28 problems private therapy and counselling practices bring us, each with the cause, what it costs and what we build to fix it.
Therapists lose evenings to booking emails that go back and forth. SpiderHunts builds client self-booking that respects your session rules and your diary.
Counsellors often waive late cancellation fees to avoid awkward chasing. SpiderHunts builds fee handling that applies your policy consistently and quietly.
Therapy session notes end up on laptops, paper and personal drives. SpiderHunts builds secure, access-controlled storage for your practice's client records.
Letting counselling rooms by the hour off a spreadsheet causes clashes. SpiderHunts builds a room booking system for therapists who rent your space.
Month-end room hire invoicing for counsellors means totting up hours by hand. SpiderHunts builds invoicing from the diary, pushed to Xero or QuickBooks.
Therapists rebuild supervision hour records from diaries before renewals. SpiderHunts builds a supervision log that records sessions as they happen.
Counsellors' CPD certificates end up in inboxes and downloads folders. SpiderHunts builds a CPD log that captures evidence as it arrives, ready for renewal.
Therapy practices seeing insured clients deliver sessions beyond what was authorised. SpiderHunts connects authorisation codes, limits and insurer billing.
EAP referrals bring counsellors forms, portals and deadlines per provider. SpiderHunts builds one referral intake that tracks sessions and paperwork.
Therapy waiting lists on spreadsheets go stale and people wait unheard. SpiderHunts builds a waiting list that matches openings and keeps people updated.
Therapists in back-to-back sessions miss calls and new enquiries go elsewhere. SpiderHunts builds enquiry capture that replies and gathers details for you.
Therapy group practices allocate new clients by group chat and memory. SpiderHunts builds allocation that matches enquiries to associates' capacity and focus.
Therapy agreements and intake forms get signed on paper in session one. SpiderHunts builds online forms and e-signing that arrive complete before clients do.
Online therapy clients get wrong, stale or missing video links. SpiderHunts builds session links that are created, sent and secured automatically per booking.
Therapy clients pay by bank transfer with vague references, so matching takes hours. SpiderHunts builds payment matching against sessions in Xero or QuickBooks.
Therapists selling prepaid session blocks lose count of what remains. SpiderHunts links each block to the diary so balances fall and renewals go out.
Counsellors offering sliding scale or concession fees lose track of who pays what. SpiderHunts builds fee records that apply agreed rates and review dates.
Therapy practices get subject access requests and hunt records across systems. SpiderHunts builds a request log and search that gathers records for review.
Therapy practices keep old client records forever because deleting by hand is daunting. SpiderHunts builds retention tracking that applies your chosen policy.
Therapy reminders can reveal too much on shared phones and inboxes. SpiderHunts builds discreet reminders with client-chosen channels, wording and sender names.
Counselling services contracted to schools track sessions per school by hand. SpiderHunts builds per-contract tracking, termly reports and invoicing.
Counselling agencies with trainee placements chase hours logs and sign-offs on paper. SpiderHunts builds placement tracking for hours, supervision and forms.
Charity counselling services spend weeks on funder reports from spreadsheets. SpiderHunts builds reporting that draws anonymised figures from your records.
Therapists pay for several directory listings with no idea which bring clients. SpiderHunts builds enquiry tracking from first contact to booked clients.
Couples therapy bookings built for one client cause double reminders and split payment muddles. SpiderHunts builds joint bookings that handle both partners.
Therapists working in several practices juggle separate diaries and get double-booked. SpiderHunts builds one synced availability view across all of them.
Therapy practices lose track of associates' insurance, membership and DBS renewal dates. SpiderHunts builds a tracker that collects evidence before expiry.
Therapy practices email letters, forms and invoices as attachments to personal inboxes. SpiderHunts builds secure client document sharing with access logs.