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Therapist SEO

SEO for Therapistsso the right clients find you

Someone deciding to look for a therapist has often been thinking about it for months. When they finally search, your practice should be easy to find, easy to understand and quietly reassuring.

How people look for a therapist

Every search is a person with something specific in mind

They search for what they are living with, the kind of help they have read about, who they hope to talk to and whether their insurance will cover it. Each deserves a page written for them.

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Two places clients look

Directory profiles and your own website, working together

Your profile

Licensed therapist

Accepting new clients
Anxiety
Trauma
EMDR

Directory profiles

Many clients begin on Psychology Today or on insurance-network platforms. Those profiles rank and convert well, so we keep them complete and current.

yourpractice.com/emdr-therapy

EMDR Therapy in Austin

1

What EMDR is, in plain words

2

Who it can help

3

What a first session is like

4

Fees and insurance

Your own website

Where you can say more: how you work, who you work with, what a first session is like. It is the page people read twice before they write to you.

Local SEO for therapists

Being found depends on how you practise

In-person practice

A Google Business Profile at your office address puts you in the map results for searches like “therapist near me”.

Online only

Google does not issue a Business Profile to online-only practices, so your website and directory profiles carry the load.

Telehealth by state

You can only see clients where you are licensed. A clear page for each state helps the right people find you.

Colorado
Texas
New York
Specialty pages

Pages for the specific, not the general

Specialty pages are where therapist SEO is won. Three kinds matter most.

01

What clients live with

Anxiety
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
Grief
OCD
Burnout

02

How you work

CBT
EMDR
DBT
ACT
Psychodynamic
Couples therapy

03

Who you work with

Teenagers
Couples
New parents
LGBTQ+ clients
Veterans
Healthcare workers

Privacy first

A booking page is not the place for an advertising pixel.

Tracking scripts on pages where people book or describe what they are struggling with can pass sensitive information to third parties. HHS has issued guidance on online tracking for HIPAA-covered providers, and the FTC has acted against a mental health company for sharing client data with advertisers.

Measurement that counts enquiries, not people

No advertising pixels on intake or booking pages

Contact forms that go somewhere appropriate

How we work

Gentle, steady, and in your voice

  1. 1

    Listen

    We learn who you most want to help, how you work and where your clients come from now.

  2. 2

    Build

    Specialty and location pages, directory profiles brought up to date, a site that loads quickly and reads warmly.

  3. 3

    Tend

    Steady additions over time, and a monthly note on enquiries and consultations booked.

Questions

What therapists ask us

I am a solo practitioner. Is SEO worth it?

Often, yes. Solo practices usually need a small number of clients each month, and a few well-written specialty pages plus a complete Business Profile can be enough. We size the work to the practice.

Can I rank without showing my home address?

If clients do not visit you in person, you cannot have a Google Business Profile, but your website and directory profiles can still rank. If you see clients at an office, the profile should use that office address.

Will you write about my approach for me?

We draft from conversations with you, in your voice, and you approve every page. We do not publish clinical claims you have not reviewed.

Do you work with group practices?

Yes. Group practices need clinician pages, specialty pages that route to the right clinician, and location pages for each office.

How do you measure results without compromising privacy?

We count enquiries and consultations booked, not who the person is or why they wrote. Analytics is configured to avoid collecting health information.

Begin with a conversation

Tell us a little about your practice and who you most want to help. We will look at how you appear in search today and suggest a few gentle first steps.