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Therapist website templates, built for the way therapists actually work
Most therapy templates — and every website builder — hand you a pretty, empty shell and leave the hard parts to you. This one arrives with the copy already written to a proven method, a gentle client intake built in, real accessibility, and no monthly platform fee. It’s a template, not a builder to wrestle with.
Why not just use a builder?
A blank builder gives you tools. This gives you a finished practice site.
Whether you’re weighing Squarespace, Wix, or a SimplePractice website builder, the two parts that actually decide whether someone reaches out — the words, and a real intake — are still left to you. That’s the part this template does. You bring your name, your photo and your voice; the structure and the strategy are already in place.
Template vs. a DIY builder
What you get that an empty theme or builder won’t give you
| What | A generic template / DIY builder | Design for Counselors |
|---|---|---|
| The words on the page | A blank template — you write everything from scratch | Written to a therapy-conversion method, fill-in-the-blank, with coaching notes |
| Client intake | A plain contact form | A gentle, guided “find your fit” intake that invites a low-pressure call |
| Accessibility | Claimed, rarely real | WCAG-AA: keyboard, focus states, reduced-motion, honest contrast — actually built in |
| HIPAA posture | Left for you to figure out | Designed to stay outside HIPAA — it never asks visitors for health details |
| Speed | Heavy, plugin-laden, slow to load | A light static site that loads instantly and feels calm |
| Hosting | Locked to one platform | Host it anywhere — free hosts included |
| Ongoing cost | A monthly subscription, forever | It’s yours — no platform lock-in |
On “HIPAA-compliant” website builders
The honest answer about HIPAA and your website
It’s the question every therapist asks — and most “HIPAA-compliant website builder” claims quietly overpromise.
Here’s the plain version: a marketing website isn’t a records system, so it generally sits outside HIPAA — as long as it never collects health information. The risk isn’t the template; it’s a form that asks a worried visitor to type their symptoms or diagnosis.
So this template is built to stay on the safe side of that line: it never asks for health details, it keeps enquiries to the minimum (name, email, a short note), and it leaves you free to choose your own vetted form and hosting for anything sensitive. We’d rather tell you how the line works than sell you a compliance badge we can’t stand behind.
What’s in the template
Everything a practice site needs — already built
A calm, complete homepage
Not a blank canvas — a finished, professional practice homepage that already says the right things in the right order.
The “find your fit” intake
A warm, three-question guided flow that helps a nervous visitor say what they need, then invites them to a call. No generic theme has this.
Duplicate-able specialty pages
A specialty-page template you copy for anxiety, couples, teens, trauma — each structured to name the problem, normalize it, and gently invite the next step.
Fees, FAQ & a safe contact page
The pages that answer the real hesitations — stated openly — plus a contact page that feels safe to use.
Don’t take our word for it
Click through the whole template, live
We built a complete sample practice on the template — homepage, the “find your fit” intake, specialty pages, fees & FAQ, and contact. Walk through it and feel how calm and clear it is before you decide.
Tour the live demo →- The signature find-your-fit intake, live
- A specialty page written to the method
- Fees & FAQ that answer the real worries
- A contact page that feels safe to use
Be first to know
Want the template for your practice?
We’re putting the finishing touches on it and setting pricing now. Leave your details and we’ll let you know the moment it’s ready — and you’ll get first access.
Prefer it built and handled for you? ThatNerdKnows designs sites like these for practices — just say so in the note below.
Questions
Common questions about therapist website templates
Is this a website template or a website builder?
It’s a template — a complete, finished practice site you make yours by swapping text, photos and colors. There’s no fiddly drag-and-drop builder to learn and no monthly platform fee. You get the finished thing and it’s yours.
How is it different from a Squarespace, Wix or SimplePractice website builder?
Those give you an empty canvas and a subscription. The hard part — the words that make someone reach out, and a real intake — is still on you. This template arrives with the copy already written to a proven method and a guided “find your fit” intake built in, it’s genuinely accessible, and it’s a static site you can host anywhere without a recurring platform fee.
Is it a HIPAA-compliant website?
A marketing website generally sits outside HIPAA because it isn’t a records system — and this template is built to keep it that way: it never asks visitors for symptoms, diagnoses or other health details. For any enquiries you collect, you choose your own vetted form and hosting services. We won’t imply coverage we can’t guarantee.
Are there free therapist website templates?
You’ll find free themes, but “free” usually means you supply all the words, the intake, the accessibility and the setup yourself — which is exactly the hard part. This one does those for you. It’s also inexpensive to host: the site is static, so free and low-cost hosts all work.
How much will it cost, and when can I get it?
We’re putting the finishing touches on it and setting pricing now. Register your interest below and you’ll be first to know the moment it’s ready — with first access. In the meantime you can click through the full live demo.
What if I’d rather have it built for me?
That’s an option too. This template is the do-it-yourself route; if you’d rather hand it off, ThatNerdKnows builds sites like these for practices — just say so in the note on the form below.
Not sure a template is the right call? See what the best therapist websites get right, or the deeper principles behind good therapist website design.