How to grow your payments app with private speech and language therapists
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Private speech and language therapists help children and adults with speech, language, stammering and swallowing, through an assessment and then regular sessions. They work from clinics, visit homes and schools, or see clients online, and parents often pay for a child's sessions. Many sell blocks of sessions or charge separately for written reports. A payments app that sends links for assessments and session blocks, takes regular payments for weekly sessions and keeps a clear record for each family can win therapists, and every family that pays them sees your app.
Talk to private speech and language therapists
Ask local therapists:
- How do families pay for an assessment and for regular sessions?
- Do you sell blocks of sessions, and how are they paid?
- How do you charge for written reports and school visits?
- What happens with payment when a session is missed?
Send links for assessments and session blocks
A payment link sent when an assessment or block is booked means parents can pay from their phone before the first session, with no cash or bank details to swap.
Take weekly sessions as regular payments
Families who come every week can pay automatically, so therapists spend less time chasing and more time with clients.
Grow through other therapists and tutors
Speech therapists often work alongside counsellors, tutors and baby and toddler classes. When those businesses take payments through your app, each therapist can bring more of them onto it.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about counsellors and therapists?
The counsellors and therapists guide covers practitioners who see clients by appointment, in person and online, and lose income when sessions are missed.
Counsellors and therapists →What about tutors and coaches?
The tutors and coaches guide covers private tutors, music teachers and sports coaches who chase small payments from many families.
Tutors and coaches →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.