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Psychotherapy practices · Email marketing

Stay in touch with care, only where a client has clearly agreed to it.

Email marketing for a psychotherapy practice, used only with clear consent, might cover session logistics or a corporate update, never anything assuming ongoing contact is welcome.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What email marketing means

Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.

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Sales and marketing for psychotherapy practices, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026. Rules for this trade differ by state and professional body, and they change. We describe restrictions in general terms, so check the current position with your own council or adviser before you publish anything.

For psychotherapy practices

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “Consent is checked before anything else”

    No email contact happens without a client's explicit agreement, given how sensitive this relationship is.

  • “Corporate updates are a separate, appropriate use”

    An employee assistance programme contact can receive updates distinct from any individual client contact.

  • “Content stays practical, never promotional”

    A reminder about session logistics reads differently from a retail reminder, and needs to be written that way.

What we do

What we deliver for psychotherapy practices.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Consent record before any email contact

    A clear record confirming a client has agreed to email contact, checked before any message beyond session logistics is sent.

    Result: No client receives an email they did not agree to.

  2. Session logistics email templates

    Plain templates for appointment confirmation and rescheduling, written to read as practical, not promotional.

    Result: A client receives a clear, respectful logistics message, not a marketing one.

  3. Corporate employee assistance programme update format

    A separate update format for an employer's wellness programme contact, kept entirely apart from any individual client's records.

    Result: A corporate contact stays informed without any individual client's information being involved.

  4. Review of every email for appropriate tone

    Each template checked to confirm it never reads as soliciting engagement or urging a booking.

    Result: Every email sent respects the sensitivity of the relationship.

  5. Report on logistics emails sent

    A count of logistics and corporate emails sent, reported in aggregate against the baseline, with no client names.

    Result: You can see the volume of practical contact without any individual being identified.

How the result is measured

  • Open rate
  • Click rate
  • Enquiries from email

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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What must be in place first

What a psychotherapy practice needs in place before it sends any email.

Only people who agreed, with the date
Email only those who asked for it, such as a client who wants session reminders or a company contact who requested updates. Never add a client because they booked once.
Consent that names the purpose
India's data protection law expects you to show who agreed to hear from you. Record whether a client agreed to logistics mail, to updates or to nothing else.
A sender name that is discreet
Use your own name or the practice name, without wording that reveals why a person is writing in a notification. A client may share a device or a work inbox.
No health detail in the mail
Keep diagnoses, session content and reasons for visiting out of the subject and body. Say only what a session time needs, and offer a call or portal for anything else.
Corporate contacts on a separate list
Keep HR and employee assistance programme contacts apart from clients. They get service updates about how to refer, never anything about an individual.
A reply path to a person, kept private
Replies go to you or a named assistant bound by confidentiality. A message from a client in distress must not sit in a shared inbox.

Who it is for

This is written for these psychotherapy practices.

  • Individual counselling and psychotherapy practices
  • Couples and family therapy practices
  • Child and adolescent therapy specialists
  • Addiction counselling centres
  • Corporate and workplace counselling providers
  • Online and teletherapy practices
  • Psychiatric and clinical psychology clinics
  • Group therapy and support programme providers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the email marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand your list

    We review who is on the list, how they got there, and how long it has been since they last heard from you.

  2. 2

    Audit past sends

    We check open and click rates from past emails to see what has and has not worked.

  3. 3

    Segment and plan

    The list is split into meaningful groups and a sending calendar is agreed.

  4. 4

    Implement content and automation

    Emails are written, scheduled and, where useful, set to trigger automatically based on behaviour.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track performance and adjust subject lines, timing and content based on what the list responds to.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Is email marketing appropriate here?
Only with clear consent and for practical purposes; we avoid anything reading as soliciting engagement.
Do you handle this differently from other industries?
Yes, consent and tone are treated with far more care than in most categories we work with.
Can we send a newsletter with tips on anxiety or stress?
Only to those who agreed, in plain general language and without claims about outcomes. Check your professional body's guidance on advertising first, since rules differ. Keep tips apart from client communication, and offer an easy way to stop.
Should appointment reminders go by email or WhatsApp?
Ask each client which channel is private for them and use that one, with their written agreement. Say only the time and place, no reason. If a client shares a device, a text with a neutral sender name may be safer than a mail.
How do you handle marketing without using client stories?
Through the therapist, not the client. A page that explains your training, your approach and what a first session feels like does the work a testimonial does elsewhere. No identifiable client story is ever used.
Will this involve tracking individual clients?
No. Our reporting works at the level of enquiry volume and concern area, never by name, and we agree what is tracked before starting.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.

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