Personalised websites for therapists & artists
Unique design
Inclusive
A safe & supportive design space for all practitioners, with particular sensitivity to neurodiversity, disability & mental health
A co-creative process, with carefully crafted human design to align with your vision. No conscious use of AI
SEO
Search Engine Optimisation to help your message reach the right clients & audiences
Values led
Prioritising grounded working practices, I aim to promote natural & healthy working rhythms to support wellbeing
Website design for independent therapists
Qualified in psychotherapy & counselling, with prior experience in a variety of therapeutic & pastoral settings, I am deeply interested in the work that takes place within talking, body orientated and arts-based therapeutic modalities. Through professional understanding of the applied language and paired with my creative practice, I am pleased to introduce an affordable, unique and carefully tailored design experience, creating websites to resonate with the right clients for you. Click to view latest work.
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Working carefully with the information you provide, I aim to craft a visual online experience which captures your therapeutic tone and fosters a sense of calm and hope within your potential clients from the outset. Gently built in boundaries look after you as a practitioner, helping to cultivate a healthy and sustainable practice.
Your website will offer your potential clients and/or audiences: comprehensive information about your practice/services and methods to get in touch.
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CORE THERAPEUTIC WEBSITE
6 standard website pages
for example: Home | About | Therapeutic Services | What is ….? | Contact | Blog
this does not include e-commerce, payment or online scheduling/booking facilities
WEBSITE VISION document emailed to you in advance of build to provide guidance and capture your values, content and unique style preferences
Unique & elegant design designed with great care to personify your values & practice
Images image sourcing and image adjustments with Adobe Photoshop as required
Search Engine Optimisation basic SEO to help your website appear higher in Google ranking
Review & recommendations of text structuring & headings as a key component of SEO
Proof-reading a careful pair of professionally experienced eyes for minor anomalies and to ensure content is structured with SEO in mind
Desktop, laptop, tablet & phone friendly responsive format for different devices
MEETINGS
Online/phone/email meetings as agreed:
Pre-build, main design meeting (online) understanding your practice and agreements relating to the WEBSITE VISION document completed in advance by yourself
Check in to confirm/adjust website style so far
Pre-launch small amends as required and connecting domain name and website hosting
Post-launch meeting (online) handover and a simple Squarespace tutorial with notes on simple updates you can do yourself
POST-LAUNCH TECHNICAL CARE
1 month period following launch should anything crop up.
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This highly personalised service of consultation, design, build & launch of your Core Therapeutic Website generally takes place within a calendar month; final timescale to be agreed on an individual basis.
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CORE THERAPEUTIC WEBSITE
£975*
Staged payment schedule via 2 invoices:
50% deposit paid at the start of the design process
50% balance to be paid when ownership of the completed website is transferred to you
*A. £975 fee summary
This fee is for the personalised design and build of a 6 page professional website as detailed under the question header What this includes. This Core Therapeutic Website provides comprehensive information about your service and a means for potential clients to get in touch. If you require anything different/larger, please get in touch - if your needs are within my scope I am happy to provide a bespoke quote. Please also refer to ‘What I do not do’ to check whether my service meets your needs.
*B. Additional, obligatory costs associated with owning a website
Website hosting
Domain name
All websites require the owner to pay for annual subscriptions for their website name: domain name, and a company to keep their website on a server which enables it to appear on the internet: website hosting. If you choose to go ahead with my design service, both these need to be in place before launch. Jump to the technical jargon buster for more info on what these items are and where/how to subscribe. I am happy to offer guidance with these online tasks.
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FOR THE WEBSITE DESIGN
I will share/email a simple and hopefully enjoyable document to fill in entitled WEBSITE VISION, this is a place to provide your website text, highlighted values, style preferences including colour palette, fonts and overall tone
PROFESSIONAL BODY LOGO digital version of your professional membership badge(s)
IMAGES whilst I enjoy selecting images for your site, you may wish to provide visuals important to you. A recent photo of yourself (within the last couple of years) can be very helpful for clients
PRE-LAUNCH
Your new website needs to be linked to both your:
DOMAIN NAME
WEBSITE HOST
To find out more about these subscriptions and how to buy them jump to the technical jargon buster
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I specialise in carefully designed, comprehensive informational websites which provide detailed information, describe services and provide contact details for potential clients to get in touch with you.
I do not specialise in:
E-commerce/online shops
Online payment facilities
Online appointment booking/scheduling facilities where the client books themselves into an appointment
If the above functions are integral to your business or practice, sourcing a web designer or company that is set up for e-commerce solutions with associated ongoing support would be a more suitable route.
Thoughts or ideas?
If you want to talk anything through, please feel welcome to get in touch to arrange a chat. There is no obligation to proceed, finding the right creative match for your practice or endeavour really is key.
Website design for artists & creatives
As an arts practitioner, I understand how important your aesthetics & values are. Through a co-creative process I aim to understand and distill that aesthetic whilst showcasing your unique practice, ethos and work in a clear website that speaks to your intended audiences & key stakeholders. Click to view latest work.
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Working carefully with the information and media you provide, I aim to craft an online portfolio experience which captures your aesthetic, displays significant projects from your body of work and offers information and insight into the values which underpin your practice.
Your website will offer your potential audiences and stake holders comprehensive information about your practice/services and methods to get in touch.
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CORE ARTS PRACTICE WEBSITE
6 standard website pages
for example: Home | About | Portfolio | Project 1 | Project 2 | Contact (Additional project pages may be added to the fee at £55 per project page)
The core arts practice website does not include e-commerce, payment or online scheduling/booking facilities
WEBSITE VISION document emailed to you in advance of build to provide guidance and capture your values, content and unique style preferences
Unique & elegant design designed with great care to present your arts practice and values
Search Engine Optimisation basic SEO to help your website appear higher in Google ranking
Review & recommendations of text structuring & headings as a key component of SEO
Proof-reading a careful pair of eyes
Desktop, laptop, tablet & phone friendly responsive format for different devices
MEETINGS
Online/phone/email meetings as agreed:
Pre-build, main design meeting (online) understanding your practice and agreements relating to the WEBSITE VISION document completed in advance by yourself
Check in to confirm/adjust website style so far
Pre-launch small amends as required and connecting domain name and website hosting
Post-launch meeting (online)handover and a simple Squarespace tutorial with notes on simple updates you can do yourself.
POST-LAUNCH TECHNICAL CARE
1 month period following launch if anything crops up.
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This highly personalised service of consultation, design, build & launch of your Core Arts Practice Website takes approximately one month; final timescale to be agreed on an individual basis.
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CORE ARTS PRACTICE WEBSITE
£975*
Staged payment schedule via 2 invoices:
50% deposit paid at the start of the design process
50% balance to be paid when ownership of the completed website is transferred to you
*A. £975 fee summary
This fee is for the personalised design and build of a 6 page professional website as detailed under the question header What this includes. This Core Arts Practice Website provides comprehensive information about your arts practice and a means for potential collaborative partners / stake holders to get in touch. If you require anything different/larger, please get in touch - if your needs are within my scope I am happy to provide a bespoke quote. Please also refer to ‘What I do not do’ to check whether my service meets your needs.
*B. Additional, obligatory costs associated with owning a website
Website hosting
Domain name
All websites require the owner to pay for annual subscriptions for their website name: domain name, and a company to keep their website on a server which enables it to appear on the internet: website hosting. If you choose to go ahead with my design service, both these need to be in place before launch. Jump to the technical jargon buster for more info on what these items are and where/how to subscribe. I am happy to offer guidance with these online tasks.
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FOR THE WEBSITE DESIGN
I will share/email a simple and hopefully enjoyable document to fill in entitled WEBSITE VISION, this will enable you to share your arts practice and values, text content and style preferences including colour palette, fonts and overall tone.
IMAGES / MEDIA files of your work (size optimised for web as detailed on the WEBSITE VISION document)
PRE-LAUNCH
Your new website needs to be linked to both your:
DOMAIN NAME
WEBSITE HOST
To find out more about these subscriptions and how to buy them jump to the technical jargon buster
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I specialise in carefully designed, comprehensive informational & portfolio websites which provide detailed information about your arts practice and provide contact details for potential collaborators / stakeholders to get in touch with you.
I do not specialise in:
E-commerce/online shops
Online payment facilities
Online appointment booking/scheduling facilities where the client books themselves into an appointment
If the above functions are integral to your business or practice, sourcing a web designer or company that is set up for e-commerce solutions with associated ongoing support would be a more suitable route.
Squarespace Website Design
I design websites using Squarespace. Here you can find out more about Squarespace, key website terminology and core additional costs (domain name and website hosting) associated with owning a website. If you are new to the world of website design, this technical jargon buster should give you a good basic overview.
Technical jargon buster
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QUICK SUMMARY
In simple terms your domain name is the name of your website, e.g. the domain name of this website is: reindeermossdesign.co.uk You need to pay an annual subscription for your domain name from a domain registrar. This can be done easily via Squarespace and I can provide guidance. Your domain name subscription can also be set to auto-renew each year for peace of mind. A domain name annual subscription may be in the region of £10-£20.
General info about domain names
You need to buy or rather pay for a subscription each year for a domain name from a domain registrar.
You essentially rent the domain name for a year, then must renew to pay and keep the name each subsequent year.
If you don’t renew your domain name each year, the name becomes available on the domain name market and is open to being bought by someone else - like houses, this virtual ‘real estate’ can be rented by another person or organisation. You can set your domain name to auto-renew each year with the domain hosting company so that you don’t need to worry.
Choosing a domain name
Standard practice is to select a domain name which matches the name of your business.
The .co.uk part is called the extension, there are other extensions such as .com or .org.uk. Some people buy multiple extensions to protect their domain name.
It is important to not assume that the domain name you’d like is available. Somebody else may have already bought it, in which case you will have to think of a suitable alternative.
How do I buy/subscribe for a domain name?
You can purchase your domain name from any of the many domain registrar companies. If you already have a domain name, it can be linked to your new Squarespace website or transferred.
If this is your first website and/or you need a new domain name, Squarespace provide domain name registration as part of their one-stop-shop. I can provide guidance before launch.
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QUICK SUMMARY
You need to pay a subscription for your website to be hosted on a server each year. If you choose my website design service, your website hosting needs to be with Squarespace and I can provide guidance in setting this up. It’s a simple online subscription which again, can be set to auto-renew each year so there’s nothing further to worry about once set up.
What is website hosting?
Once your website is built it needs to be stored on a computer server. The organisations which possess and manage these very large servers are referred to as hosts. Website hosting is a separate service/cost to Website design.
How do I buy/subscribe for website hosting?
As I use Squarespace to build your website, it is necessary for your website hosting to be provided by Squarespace. I can provide support/guidance to complete this simple online payment to Squarespace just before launch. You can also set this to auto-renew each year so once this step is complete you don’t need to worry about it.
For now here is a link to view Squarespace website hosting costs
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QUICK SUMMARY
SEO is all about helping your potential clients or audiences find your website on the internet. One of the ways ranking on search engines can be improved is by strategic placement of key words/phrases within your website. A beautifully crafted website is purposeless if it doesn’t appear on internet search results.
What does SEO stand for?
The acronym SEO which you will come across in the world of website design refers to: Search Engine Optimisation. The search engine part refers to Google or other platforms that people use to search for things on the internet. The optimisation part is about getting your website as high up on internet search results as possible. One of the ways this is achieved is by the strategic use of key words/phrases - both visible and non-visible throughout your website.
Why do I need to know about this?
When selecting a website designer it is important that SEO is included in the design and build. SEO involves your designer putting in key text/phrases in the background of your website.
Your designer will also be able to advise and/or help you with structuring the content of the visible text on your website as this is also has an impact on search engine results.
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QUICK SUMMARY
Squarespace is a one-stop-shop for creating and managing websites. You can make quick and easy edits to your website and keep your domain name and website hosting subscriptions all in the same place.
What is Squarespace?
Squarespace is a well established Content Management System (CMS), in other words, an online platform for creating, publishing and maintaining a website. It is designed for independents and small businesses, offering a simple and versatile interface with multiple benefits to yourself as the ultimate website owner.
Benefits of Squarespace:
the ability for you to make simple website edits, such as adding or editing a sentence without fear of 'breaking' the website
keep everything in one place: buy your domain name and website hosting subscriptions within Squarespace
easily create new blog posts - a practice which can keep you in touch with your client base/intended audiences with industry info and points of view whilst helping with SEO
email support from Squarespace once your website is handed over to you
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QUICK SUMMARY
Website design is the service that I provide, that is the visual design, structuring and strategic placement of text (SEO), images and other media to create a functional website which aims to attract and engage relevant clients and audiences. Your core website design is a one-off fee.
What happens to my website when the design is complete?
Once I have designed and built your site I transfer ownership of your website to you - I can walk you through setting up your own Squarespace account for the transfer - nothing to worry about, it’s straightforward and will allow you to make quick edits as needed without additional design costs (if you wish). Additional annual website costs i.e. domain name and website hosting are paid directly to your service provider(s) - in the case of website hosting this will definitely be Squarespace.
What If I want to make changes/add more pages to my website in the future?
I would be happy to hear from you. Any requests for feasible additional work would receive a fresh quote.