application

Q: Can student interns be a Mindful Warrior Alliance therapist?

Yes, student interns enrolled in their practicum or clinical internship can be listed in our directory. Student interns provide a copy of their current, unofficial transcripts and their signed supervision contract for their internship before being published to our site. Students who are enrolled in classes only and not a practicum/internship are not eligible. 

Q: Why should I join Mindful Warrior Alliance? 

Mindful Warrior Alliance is committed to supporting our military community who is impacted by fertility challenges. You will see clients who truly are in need of you and your services. By being a Mindful Warrior Alliance therapist, you are showing up for this population in a massive way that really matters. Put your altruism to work, and join us becoming part of a movement of clinicians dedicated to providing our military members with stigma and barrier free quality mental health care. In addition to joining our network, Mindful Warrior Alliance will list your profile page which will bring increased traffic to your website. 

Q: How do I apply to be a Mindful Warrior Alliance therapist?

Start the application process here. (link to application) A member of our staff will review your application and look up your license by the close of the following business day. If we can’t find your license information or you are a postgraduate intern, pre-licensed professional, an associate, or a student intern, we will follow up with you via email.

Q: What qualifications do I need to apply?

You must be a licensed or provisionally licensed (Pre-Licensed/License Eligible) mental health clinician with a graduate degree in psychotherapy, counseling, or a related field from an accredited institution. 

We also accept student interns who are completing their practicum or clinical internship to obtain their master’s degree. If this is you, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, unofficial transcripts and your signed supervision contract for your internship.

Q: What happens after I apply?

After being approved to join Mindful Warrior Alliance as a therapist, we will send you an email with directions to set up your profile page. Once we send a client your way, they will get in touch with you to schedule the first therapy session.

Q: What do you do with my professional information on my application?

We simply use it for our own records: Mindful Warrior Alliance will never share or sell your information. Our only goal is to connect you with military members who are struggling with fertility and barrier free therapy. 

Q: How much do I have to pay to have a profile page on your site?

Absolutely nothing! As Mindful Warrior Alliance grows and our visibility increases, your visibility will increase too. It’s our belief that your involvement with Mindful Warrior Alliance will have a positive impact for your full-fee practice as well, driving new web traffic to your practice’s homepage. 

Rates & Fees

Q: How long do Mindful Warrior Alliance sessions have to be?

Each session will be a standard 50-minute session. You may not offer sessions that are shorter than 50 min sessions unless the client requests to do so. If you have any further questions regarding session lengths please email kerri@mindfulwarriorlliance.org

Q: I completed my agreement of offering 6 free sessions, Now what?

Once the 6 free counseling sessions are completed, the therapist would be encouraged to respectfully negotiate a rate with the client that is fair and agreed upon by both parties. If the client has any questions about the process moving forward beyond their 6 free sessions, you can direct them to kerri@mindfulwarrioralliance.org.

Q: Why do you charge clients a membership fee?

Mindful Warrior Alliance is a nonprofit organization: we use the funds we receive from the application fee to maintain our website, pursue grants and other avenues of funding, and recruit new therapists and counselors to join our network.

Mindful Warrior Alliance Clients

Q: So you’ve received your first Mindful Warrior Alliance referral. What’s next?

1. Reach out to the client within 2 business days. If it is not a good fit, or you’re not accepting new clients, refer them back to Mindful Warrior Alliance for assistance in finding a different therapist. 

2. Schedule your first session. Then, proceed as you would with any other self-pay client. Your intake forms, consent forms, payment systems, and preferred communication method are all the same as what you normally use. 

Q: What makes a client eligible to use Mindful Warrior Alliance’s services and access 6 free counseling sessions?

Mindful Warrior Alliance clients are active duty military members and spouses who do not want to have a diagnosis, documentation or deal with other barriers that come with utilizing Tricare to access mental health counseling. Our services are to alleviate the stress Military members have, especially those struggling with the emotional, mental and financial hardship of fertility challenges. Our active duty military members also meet the threshold of having an annual household income below $100,000.

Q: Can I see more than two clients at a time?

Absolutely. As long as you sign the mindful Warrior therapist agreement for each client you see, You can see as many clients as you would like! 

Q: If I am already seeing Mindful Warrior Alliance clients and I don’t have room for more, will I get swamped with phone calls from people hoping to work with me?

No. You will be able to indicate whether or not you are accepting new clients on your profile page. 

Legal

Q: What are Mindful Warrior Alliance’s guidelines on online therapy?

Mindful Warrior Alliance allows is fully supportive of therapists to offer online therapy. We strongly encourage all therapists offering online therapy to research the guidelines or policies of their state’s licensing board as well as of their medical liability insurance policy. Some therapists may only be able to offer remote counseling to clients located in the same state as where they are licensed. We also highly recommend that therapists conduct an initial assessment with new clients requesting online therapy to determine the appropriateness of this approach before regular sessions are undertaken.