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Session reminders for counselors: fewer missed sessions

Zanda sends up to three SMS or email reminders per session, and clients can confirm by replying. From about $20£15€18A$29C$28 a month, plus 9p a text.

At a glance

  • What it costs$20–32£15–24€18–29A$29–46C$28–45 a month

  • Worth, in extra profit or time saved in the worked example$309£232€276A$445C$436 a month

  • Pays for itselfIn a few days

  • Sign up and configure; no technical skills neededEasy to set up

Figures come from the worked example below, using its stated assumptions. Tool prices checked . How we check prices

The problem

A client forgets a session and the 50-minute slot sits empty. If you see 22 clients a week, 2 miss a session and you don't charge for missed sessions, at $80£60€71A$115C$113 a session that's about $686£516€614A$991C$970 a month (2 x $80£60€71A$115C$113 x 4.3).

What the AI does

Zanda can send up to three automated SMS and email reminders per appointment, with adjustable timing, and clients can confirm by replying to a text. You choose the timing and keep the wording discreet: a day, a time and your first name, not the word therapy. A client who can't make it can reply in time for you to offer the slot to someone else.

A worked example

A counselor in Bristol sees 22 clients a week and averages 2 missed sessions. They set up an email reminder two days before and a text the day before in Zanda Starter.

Before

About 2 missed sessions a week: about $686£516€614A$991C$970 a month unpaid

After

About 1 missed session a week: about $343£258€307A$495C$485 a month back

What it's worth

About $309£232€276A$445C$436 a month in profit, at an assumed 90% margin on $343£258€307A$495C$485 of sessions no longer missed (1 a week x $80£60€71A$115C$113 x 4.3), since the room and the counselor's time are already committed. Zanda Starter is $20£15€18A$29C$28 a month and the texts about $12£9€11A$17C$17 (22 a week x 4.3 x 9p).

How to set it up

  1. Check Zanda's UK pricing page: Starter is $20£15€18A$29C$28 a month and texts are 9p each.
  2. Write reminder wording with just the day, the time and your first name.
  3. At contracting, agree with each client how they'd like to be reminded, and record it.
  4. Set one email and one text reminder, and check replies each morning.
  5. After two months, compare missed sessions with the two months before.

What goes wrong

  • A reminder on a shared phone or family email can reveal that someone is in therapy. Agree the channel with each client and let them opt out.
  • If your agreement already charges for missed sessions, the gain is fewer awkward conversations rather than more income.
  • A client who stops replying or attending may be at risk or disengaging. Follow it up as a clinician, not as an admin task.
  • Zanda's pricing page doesn't say where UK data is hosted. Ask, and get a data processing agreement.

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Last updated October 17, 2026.