Compared
Therapy Resources vs PESI
PESI's strength is teaching you better therapy. Ours is making the materials you'll use after class. Most therapists end up needing both — here's where each one fits.
About PESI: A long-established continuing-education provider for mental-health professionals, with on-demand courses, books, and clinician handouts — primarily focused on adult clinical training. Visit PESI →
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How we differ across the dimensions buyers ask about most.
AI-generated vs static resources
Therapy ResourcesTherapy Resources
Every resource is generated on demand from your prompt. New emotion cards, worksheets, board games are minutes away. Materials are tailored to the session, not pulled from a fixed catalog.
PESI
Resources are static PDFs and physical books, often produced as companions to courses. The catalog grows with new releases but each resource is fixed once published.
Customization
Therapy ResourcesTherapy Resources
Edit any text inline. Regenerate any image. Swap styles per resource. A worksheet you create today can be a different worksheet next month with a few clicks.
PESI
Take the resource as published. Some courses ship editable companion files; most do not. Tailoring to a specific client typically means manual work outside the platform.
Pediatric focus
Therapy ResourcesTherapy Resources
Designed first for children and adolescents — illustrated, warm, sized for small hands. Play-therapy-friendly visual defaults.
PESI
Catalog spans the full age range with substantial pediatric coverage — Play Therapy, Children & Adolescents, and Autism Spectrum sections sit alongside adult-focused tracks.
Continuing education credits
PESITherapy Resources
None. Therapy Resources is a creation tool, not a CE provider.
PESI
PESI's core business. Hundreds of CE courses across modalities; CEs are accredited and counted toward licensure.
Clinical evidence base
PESITherapy Resources
AI-generated from your prompts. Clinical accuracy is your responsibility — the platform supplies the visual layer and structure.
PESI
Materials are tied to courses authored by clinicians and researchers. The evidence base is curated and vetted as part of CE accreditation.
Subscription value
TieTherapy Resources
Free plan with 2 resources per month and watermarked exports. Pro at $15/month billed annually (or $19/month) for unlimited resources, styles, and characters.
PESI
Pricing varies by course, book, or pack — often $30–$300 per item, with bundle discounts. No flat all-you-can-create subscription comparable to ours.
When to choose PESI instead
Choose PESI if your primary need is professional development, CE credits, or training in a specific modality, and you'll use the accompanying resources alongside that learning. Their position as a CE accreditor is the unique value — Therapy Resources doesn't and won't replace structured clinical education.
Best for our visitors
Therapy Resources is built for the part of your week PESI doesn't cover: producing the session-ready materials themselves. Emotion cards, worksheets, board games — designed for the specific client, ready in minutes, visually consistent across your library. Pair the two: clinical insight from PESI, materials from us.