Quick Answer
Check three things first: what your Psychology Today profile communicates, what appears when someone Googles your name or practice, and whether your website makes the fit obvious once someone lands there. Most practices have a few visible leaks across those surfaces, not one vague marketing problem. The point is to find the main leak before you start changing everything.
What we reviewed
What this page was checked against
Refreshed March 13, 2026 to align with the current referral-review workflow and the updated PT, Google, and website diagnostic pages.
This page is intentionally short. It is a starting point for diagnosis, not a full SEO guide or a full PT guide.
The goal is to narrow the first likely leak fast so the next page or next service step is more obvious.
Public source pages checked: Google Search Console help, Reframe PT views-no-consults guide, and Reframe Google-results guide.
Why Trust This Guide
This page is built for diagnosis, not hype
The point here is not to sell you a giant menu of services. It is to help you narrow where the leak is most likely happening before you waste time or money on the wrong fix.
Founder proof
657 clicks
Search Console data from a founder-run therapy site shows that structured therapy pages can earn real visibility.
Search footprint
92,357 impressions
The proof here is search traction and page strategy, not inflated client-acquisition claims.
What this page does
3 checks
This page narrows the first diagnostic step to PT, Google, and the website.
Sources And Method
The deeper diagnostic guide on what prospects actually see when they search a practice.
Use this if the issue looks more like PT conversion than a broader search problem.
The next step if you want a direct diagnosis of what is most likely leaking referrals.
The search figures here come from a March 7, 2026 Search Console export for a founder-run therapy site. Use them as proof of method, not as a guarantee of identical business outcomes.
The first three places to check
If referrals have felt shakier lately, the first move is not more ideas. It is a cleaner look at what clients actually see before they reach out.
Psychology Today
Does the profile make the fit obvious, or does it sound broad enough that the right client still has to guess?
When someone searches your name or practice, do they see a coherent, trustworthy result or a thin, confusing one?
Website
Once someone clicks through, does the site help them choose you, or does it just give them more to sort through?
If you are not sure which of those is doing the most damage, that is normal. The whole point of the Practice Visibility Assessment is to sort that in the right order, then show you the clearest thing to fix first.
What this is not
You do not need a giant content calendar first.
You do not need to guess whether this is PT, Google, or website.
You do not need a broad agency retainer before the bottleneck is clear.
If You Want The Review Done For You
What you actually get with the Practice Visibility Assessment
This is not a vague audit and it is not a pitch for a bigger retainer. It is a written first pass on what a prospective client is seeing before they decide whether to contact you.
A plain-language Overall read of what looks most likely to be leaking referrals.
The 4 sections: Search Footprint, Local Presence, Conversion Surfaces, and AI Recommendation Test.
The clearest thing to fix first, without having to rebuild everything.
Results in about 5 minutes. Useful whether or not you do anything else with us.
Deeper Diagnosis
If you want the fuller version, start here next
This page is the short version. If you want to look more closely at what prospects actually see when they search you, read the deeper guide below.
Default next read
What clients see when they Google your practice
The deeper diagnostic guide on Google results, reviews, trust, and search checks.
If PT is the issue
Why your Psychology Today profile gets views but no consults
Use this when the problem looks more like PT conversion than a broader visibility leak.