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Guides for parents

Guides

Short, plain pieces for parents about what counselling involves, how to fit it around family life, and how to choose a counsellor. General information, not advice about your situation.

Guide · 3 minHow to find a counsellor for parenting stress

Practical guidance on finding a counsellor when parenting feels overwhelming, and what to ask before you book.

Guide · 3 minCounselling for new parents: the first year

A gentle guide to what counselling can involve for parents in the first year after a baby, and where to start for postnatal concerns.

Guide · 4 minCo-parenting after separation: getting your own support

Practical, gentle information about what individual counselling can involve for a parent navigating co-parenting after separation.

Guide · 4 minParenting a child with ADHD, and looking after yourself

Short support for parents feeling worn out while caring for a child with ADHD or waiting for assessment, focused on your wellbeing and finding a counsellor.

Guide · 5 minCounsellor or parenting coach: which do you need?

A clear, calm guide to whether you might look for a counsellor, a parenting coach or a parenting course, and how to find someone who suits you.

Guide · 4 minWhat to expect in a first session as a parent

A calm guide to what a first counselling session for a parent often looks like, and how to arrange it around childcare and sleep.

Guide · 4 minOnline counselling for busy parents: making it fit

Practical ways to fit online counselling around parenting - finding time, creating a space, handling interruptions and keeping sessions going.

Compliance review

Numbered elements are the compliance-relevant zones present on every page of this type across all directory sites in the network.

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Affiliate disclosure bar

Renders between the header and main content on every category, combo, and therapist profile page. Wording is shared verbatim across all sites. Two variants — "category" (affiliate-listing pages, verbatim: "The therapy listings are provided by BetterHelp and we may earn a commission if you use our link - At no cost to you.") and "default" (general editorial pages). Hidden on the homepage, Privacy, Terms, and Contact.

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General BetterHelp CTA

"Get 20% Off Your First Month of Online Therapy". Rendered on page 1 of every category template in two slots — after the therapist grid and after the contentful body. Link uses rel="noopener noreferrer sponsored" and opens in a new tab. Discount code fhn20 auto-applies on BetterHelp's landing page.

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Per-therapist affiliate CTA

Profile-page primary action. Each therapist has a pre-computed URL of the form hasofferstracking.betterhelp.com/aff_c?offer_id=2&aff_id=4566&source={therapistId}&url_id=40, so BetterHelp attributes the click to the specific profile. rel="noopener noreferrer sponsored", opens in a new tab. The disclosure bar is always above the fold on profile pages.

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Footer

Every page links to Privacy Policy and Terms. Both pages disclose the affiliate relationship with BetterHelp in body copy, including that we may earn a commission at no additional cost to the user.

Also enforced

Prohibited terms — secure, confidential, private (platform context) — filtered from all AI-rewritten bios and category content.
Regional terminology applied per site locale: US uses "Licensed therapist"; UK/AU use "Therapist"/"Counsellor"; Canada never uses "Licensed".
Titles, H1s, and breadcrumbs are deterministic templates — not AI-generated — so compliance-sensitive phrasing is locked across ~100k pages.
These compliance zones are invariant across all sites in the network. Color, typography, photo shape, and layout density may vary per niche.