Referrals

Benefits for Members

Thoughtful referrals for time-limited care

The Referral Process

JTSN trainees will receive initial referrals within 2 months after the training. You will be expected to see clients for up to 20 sessions over a 6-month period (whichever occurs first). Within these parameters, clinician and client can decide together the best schedule for their goals and needs. (Any client requiring or requesting additional treatment after the 6-month treatment period should be referred in their local community.)

To prevent over-burden, therapists will be asked to work with no more than 2 training cases. If you begin a case several months into the program, and thus it extends past graduation from the program in June 2023, you will continue to be compensated for the remainder of that client’s 20 sessions.

Referral Sources

We have close working relationships with organizations that support journalists with hazardous-environments training, project grants, protective gear, and press freedom advocacy. Journalists are increasingly calling these organizations for connection to mental health support. Case workers at these organizations can direct journalists to JTSN services, and will be the trusted pathway for many of our initial clients. The JTSN Program Director will collect basic client background information, and match prospective clients with core members based on geography, therapist specialization, and attributes requested by the client as appropriate (e.g., female gender, clinician of color, etc.).

Fair Compensation

Trauma therapy is highly skilled and rigorous work. We understand that fair compensation for therapy hours is critical for sustaining services for journalists and ensuring diversity in our network membership.

JTSN Staff has raised the funds to pay trainees a reasonable rate for all therapy hours, on a monthly schedule.

Listing in the JTSN Therapist Directory

This is your network! Trainees who complete all aspects of the 6-month training phase will be invited to add their profile to the online JTSN National Therapist Directory. This is a tool to help journalists identify trustworthy, compatible, available therapists.

You will also have access to the JTSN Internal Directory—a secure list exclusively for JTSN providers with contact information that your colleagues may not wish to list publicly. As you develop your expertise in journalist mental health, your professional community will include providers from around the world who share your interests and can offer cross-cultural collaboration.