How a Chicago Therapy Practice Cut Ad Spend by 50% While Growing Search Impressions by 153%

Therapists want to spend time helping clients, not worrying about expensive ads. This Chicago practice was spending over $5,000 every month on online ads, but many of the clicks were not turning into actual clients.

We helped them update their website so people searching for terms like "therapist in Chicago," "trauma therapy," and "eating disorder therapy" could find them naturally on Google.

In just three months, they cut their monthly ad budget in half (saving $2,500 every month) while getting even more calls from potential clients. Our monthly service paid for itself right away and built a steady stream of new client inquiries.

Challenge: 

  • Too Much Spent on Ads: Paying over $5,000 a month with fewer new clients to show for it.

  • Wrong Leads: Clicks from people who weren't looking for their specific therapy services.

  • Hard to Find on Google: Relying completely on paid ads because their site didn't show up in normal search results.

Actions:

  • Fixed Website Mistakes: Corrected behind-the-scenes errors so Google could easily read and display their website.

  • Focused on Specific Therapies: Rewrote main pages so people searching for specific care, like trauma or eating disorder support, could easily find them.

  • Set Up for AI Search: Made sure their practice shows up when people ask tools like ChatGPT or Gemini for local therapist recommendations.

  • Ongoing Support: Kept their site updated every month so they continue to rank well.

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+44% increase

in clicks for all search terms

+153% increase

in total impressions

93% increase

in total clicks for unbranded search

Results

All Search Terms

+44% increase in clicks

+153% increase in impressions

Up by 20 positions

Analytics dashboard showing total clicks of 6,630 and total impressions of 603,000 between January 1 and August 21, 2026, with previous period data of 4,610 clicks and 238,000 impressions from May 11 to December 31, 2025. It also displays an average CTR of 1.1% and 1.9%, and average positions of 10.6 and 30.5.

Unbranded Search:

+93% increase in clicks

+60% increase in impressions

Up by 31 positions

A digital statistics report showing total clicks, total impressions, average click-through rate, and average position for two different date ranges.

AI Visibility

Consistent qualified leads coming in from Google, Bing, and Ai Search

Line graph showing the popularity of four AI chat platforms from February to June 2026, with ChatGPT.com having the highest usage, followed by Claude.ai, Perplexity.ai, and Gemini.google.com.
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