Sarah Levow 
Let’s say someone has been white-knuckling their way through a hard few months, and tonight they finally pick up their phone and type “therapist near me.” Google shows them a map with three practices at the top and a list of websites underneath. Most people will call one of the three on the map. Many … Read more
If the person who built your therapy website has retired, changed careers, stopped responding, or simply disappeared, start by securing access to your domain, hosting account, and website platform. Gather old invoices and account emails, identify who controls each service, and avoid changing DNS or canceling hosting until a qualified web professional has reviewed the … Read more
A therapy website is set up correctly when potential clients can use it easily, contact you successfully, understand whom you help, and find accurate information on both phones and computers. The checklist below will help you spot visible problems without technical knowledge. It will not replace a professional review of security, backups, DNS, indexing, analytics, … Read more
Yes. Most WordPress therapist websites should have software and security updates reviewed at least monthly. Content should be updated whenever services, clinicians, locations, fees, contact details, or availability change, with a broader accuracy review every three to six months. Forms, backups, mobile presentation, security, and performance should also be checked on a regular schedule. A … Read more
Most therapists only look at their own website occasionally. Usually just to make sure it still looks okay. And visually, it might look perfectly fine. The design is holding up. The pages load. Nothing is obviously wrong. But looks are only one dimension of a website’s health. Some of the most significant signs that a … Read more
Running a private practice takes a lot. Sessions, notes, billing, admin, continuing education. Adding website management to that list rarely feels realistic. And yet, many therapists end up managing their own website by default, simply because no one else is doing it. The question of who should manage a therapist website is worth thinking through … Read more
Most therapists know their website needs maintenance. What’s less clear is what that actually means in practice. It sounds like it should be straightforward. But it often feels vague, especially when no one has ever walked you through what goes into it. Understanding what website maintenance for therapists actually involves is genuinely useful, not because … Read more
If your therapy website feels like one more complicated thing you are supposed to understand, start small. Test the contact form, confirm that the site opens securely on your phone, and check whether the most important information is accurate. If those basics work, you can make a short list of the remaining concerns and address … Read more
You’d be surprised how many therapists have a website they’ve never actually logged into. Someone else set it up, it launched, and life moved on. You shared the link a few times, maybe added it to your directory profiles, and then your focus returned to your work with clients. Now something needs updating, and you’re … Read more
Security sounds technical. It sounds expensive. It sounds like something that only matters for big companies with IT departments. But therapist website security is actually pretty straightforward once you understand what it actually means. And as someone who has built and maintained websites for mental health professionals for years, I can tell you the basics … Read more
