The parts
Writing a bio
The bio is where a client decides whether you sound like someone they could talk to. A few things that work:Say who you're for
“I work mostly with adults in their twenties and thirties” tells a client more than a list of
modalities.
Say what a session is like
Directive or exploratory, structured or not, homework or none. People are choosing an hour, not a
technique.
Name your limits
Saying what you don’t work with saves everyone a wasted first session.
Write as you speak
The bio and the first ten minutes of a session should sound like the same person.
Lived experience
This is the part that makes Open Therapy different from a filtered list, and it’s worth spending time on. For each of the eight themes, you mark specific experiences as one of:
Clients weight these differently, so they’re captured separately rather than collapsed into one list of tags. A lived marking is the heaviest single factor in whether you appear in someone’s shortlist — heavier than a clinical specialty match.
You can also write your experience in your own words. That paragraph is optional and appears on your profile.
Media
Short vertical clips
Thirty to sixty seconds of you talking. Profiles with one get roughly twice the enquiries.
Photo gallery
The rooms, the entrance, the waiting area. Useful for anyone anxious about arriving somewhere new.
Locations and how you work
Location matching covers every clinic you work from plus everywhere you’ll travel, not just your first listed address. Adding your second site genuinely widens who finds you.
Session modes are Online, In person and Home visit. Your profile summarises them as “Online + in person” or “Online only”.
Focus areas and specialties
Specialties are chips, and they feed both directory filters and matching. Be specific rather than exhaustive. A list of thirty makes it harder for the right person to recognise themselves in it, and it doesn’t rank you any higher.Writing on Open Therapy
Under Writing in your workspace you can publish two kinds of post:
Posts appear on your profile with a reading time, in Open Therapy Updates, and at their own address so you can link to them. You can save drafts and schedule.
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Services and pricing
Define what you offer and what it costs.
Your booking link
Claim your handle and skip the introduction fee.