Psychotherapy practices · Review generation
Do not ask a client for a review, and build the trust another way.
In most trades review generation means asking a satisfied customer to write it down. For a psychotherapy practice it largely does not apply, because anyone writing publicly that your therapy helped has disclosed that they were in therapy. GullySales says so plainly and builds the proof elsewhere.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
What review generation means
In a clinic or practice a review is a public statement by a patient, and asking for one is restricted or unwise in several regulated professions. Review generation here is proof that does not depend on a patient writing in public: the professional listing kept accurate, the note back to the referring doctor, and a reply that never confirms somebody was a patient. GullySales sets that up and tracks what arrives without soliciting it.
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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.
“A public review identifies the person who wrote it”
Under their own name, permanently, on a page anyone can search. Some will do it willingly and still regret it in five years when an employer or a family member finds it. That is not a risk worth inviting for a star rating.
“Professional bodies restrict what a therapist may solicit and publish”
Rules on requesting testimonials from clients differ between bodies and they change, and it is your registration at stake. Ask your own council or professional body before any request is drafted, and keep the answer you are given.
“There is a lot you can build that does not involve a client”
A colleague's account of working with you, a written piece that shows how you think about a problem, an accurate professional directory entry, and the psychiatrist who keeps referring. Those do the job a review does elsewhere.
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 written position on reviews, agreed with you
What your practice will and will not do about public reviews, checked against what your professional body says, so every person who answers the phone gives the same answer.
Result: Nobody improvises when a platform prompts them to ask.
Proof built from professional sources
Qualifications, memberships, supervision arrangements, training and directory entries made visible and kept accurate.
Result: A cautious reader can check you without any client being involved.
Writing that shows how you work
Short pieces on the concerns you treat, written in your voice, doing the reassurance a testimonial would do in another trade.
Result: A person can judge whether you are the right therapist before they write.
A private feedback route that never becomes public
A way for a client to tell the practice what was difficult, used for improving the service and not reproduced anywhere.
Result: You learn what needs changing without a public channel.
A calm reply prepared for a negative review
Wording that neither confirms nor denies that anybody is a client, drafted before it is needed rather than under pressure.
Result: Nobody replies in the moment and breaches confidence doing it.
How the result is measured
- Reviews received
- Average rating
- Response rate to requests
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.
Somebody left us a good review without being asked. Can we use it?
What do we do about a review we believe is unfair?
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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90 minutes. A written, scored report. No invoice and no obligation.