Brightside Health, MD-Led Platform

Brightside Health is a telehealth mental health platform specializing in anxiety and depression — two of the most common mental health conditions in the United States. The platform combines psychiatry and therapy in one place, with the option to pursue medication management, talk therapy, or both under a single subscription plan. Brightside serves patients ages 13 and older in all 50 states. What distinguishes Brightside from broader mental health platforms is its clinical focus. Rather than treating the full spectrum of psychiatric conditions, Brightside concentrates specifically on anxiety and depression, using evidence-based protocols built on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and precision prescribing principles. The platform's psychiatrists are trained to match patients with medications based on symptom profiles, and treatment outcomes are tracked through regular check-ins within the app. Brightside accepts a wide range of insurance plans including Aetna, Cigna, Anthem Blue Cross, UnitedHealthcare, Ambetter, Medicare, and Medicaid — with most insured patients paying copays of $15–30 per session. For patients without insurance, Brightside offers subscription plans: $95/month for psychiatry alone, $299/month for therapy (four video sessions plus messaging), or $349/month for combined care. The Brightside app supports the clinical experience with daily mood tracking, between-session check-ins with your care team, and structured self-help programs based on CBT principles. Central to this is Brightside's proprietary Progress Tracker — a PHQ-9-based monitoring system that measures symptom severity over time and surfaces trends for both patients and clinicians. This allows care teams to identify when treatment plans are working and make timely adjustments when they're not, rather than waiting for a patient to report deterioration at their next scheduled appointment. Brightside has been particularly well-reviewed by patients with treatment-resistant anxiety and depression who appreciate the combined approach — the ability to work simultaneously with a therapist and a prescriber while tracking progress in a unified app. The platform also accepts adolescent patients (age 13+), which is less common among telehealth mental health platforms and makes Brightside a viable option for families seeking coordinated youth mental health care. plan. Brightside serves patients ages 13 and older in all 50 states. What distinguishes Brightside from broader mental health platforms is its clinical focus. Rather than treating the full spectrum of psychiatric conditions, Brightside concentrates specifically on anxiety and depression, using evidence-based protocols built on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and precision prescribing principles. The platform's psychiatrists are trained to match patients with medications based on symptom profiles, and treatment outcomes are tracked through regular check-ins within the app. Brightside accepts a wide range of insurance plans including Aetna, Cigna, Anthem Blue Cross, UnitedHealthcare, Ambetter, Medicare, and Medicaid — with most insured patients paying copays of $15–30 per session. For patients without insurance, Brightside offers subscription plans: $95/month for psychiatry alone, $299/month for therapy (four video sessions plus messaging), or $349/month for combined care. The Brightside app supports the clinical experience with daily mood tracking, between-session check-ins with your care team, and structured self-help programs based on CBT principles. Central to this is Brightside's proprietary Progress Tracker — a PHQ-9-based monitoring system that measures symptom severity over time and surfaces trends for both patients and clinicians. This allows care teams to identify when treatment plans are working and make timely adjustments when they're not, rather than waiting for a patient to report deterioration at their next scheduled appointment. Brightside has been particularly well-reviewed by patients with treatment-resistant anxiety and depression who appreciate the combined approach — the ability to work simultaneously with a therapist and a prescriber while tracking progress in a unified app. The platform also accepts adolescent patients (age 13+), which is less common among telehealth mental health platforms and makes Brightside a viable option for families seeking coordinated youth mental health care.