# Audience Intelligence: Therapist directory built for screen addictions

Person (or parent) seeking a therapist who actually treats compulsive screen use is the first audience because the report already names a repeated pain, reachable channels, and a validation test that can be run before software is complete.

## Segments
- **Person (or parent) seeking a therapist who actually treats compulsive screen use**: Generic directories let any therapist tick a 'technology addiction' box; patients burn through intake fees discovering the therapist has no actual protocol for gaming, porn, or social-media compulsion. Trigger: Gaming disorder entered the ICD-11, legitimizing a diagnosis whose treatment supply remains unstandardized. Budget signal: Therapist listing subscriptions plus per-booking fees.
- **Budget owner who feels the operational cost of the broken workflow.**: Supply-side scarcity: verified specialists may be too few for liquidity. Trigger: AI-assisted product work and managed infrastructure reduce the first-version cost. Budget signal: $49-$499/month
- **Hands-on operator willing to pilot a narrow tool before a full rollout.**: Psychology Today's gravity makes patient-side acquisition expensive. Trigger: Therapist listing subscriptions plus per-booking fees. Budget signal: $99-$1,000/year add-on
- **Person (or parent) seeking a therapist who actually treats compulsive screen use who still run the workflow in spreadsheets, generic docs, email, or chat threads.**: Generic directories let any therapist tick a 'technology addiction' box; patients burn through intake fees discovering the therapist has no actual protocol for gaming, porn, or social-media compulsion. Trigger: The wedge is specific enough to test without claiming the whole market. Budget signal: Custom

## Channels
- **Reddit / forums**: Look for complaints, workarounds, and repeated questions. First move: Post a problem teardown for Behavioral health navigation and ask how people solve it today.
- **Launch communities**: Launch traction shows whether the promise is legible. First move: Ship a narrow demo and watch which promise gets clicks.
- **Review and alternative pages**: Pricing and alternatives expose buyer objections. First move: Write an alternatives page that owns one narrow use case.
- **Community pain posts**: Use communities and forums where Person (or parent) seeking a therapist who actually treats compulsive screen use already describe the painful workflow. First move: Problem teardown, interview ask, and short demo clip
- **Direct outreach**: Direct conversations are the fastest way to verify budget ownership and switching cost. First move: Concierge pilot offer with a manually prepared sample

## Intent Keywords
`therapist workflow`, `directory validation`, `therapist ai`, `directory automation`, `counseling`, `screen-time`, `Behavioral health navigation`

## Messaging Angles
- Therapist directory built for screen addictions should be tested as a narrow first-win workflow for one buyer: Person (or parent) seeking a therapist who actually treats compulsive screen use.
- Replace a narrow workflow that reaches value without configuration-heavy onboarding. with a focused first-win workflow.
- Promise proof around problem resonance: 5+ calls or 10+ detailed replies..
- De-risk adoption with concierge review or paid template.

## Objections
- Supply-side scarcity: verified specialists may be too few for liquidity.
- Psychology Today's gravity makes patient-side acquisition expensive.
- Needs real buyer access, not only desk research.
- Needs proof of budget or repeated urgency.
- Needs a crisp wedge before broad product work starts.
- A broad AI assistant can flatten differentiation unless the wedge is painfully specific.