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Online Counselling Platform providing immediate access to counselling.
100% of minimum goal raised
Minimum Target £ 115,000 |
Minimum investment amount £ 300 |
Maximum Target £ 115,022 |
Maximum investment amount £ 100,000 |
PlusGuidance is an online counselling/therapy platform that gives people immediate access to counselling. It provides secure video, voice, IM and email sessions directly through the site, and booking in-person sessions too. Our Mission - Immediate access to counselling for everyone. Business Model - Software-as-a-Service for counsellors, who pay a monthly fee to use secure online sessions, practice management tools to manage their clients, and a public web profile in our directory.
PlusGuidance provides secure HIPAA-compliant encrypted online sessions, and a public web profile, and practice management tools for counsellors, psychotherapists, and psychologists all over the world. Tools include: dynamic booking system, online payments, public-facing available hours calendar, set own prices/services, client notes, payment & session history, dashboard overview, cloud access, secure backup, community forum, etc.
Organisations (NHS, EAPs, Uni's) can use it too.
Service created for clients - immediate access to a counsellor/therapist of your choice. Free instant messaging consultations. Choose from available hours. Choose session type: Video, Voice, IM, Email, Offline.
Counsellors are able to meet the ethical standards for providing online counselling. They can also easily manage all of their clients in one place, improve their web presence, and be available in the search listings for potential new clients.
Mental health is a critical public health problem. 1 in 4 people every year suffer with a diagnosable MH problem. The biggest cause of death in under 35's is suicide. Economic and social costs of mental health problems in England £105.2bn in 2010. Counselling is the most effective treatment and prevention. People are not getting it! Why? Stigma, fear of face-to-face, waiting lists, inconvenience, lack of awareness. PlusGuidance solves all of these.
Monthly recurring revenue (MRR). SaaS = predictable revenue & cashflow, lower risk. LTV should be very high with counsellors.
Pricing - £10p/m for tools and profile. £20p/m for that plus online sessions. We will launch added services for counsellors as optional add-ons e.g. directory listing (when we have big traffic), forum, marketing support, supervision, CPD, etc.
- Organisations will be charged by MRR varying on their size and usage, and/or % of sessions.
- Future diversification: Platform can be opened up to coaches, health professionals, any service provider under the banner of 'guidance'. We store client payment until session has completed - could make interest.
PlusGuidance provides secure HIPAA-compliant encrypted online sessions, and a public web profile, and practice management tools for counsellors, psychotherapists, and psychologists all over the world. Tools include: dynamic booking system, online payments, public-facing available hours calendar, set own prices/services, client notes, payment & session history, dashboard overview, cloud access, secure backup, community forum, etc.
Organisations (NHS, EAPs, Uni's) can use it too.
Service created for clients - immediate access to a counsellor/therapist of your choice. Free instant messaging consultations. Choose from available hours. Choose session type: Video, Voice, IM, Email, Offline.
Counsellors are able to meet the ethical standards for providing online counselling. They can also easily manage all of their clients in one place, improve their web presence, and be available in the search listings for potential new clients.
Mental health is a critical public health problem. 1 in 4 people every year suffer with a diagnosable MH problem. The biggest cause of death in under 35's is suicide. Economic and social costs of mental health problems in England £105.2bn in 2010. Counselling is the most effective treatment and prevention. People are not getting it! Why? Stigma, fear of face-to-face, waiting lists, inconvenience, lack of awareness. PlusGuidance solves all of these.
Monthly recurring revenue (MRR). SaaS = predictable revenue & cashflow, lower risk. LTV should be very high with counsellors.
Pricing - £10p/m for tools and profile. £20p/m for that plus online sessions. We will launch added services for counsellors as optional add-ons e.g. directory listing (when we have big traffic), forum, marketing support, supervision, CPD, etc.
- Organisations will be charged by MRR varying on their size and usage, and/or % of sessions.
- Future diversification: Platform can be opened up to coaches, health professionals, any service provider under the banner of 'guidance'. We store client payment until session has completed - could make interest.