Websites for therapists and counsellors
A calm site that makes the first step a small one. Who you work with and how, your register shown so people can check it, booking or getting in touch made simple, and no promises about results. Fixed price, with nothing monthly.
What a practice website needs
Someone reading it may have taken a long time to get this far.
- A first step that is easy to take
- Booking links come with Business, so someone can book a first session without having to speak to anyone. Every package has a contact form, a WhatsApp button and a tap to call number as well.
- Care with what people send you
- A short contact form that does not ask anyone to explain what they are struggling with before they have spoken to you, sending to your inbox, and a privacy notice written from what your site actually does.
- Your register, checkable
- Your membership of BACP, UKCP, NCPS or another register shown on the site and linked to the register, so someone can check it.
- Wording that makes no promises
- Pages that describe what you do and how you work, without claims about results. The advertising rules on health claims cover your own website, as the guide for therapists explains, so this protects you as well as your clients.
How the packages cover it
Fixed prices, in writing before I start. Half books your start date and the rest is invoiced when the site is ready to go live.
Business, £1,500
Four to eight pages, booking links, and an editor so you can change your own text, fees and news. Two rounds of changes, and usually live in two to three weeks.
Starter, £500
Up to three pages, for someone starting out who is happy to send me changes. The contact form, WhatsApp and tap to call, your Google Business Profile set up to match, and one round of changes. Usually live in one to two weeks.
The domain and hosting are in your name from day one, and the site is yours once the final invoice is paid. The prices page has everything side by side.
One I have done
A hypnotherapy and careers advice practice in Stockport.
Stephen's site was rebuilt and moved into accounts in his own name before his old hosting closed. He has an editor behind a login, so he changes his fees, reviews, free guides and contact details himself.
Guides that go with this page
Plain answers, with links to the rules they come from.
What a therapist or counsellor's website needs
Booking, privacy, your register, and what the advertising rules say about claims.
Google Business Profile when you work from home
Setting up a profile, and what the rules say about your address.
What to get ready before you hire a web designer
What to gather first, and the questions to ask whoever you hire.
Questions
Worth knowing before you ask for a price.
Can people book a first session online?
Yes, with Business. If you use an online booking tool, the site links to it, so someone can book without having to call. Starter does not include booking links, but every package has a contact form, a WhatsApp button and a tap to call number.
Can I change my fees myself?
With Business, yes. It includes a simple editor for your text, prices and news, so a change of fee is a few minutes in a form rather than a message to me. On Starter you send me the change and I price it before I do it.
What can I say about results?
As little as possible. The advertising code covers what you say on your own website, and claims about treating a condition need evidence. Describing what you do and how you work keeps you clear of that. What a therapist or counsellor's website needs links to the rules themselves.
Where do messages from the contact form go?
To your inbox, through a form service. I write your privacy notice from what your site actually does, such as where your enquiries go and which services handle them, and it comes with every site without counting towards your pages.
Want a price for your practice?
Tell me how you work and what the site needs to do, and I will send a fixed price in writing.