WEBSITE DESIGN, SEO + MARKETING FOR THERAPISTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES.
YOU HOLD SPACE FOR EVERYONE ELSE. ⎯⎯ YOUR PRACTICE DESERVES SUPPORT TOO.
Lovely Grit brings your branding, website, and marketing together so people can find your practice, understand your approach, and take the next step. We help therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and growing mental health practices build brands people trust and websites that attract the right clients. Strategy-led. Psychology-informed. Search-minded. Never generic.
EXPLORE OUR MENTAL HEALTH WORK:
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THE PRACTICE NYC
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Therapist
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BRADLEY REACH
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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NEW ENGLAND CHILDREN'S HEALTH
Psychiatry, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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ALEXIS BESS THERAPY
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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A GOOD PLACE THERAPY
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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SARAH DELANEY PSYCHIATRY
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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AMY DIBERNARDO
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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MEGAN PIESMAN PSYCH
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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HANIFA CAVANNA NP
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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CENTER FOR ANXIETY
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
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DR. REBECCA BERRY
Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Health + Wellness
YOUR PRACTICE DESERVES MORE ⎯ THAN A WAITING ROOM + A WEBSITE THAT NEEDS THERAPY.
Marketing a mental health practice requires a particular kind of balance. You need to communicate expertise without sounding clinical, build trust without blending into every other practice, and make it easy for prospective clients to understand whether you're the right fit.
We combine brand strategy, psychology, web design, SEO and digital marketing to help mental health practices turn that complexity into a clear, credible and distinctive online presence.
MARKETING FOR THERAPISTS
FROM EXPERT PRACTICE TO EXPERT BRAND.
Whether you're building a private practice from the ground up or your group practice has outgrown the website that got you here, we build the strategy around where you're going next not where you started.
WEBSITE DESIGN
Custom Squarespace Websites and Branding built around positioning, user behavior, search and conversion.
SEO FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Search strategy built around the specialties, locations + questions your ideal clients are actively searching.
GROWTH MARKETING
Paid search, landing pages + ongoing marketing strategy for practices ready to move beyond referrals alone.
OUR EXPERTISE
MENTAL HEALTH MARKETING HAS DIFFERENT RULES.
And we understand them better than most. People don't search for mental health care the way professionals necessarily describe it.
Someone may search for “why do I panic before work” long before they search for “cognitive behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety.” They may compare multiple clinicians, read a dozen About pages and leave a perfectly beautiful website simply because they still aren't sure whether the practice understands them.
That's why our work considers the entire journey: how people search, what helps them recognize themselves in your services, what establishes credibility and what ultimately makes reaching out feel like a safe and logical next step.
SEARCH BEHAVIOR / TRUST / POSITIONING / CONVERSION
PSYCHOLOGY IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO
YOU DO THE DEEP WORK. YOUR WEBSITE SHOULD SHOW IT.
Hi, I'm Samantha, founder, strategist + creative director behind Lovely Grit.
I've spent 15+ years working across branding, marketing, website design and search, with a college background in psychology that still shapes how I approach strategy today.
I don't practice mental health care, I specialize in translating expertise into brands, websites and marketing that people can understand, trust and act on.
After working with therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and behavioral-health organizations, I've seen the same challenge repeatedly: excellent providers doing meaningful work, represented online by marketing that barely scratches the surface.
About Us →
WAYS TO WORK WITH LOVELY GRIT:
THE SIGNATURE WEBSITE
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The Signature Website is for established practices with a brand they’re keeping but a website they’ve outgrown.
It’s a strong fit if:
Your current website no longer reflects the level of your practice.
Your brand is solid, but the website needs a strategic redesign.
People land on your site and still aren’t quite sure who you help, what makes you different or what to do next.
Your services, specialties or team have grown and the site structure hasn’t kept up.
You want search strategy considered before everything is designed — not sprinkled on five minutes before launch.
You have existing copy, notes or rough content and want help refining + organizing it rather than starting entirely from scratch.
You want something custom, strategic + unmistakably yours not a template wearing your logo.
In short: the business has grown up. It’s time for the website to catch up.
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A custom, strategy-led Squarespace website built around how people find, understand, trust + choose your practice.
Typical projects include:
Strategy + discovery
Audience + competitor research
Positioning + messaging direction
Sitemap + user journey planning
Typically 6–8 strategically planned core pages
Custom Squarespace website design
Responsive mobile design
Copy organization, refinement + messaging cleanup
Keyword + search-intent research
Service + specialty page strategy
Foundational on-page SEO essentials
SEO titles + meta descriptions
Heading + internal-linking strategy
Google Analytics + Search Console setup/optimization
Forms + essential integrations
Technical review + launch QA
Website training + handoff
The result: a website that finally feels like the practice you’ve already become, and gives the right people a much clearer path from “I found you” to “I think this is who I’ve been looking for.”
Mental health + therapy websites for practices with an established brand. Custom built and strategy-led to clarify your message, build trust + turn the right visitors into inquiries.
THE PRACTICE LAUNCH
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Business + brand strategy
Audience + competitor research
Positioning + differentiation
Brand personality + creative direction
Core messaging + voice direction
Custom logo + visual identity system
Color palette + typography
Brand guidelines
Website strategy + discovery
Sitemap + customer journey planning
Typically 6–8 strategically planned core website pages
Custom Squarespace website design
Responsive mobile design
Copy organization, refinement + messaging cleanup
Keyword + search-intent research
Service + specialty page strategy
Foundational on-page SEO
SEO titles + meta descriptions
Heading + internal-linking strategy
Local SEO foundation
Google Business Profile setup + optimization
Google Analytics setup
Google Search Console setup
Conversion + inquiry tracking
Initial keyword/ranking baseline
Technical SEO + launch review
Forms + essential business integrations
Launch checklist + quality assurance
Website training + handoff
Post-launch search monitoring + optimization
Initial reporting + recommendations for what to do next
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Our Practice Launch Package is for practices that are starting, evolving or finally ready to build the whole thing properly.
It’s a strong fit if:
You’re launching a brand-new practice or business.
You’re a provider leaving a group practice, hospital or organization to go out on your own.
You already have a practice, but the brand + website no longer reflect the level of business you’ve built.
You’re rebranding, repositioning or changing the direction of an established practice.
You’re growing from solo provider to group practice, adding clinicians, specialties or locations.
You have pieces of a brand already, but they don’t feel cohesive or particularly like you.
Your current website technically exists, but it isn’t helping enough with trust, search visibility or inquiries.
You need help clarifying your positioning, messaging + what makes the practice different.
You want SEO, local search, analytics + Google setup built into the strategy instead of becoming a future “we should probably deal with that” project.
You’d rather work with one strategic partner than coordinate multiple specialists separately.
You want a marketing foundation capable of growing with the business instead of needing another overhaul in two years.
In short: you know where the practice is headed. We build the brand, website + search foundation capable of getting it there.
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For therapy, psychology, mental health, healthcare + wellness practices that are starting, evolving or ready to build the whole thing properly.
Whether you’re opening your first practice, stepping out on your own, rebranding an established business or growing into something bigger, The Practice Launch builds your brand, website + search foundation as one connected system.
Because your logo, messaging, website, Google presence and SEO should probably know each other.
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Not just a folder of logo files and a very nice website.
You leave with:
A clearer position in the market so people understand why your practice is different.
A recognizable brand that feels credible, intentional + genuinely like you.
Messaging you can keep using across the website, social, directories, ads + future marketing.
A website built around real decisions: what people need to understand, trust + do next.
A search foundation designed around how prospective clients actually look for care.
Google + analytics infrastructure already connected so you can see what’s happening after launch.
A stronger foundation for future growth whether that means adding clinicians, specialties, locations or marketing.
A plan for what comes next instead of launching and immediately wondering what you're supposed to do now.
You don’t just launch a website. You build the marketing infrastructure for what comes next.
Brand. Website. SEO. The whole darn thing. For new + existing therapy, psychology, mental health, health + wellness practices that need more than a logo and a website dropped into the internet with a polite little good luck.
SEO GROWTH + MARKETING STRATEGY
Search growth with a marketing brain attached. For practices that want more than routine maintenance, they want to actively grow visibility + create new search opportunities.
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Make what you already have work harder.
Primarily optimization + monitoring.
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Grow search visibility + decide what deserves attention next.
SEO-led, with broader strategic thinking.
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Pick the priorities. We’ll build the monthly mix.
For businesses that don’t need another isolated marketing service they need an experienced marketing brain looking across the whole thing.
Instead of forcing you into a predetermined package, we build a flexible monthly scope around your goals, budget + what actually needs attention.
SEO, PPC, email, website, content, CRM, design, strategy, etc.
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No. Lovely Grit specializes broadly in health + wellness, with particularly deep experience across psychotherapy, psychiatry and mental health. We also work with physical therapy, healthcare, wellness and select expert-led brands outside the health space.
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We work with solo clinicians, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, group practices, behavioral-health organizations, hospitals and other clinician-led mental health brands. The right scope depends more on the practice's goals and stage of growth than its size.
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Yes. Our custom Squarespace website projects combine strategy, positioning, user experience, search planning, SEO and design. Mental-health website projects currently begin at $8,500, with most engagements falling between $10,000–$15,000 depending on scope.
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Yes. Our SEO work can include keyword and competitor research, technical optimization, service-page strategy, local SEO, internal linking, existing-page optimization and ongoing content development depending on the engagement.
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Mental-health searches often sit at the intersection of local intent, sensitive topics, clinical terminology and highly personal decision-making. We consider both how prospective clients actually search and what they need to understand before they feel confident reaching out.
FAQS
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We can lead keyword research, content strategy, structure and marketing copy. When content contains substantive clinical or medical claims, we ask the appropriate practitioner or subject-matter expert to review and approve it before publication.
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Yes. Lovely Grit works with mental-health practices nationally, and our strategy, design and ongoing search work can be completed remotely.
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Yes. Paid-search management can be added to an ongoing growth engagement when Google Ads makes sense for the practice's goals, market and services. Advertising spend is paid directly by the client.
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Not always. Some practices have a strong website that simply needs better search strategy; others are driving traffic to a site that isn't positioning or converting the practice effectively. We look at the whole system before recommending where to invest first.
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Start by submitting a project application with your website, goals, timing and the areas where you need support. If the project looks aligned, we'll schedule a short fit call to talk through the practice and recommend the right starting point.
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“I highly recommend working with Samantha. She is sharp, detailed, and very patient. I desperately needed a designer to bring the themes, values and mission of my private practice to life...and she nailed it. The branding and general design concepts of my website (and other tools we utilize) are simply stunning. The Lovely Grit exceeded my expectations.”
- JILLIAN KAUFMAN, WAVELENGTH
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“Samantha is incredibly talented and her design skills are impeccable. She took the lead on creating a beautiful branding package and website for my private practice and was also completely supportive and receptive to my feedback throughout the process to ensure it was perfect. If you are in need of branding and/or website design that you will be proud of, Samantha at Lovely Grit is the designer for you!”
- HANIFA CAVANNA, NP
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GRITTY RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS + THERAPISTS + PRACTICES
YOUR PRACTICE HAS ROOM FOR SUPPORT TOO
You can run a private practice without doing every part of it yourself.
Launching a practice or ready to outgrow your current website? Let’s talk about what you’re building and where you could use a little Grit. Book a complimentary 20-minute discovery call to discuss your brand, website, and whether we’re a good fit.