Psychotherapy practices · Follow up systems
One gentle message, and then the person is left alone.
Follow-up in a psychotherapy practice is mostly about restraint: what is sent to an enquiry that went quiet, how a reminder is worded when somebody else may read it, and who contacts a client who missed a session. GullySales writes the routine, and writes down the point at which it stops.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
What follow up systems means
A follow-up system is the set routine for calling, messaging or emailing an enquiry more than once, since most buyers do not decide on the first conversation. GullySales sets the number and timing of follow-ups so an undecided buyer keeps hearing from you until they decide either way.
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Sales and marketing for psychotherapy practices, the overview.
For psychotherapy practices
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Assume somebody else may open the message”
A person may be writing from a shared phone or a family number. Nothing you send should name a concern, use the word therapy or make it obvious what it is about if a spouse or a parent reads it first.
“The stop rule is the whole system here”
One follow-up to an enquiry that went quiet is reasonable. A second is pressure on somebody who was frightened to write in the first place. Put the limit in writing so nobody at the desk decides it themselves on a slow week.
“A missed session is the therapist's call, not the receptionist's”
Somebody who does not arrive for a fourth session may be avoiding the work itself. Who contacts them, and in what words, is a clinical decision. Agree it in advance rather than leaving it to whoever is at the desk.
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.
A neutral first follow-up, written once and used unchanged
A short message that names nothing, says the practice is here if they would still like to talk, and leaves the decision entirely with them.
Result: Whoever is on the desk sends something the practice can stand behind.
The stop rule agreed and written up
How many times an unanswered enquiry is contacted, after which it is closed and the person is not written to again.
Result: Nobody is chased by a practice they were nervous to approach.
Reminders worded for a phone that is not private
Appointment reminders that carry a time and a first name and nothing else, with the channel chosen by the client at the start.
Result: A reminder cannot disclose anything to whoever picks up the phone.
An agreed protocol for a missed session
Who makes contact after a no-show, what is said, and which situations go to the therapist immediately rather than through reception.
Result: The clinical judgement stays with the clinician.
Consent to be contacted captured at the first reply
Which channel a person wants, at which number, and what may be said on it, recorded before any reminder is set up.
Result: Every message that goes out is one the person chose to receive.
How the result is measured
- Follow-up completion rate
- Average number of follow-ups before close
- Enquiries closed after repeat follow-up
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
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.
01 · First
Free audit call
90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
02 · After the call
Written, scored report
Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come with it, in writing.
03 · 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.
04 · After the baseline
The first fix goes live
Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.
05 · 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.
06 · 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 work runs for psychotherapy practices
- 1
Audit the enquiry journey with care
We check how someone finds the practice for a specific concern today, how the first message is answered, and where privacy could be better protected.
- 2
Build concern-led pages
A page for each concern, such as anxiety or couples counselling, written to be recognised by someone experiencing it, without exaggerated claims.
- 3
Fix the first response
A calm, prompt reply routine for enquiries, trained to acknowledge the message respectfully before any administrative questions.
- 4
Build visibility without compromising privacy
Search and content built around concerns and locality, with no client-identifying material used anywhere.
- 5
Report on enquiries, not people
A report of enquiry volume and response time by concern area, built so no client's identity ever appears in it.
Proof
What happened when owners fixed this.
Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.
Chord Road Hospital
- Situation
- Patients who knew the hospital trusted it. Patients who searched for a department or a treatment in the area did not find it.
- What we did
- Website rebuilt around patient needs
- Search visibility
- Social media on a schedule
- Review management
- Result
- Organic traffic increased 60% within six months
- Online appointment bookings increased 40%
- Social following grew 45%, and engagement on it rose 70%
Nanda Arthritis and Rheumatology Center
- Situation
- There was no website, so a patient looking for a rheumatologist had no way to learn about the centre. Enquiries were few, and the ones that arrived came by word of mouth.
- What we did
- A website for patients
- Search work
- Google Business and reviews
- Lead capture and advertising
- Result
- No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
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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.
The offer
Start with a free audit of how you sell.
It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.
What you receive
- A 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
- A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
- Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
- The one thing to do first, and why
- An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
- If you do, the scope and the fee in writing
No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Should we send appointment reminders at all?
Is it appropriate to follow up somebody who never replied?
How do you handle marketing without using client stories?
Will this involve tracking individual clients?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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