# About Bloom

Bloom is the UK practice management platform built for private therapists and counsellors. It exists to reduce the admin pressure that steals hours from clinical work.

- Website: https://trybloom.co.uk
- About page: https://trybloom.co.uk/about-us
- Get started: https://trybloom.co.uk/signup

## Mission

Bloom is building practice management software that therapists actually want to use. The team focuses on practical innovation: tools that reduce real admin pressure for therapists, not feature lists that look impressive in a slide deck but fail in practice.

## Values

### Practical innovation
We focus on tools that reduce real admin pressure for therapists, not corporate feature lists that look impressive on a presentation but fail in practice.

### Building only what matters
Everything we add to Bloom is designed to streamline your day. Corporate jargon and unnecessary features are the enemy of good software.

### Built on trust
Clinical work depends on trust. We treat your data as we would our own. AES-256 encryption, EU-hosted, UK GDPR compliant, ICO registered.

## Roadmap

### Now (Q1 2026): Core workflow
- Schedule an entire week of sessions in one place, not just one at a time
- Securely store and manage client records in a single platform
- Onboard new clients in a few clicks without external forms or PDFs
- Collect session fees automatically with integrated card payments (Stripe), removing manual bank transfers

### Next (Q3 2026): Practice operations upgrades
- Better document templates for private practice workflows
- Richer reporting on client and session trends

### Later (Q4 2026+): Deeper platform capabilities
- AI roll-ups to summarise client notes
- Improved integrations with popular accounting tools for tax time

## Related pages

- Homepage: https://trybloom.co.uk/
- Product overview: https://trybloom.co.uk/practice-management-software
- Blog: https://trybloom.co.uk/blog
- Alternatives and comparisons: https://trybloom.co.uk/alternative