[1][5] Just over a year after the launch, in August 2013, the project had reached a key milestone of 2000 registered clients.
According to the organization's website, "therapists are not free to advertise that they are secular without endangering their practice or their families.
[10] Clients are then free to contact their chosen therapists outside of the website in order to proceed with sessions.
Dr. Ann Lane, a secular psychotherapist, praised the project, claiming that evidence-based practices are beneficial to the most people: "Everyone can benefit from psychological strategies aimed at altering negative patterns of thinking, improving communication skills, overcoming difficulties in decision making, setting effective goals, proper time management and improving organization.
"[11] Matthew May, assistant professor of sociology at Oakland University, undertook a study which demonstrated that individuals who consider leaving their faith but, for whatever reason, do not end up doing so, are more prone to depression.