Marketing 101: Washington State Facebook Therapist Groups

Washington State Therapists Facebook Groups

General

• Washington State Mental Health Practitioners

• WA State Associates & Supervisors (Students, LICSWs, LMHCs, LMFTs welcome)

• Washington Mental Health Counselors Association Group

• Washington State Therapists in Private Practice

• Seattle Therapist Networking Hub

• Greater Seattle Therapists

• Seattle Therapist Exchange

Office Space

Identity Based Groups

What To Do When You Join

Do

• Introduce yourself concisely using your name and some of your identities (short and sweet)

• Be specific

• Focus on areas of focus and specialities

• Focus on your ideal client

• Address fee and insurance information

• Let people know how they can reach out (e.g. website, phone, email)

• If you are open to connecting in person/virtually for networking and next steps/how to do so

• Reply to your responses

Do Not

• Be vague

• Forget to market yourself, your ideal client, and niche/specialization

• Write paragraphs of text (consider short attention spans)

• Focus on being a generalist and working with every type of client

• Leave out contact information

There are more groups available.

Simply search for key words on Facebook (e.g. therapists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, Seattle, Spokane, Bellevue, Washington State, BIPOC, people of color, queer, Black, Latinx, Asian therapists, etc.).