Issue
anxiety counselling yorkThe commonest first search.
A page for each issue you genuinely work with, written for the person experiencing it.
Counsellors & therapists · York & Yorkshire
SEO for counsellors and therapists: be found for the problem, gently.
People search for a therapist at a difficult moment, usually for something specific, and often several times before they make contact. We help counsellors and therapists in York and Yorkshire be found for what they help with, and make the first message easy.
- Found for the issues and approaches you work with
- Online and in-person work kept distinct
- A first step that respects privacy
Free · human-reviewed
Show us where you are now.
Send your website and a person will look at how you appear when people search for counsellors, psychotherapists and private therapists, and what to fix first.
Thank you, that is with us.
A person will read it and reply during office hours. (Mon–Sat · 09:30–18:00)
Need us sooner? Call +44 7435 755127.
Typical searches we work on
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The search is private. The page must earn the message.
Someone looking for a therapist searches for the issue, anxiety, bereavement, a relationship, or the approach they have been recommended, and then reads. They read your page, your qualifications and your photograph, and they decide whether they could talk to you. The directories are convenient but crowded; a clear website of your own is where that decision is actually made.
What the page must not do is promise outcomes or sound like marketing. The tone that works is the tone of the room: calm, specific, honest about what you do and do not work with.
How your customers search
Four searches worth winning.
Examples of what people type, and what decides who gets the enquiry.
Approach
cbt therapist yorkRecommended by a GP or a friend.
Pages for the approaches you are trained in, with what a session is like.
Couples
couples therapy yorkSearched by one of two people.
A page that speaks to the person who found it, and reassures about the partner who did not.
Practical
therapist york evening appointmentsThe details that decide.
Fees, availability, online or in person, where the room is and how to get there. State them plainly.
See how you compare with the firms you compete with. Free.
What makes the difference
Where the work goes first.
What we would usually put right for counsellors, psychotherapists and private therapists, in order.
01
A page per issue and approach
Anxiety, bereavement, trauma, relationships; person-centred, CBT, EMDR. Each is a search, and each page can be specific and kind.
02
Qualifications and membership, visible
Your training, your professional body and your registration, stated plainly. People check, and it matters.
03
Fees and practicalities
Session fees, length, cancellation terms, online or in person, parking. Clarity removes the reasons not to get in touch.
04
A profile for the room
A Google Business Profile for your practice address, or a service-area profile for online work, with accurate hours.
05
A first step that respects privacy
A short form that asks for the minimum, a clear statement of how you handle what people send, and a reply within a day.
What you can say. “Counsellor” and “psychotherapist” are not protected titles in the UK, so your professional registration is how people tell you apart; titles such as “clinical psychologist” are protected and may only be used by those registered to use them. Claims about outcomes are subject to the advertising rules, and reviews should never be solicited in a way that compromises a client.
What we usually combine
The services behind the work.
Questions
Counsellors & therapists: straight answers.
Something we have not covered? Ask us directly, a person will answer.
I am on the big therapy directories. Is a website still needed?
The directories bring people to you; your website is where they decide. A clear site with your own pages for issues and approaches converts far better than a directory profile.
Should I ask clients for reviews?
Many therapists choose not to, for good ethical reasons. If your professional body permits it and you do, it must be in a way that never identifies a client. Qualifications and a clear page do the trust work instead.
Can I rank for online therapy nationally?
It is possible but competitive. Pages for specific issues and approaches do better than a general “online therapy” page.
What should the contact form ask for?
As little as possible: a name, a way to reply and, optionally, a line about what they are looking for. Say clearly who reads it and how it is stored.
Start with the search moment
Find out where you stand. Free.
Share your website and what you want more of. A person will look at how you appear when customers search for counsellors, psychotherapists and private therapists, and tell you where the clearest opportunities are.
- 01You send the website and what you want search to do.
- 02A person inspects how you appear today, no automated score.
- 03You get the clearest opportunities, and an honest view on whether we are the right team.
Thank you, that is with us.
A person will read it and reply during office hours. (Mon–Sat · 09:30–18:00)
Need us sooner? Call +44 7435 755127.
Where we work
SEO for counsellors, psychotherapists and private therapists across York and Yorkshire.
We are based in York and work with businesses across the city, North Yorkshire and the rest of the county, from Harrogate, Selby and Malton to Leeds, Hull and the coast. One team and one office, wherever you are.