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Student Grow · for grad students and associates

Start your therapist website in grad school

The best thing you can do for your future practice before you graduate: put your website up now, under your own name. By the time you're licensed, it has had months to build trust with Google. Free to start, and $10 a month if you want help writing.

Who it's forGrad students and associates planning a private practice
FreeYour website, hosted, plus your own blog posts
Student Grow$10 a month: hours log, supervisor sign-off, an article a month
Choose your domainBuy it outside Well Launched, usually $1 to $20 a year

How it works

A website that's ready when you are

I opened my practice figuring it all out on my own, and the part that took longest was getting found. Starting your website early is the one thing I'd tell every student. — Emily

01

Reserve your name and web address

Pick the name you'll practice under and buy your web address outside Well Launched, usually $1 to $20 a year. We walk you through it.

10 minutes
  • Your own name, so it grows with you
  • Yours to keep, wherever you go
02

Put up a simple student website, free

Who you are, what you care about, and when you plan to open, with a Get in touch button for colleagues and professors. Written with your board's rules built in.

Free
  • No booking or session offers until you're licensed
  • The right title for students and associates in your state
  • Edit it anytime in the app
03

Write a little each month

Short articles on the topics you want to be known for. Write them yourself, use your own ChatGPT or Claude with our prompts, or have one drafted with you each month with Student Grow.

Free or Student Grow
  • Post in one click from the app
  • Prompts with your board's guardrails built in
04

Watch it start working

With Student Grow, a monthly check shows how Google sees your site and what to write next. $10 a month, cancel anytime.

Student Grow
  • Pages Google has found and searches you show up for
  • What to write next, in plain words
05

Open with a website that's already working

When you're licensed, your site becomes your practice website at the same address. Choose Blueprint or Launch. Your student site stays free for 90 days after you're licensed while you open.

At licensure
  • Same address, so nothing is lost
  • 90 days free after you're licensed

Free or Student Grow

What's included

FreeStudent Grow
PriceFree$10 a month, cancel anytime
Your student website, hosted✓✓
Edit it anytime✓✓
Write and post your own articles✓✓
Prompts for your own ChatGPT or Claude✓✓
An article a month, written with you✓
Monthly check on how Google sees your site✓
The Well Launched community✓✓

You buy your own web address outside Well Launched, usually $1 to $20 a year, so it's always yours.

Is it right for you?

Who Student Grow is for

Coffee and a laptop on a desk, planning ahead

Student Grow is right for you if

  • You're in a counseling, social work, MFT, or psychology program, or practicing under supervision
  • You want a private practice someday
  • You'd like your website working before you open

Choose something else if

Student Grow: questions

Why start a therapist website while I'm still in grad school?

Google takes months to trust a new website. A site that has been live, under your own name, with a few helpful articles, has had that time by the day you're licensed. It doesn't guarantee clients, and writing regularly matters more than how old the site is, but it's a real head start.

Am I allowed to have a website before I'm licensed?

Yes, as long as it doesn't advertise therapy you can't provide yet. Your Student Grow site says who you are, what you care about, and when you plan to open, plus a way for colleagues and professors to get in touch. It never offers sessions or booking, and it uses the title your state allows for students and associates. Your board has the final say, so we show you its advertising rules.

Do I need my own web address?

Yes, and it's worth it. You buy it outside Well Launched, usually $1 to $20 a year, at your own name (like jordanleecounseling.com). Everything your site builds with Google stays with that address, and it becomes your practice website when you're licensed.

What's free and what's Student Grow?

Free: your student website, hosted until you're licensed plus 90 days, edited anytime, and your own blog posts, written by you or with your own AI using our prompts. Also free: your state's associate rules, startup costs, the supervisor guide and your estimated licensure date. Student Grow ($10 a month, cancel anytime): your hours log with supervisor sign-off by email, your full licensure countdown, one article a month written with you, and a monthly check on how Google sees your site.

What happens when I'm licensed?

Your site becomes your practice website at the same address, so nothing you've built with Google is lost. Choose Blueprint to build the rest yourself or Launch to have it built with you.

Can I join the Well Launched community?

Yes. Ask questions, meet therapists who have opened practices, and start building relationships for referrals later. You can set up your referral card now; it stays private until you add your license, since students can't take clients yet.

Start your website before you graduate.

Free to start. Your own name, your own address, ready when you are.

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