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Can a psychologist in Romania have a website?

Lucian Olosutean | LOLOTECH

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Yes. In Romania, a psychologist with the right of free practice can have their own page. At LOLOTECH, the presentation page costs €500 + VAT, is delivered in 3–5 working days, and includes call, WhatsApp, a map, and a form. Point 117 of the code of ethics, read on 9 November 2026, allows advertising based on your own achievements. That page is the advertising. The list is on the websites page.

Where does the rule for the page come from?

The code of ethics for psychologists with the right of free practice was approved by Decision no. 1 of 24 November 2018 of the National Convention of the Romanian College of Psychologists and published in the Official Gazette no. 143 of 22 February 2019. Decision no. 4 of 8 April 2023, published in the Official Gazette no. 405 of 11 May 2023, amends it. The text of that decision, read on 9 November 2026 on legislatie.just.ro, has five points: the definition of a psychologist, the definition of professional behaviour, point 27, point 100, and a new section on human–animal interaction. Points 117, 118, and 119 are not on the list.

The consolidated form of the code, read the same day on legislatie.just.ro, keeps point 117. Psychologists may advertise only on the basis of their own achievements, avoiding the promotion of unreal or exaggerated professional achievements, and on condition that they do not call a colleague’s work into question.

Point 117 does not use the words „site de prezentare”. The page on your domain, with your name, the services you actually provide, the address, and the phone number, is the advertising that point allows.

The definition of professional behaviour, in the form of 11 May 2023, includes the media and social networks. Point 122 requires public statements made in electronic form as well to stay within professional competence and not to conflict with the code.

The lines below are a reading of these published texts. They are not a ruling of the College on your practice and they do not replace the code. You check the wording before it is published.

The code, in the definition of 11 May 2023, covers members of the College: psychologists with the right of free practice, attested under Law no. 213/2004, and specialists whose competence is recognised by a free-practice attestation issued by the College.

A physician has another code: what a medical clinic website in Romania can say. An accountant has another act, which names the presentation website directly: can an accountant in Romania have a website.

If the page belongs to an SRL, the company identification list sits separately: what company details a website in Romania must show.

What do you put on the page?

The presentation page holds the facts of the practice, in text:

  • the name and the title on the attestation: psychologist with the right of free practice, with the specialty you hold
  • the services you provide, said briefly: counselling, psychotherapy, assessment, as you actually provide them
  • the address, the phone number, and the hours
  • how you work, at the office or online, if you actually do

Point 116 forbids giving unreal information about competence or professional attestation. The title on the page is the title on the attestation.

Point 119(a) says that if you hire someone to create the messages that promote your practice, professional responsibility for those messages stays with you. Point 119(c) requires the advertising to be explicit and identifiable as such. You send the text. The page shows who you are.

On the websites page, the product is one page: Home, Services, About, questions, Contact. An extra address is quoted separately: one page or several. A video session and a booking flow in which the client picks the hour are not on the €500 + VAT page.

Can you write that you are the best psychologist in town?

No. Point 118(b), read on 9 November 2026, forbids, in announcements and in advertising messages, statements that claim or imply the psychologist’s superiority over any psychologist or over all psychologists. “The best psychologist in town” stays off the page.

The same list also leaves out:

  • statements that are unreal, misleading, or confusing (letter a)
  • statements that create unjustified expectations of a favourable result (letter c)
  • statements that play on clients’ fears about the consequences of refusing the service (letter d)
  • statements that claim, without grounds, exclusive or superior methods, devices, or materials (letter e)
  • sensational or vulgar statements, or statements that harm the prestige of the profession (letter f)

Point 117 requires that the advertising not call a colleague’s work into question. Point 116 forbids attracting clients by denigrating or discrediting another psychologist.

Can you put the fee on the site?

You can put the amount you charge, if it is the real amount. Point 113 says psychologists inform clients in advance about the financial conditions of the service. Point 112 forbids a false presentation of the amount of the fee. The code does not require, in points 117–119, a price list on the site. That list is a rule of other professions. For dentists it sits in another act: what a dental clinic website in Romania can say. A figure on the page that is not your fee is the false presentation in point 112.

Can you put a client’s story on the page?

Point 126 says that, in writings and in media communications, psychologists do not disclose confidential information from their professional work unless they hide or significantly change the data that could identify the person, so that the person cannot be recognised, or the person has given written consent, or there is a legal authorisation. A story that names the client stays off the page for as long as one of these conditions is not met.

A Google review is another channel. Asking for one follows Google’s rules: how to get Google reviews.

Does a Facebook page replace a website?

No. The definition of 11 May 2023 includes social networks in professional behaviour. Points 117 and 118 apply there too. The Facebook page stays the platform’s. The site, with the domain in your name, is where the name, the services, the address, and the phone number stay, in text.

The map profile is another channel: do I need a website if I have Google Business.

How much does the page cost?

€500 + VAT, once. 50% in advance, 50% on delivery. 3–5 working days after the advance and after your details, address, and photos. In the price: call, WhatsApp, a map, a form, metadata, Search Console, domain and SSL on delivery, a privacy policy, one round of revisions. After handover, the page and the domain stay yours.

Outside the sum sit online booking, a shop, a video-session platform, studio photography, and branding from scratch. Care, €29 a month, is optional: hosting, updates, monitoring, and small text or photo edits, capped at 30 minutes. Without Care, you remain the owner. The difference from renewing the .ro domain is in how much website maintenance costs. Market ranges for a presentation page are in how much a presentation website costs in Romania.

A position in Google and a mention in ChatGPT are not sold with the page.

If the practice does not have a page yet, see what a presentation website includes and send the name, the title on the attestation, the services, and the address.

Frequently asked questions

Can a psychologist in Romania have a website?

Yes. In Romania, a psychologist with the right of free practice can have their own page. At LOLOTECH, the presentation page costs €500 + VAT, is delivered in 3–5 working days, and includes call, WhatsApp, a map, and a form. Point 117 of the code of ethics, in the consolidated form read on 9 November 2026 on legislatie.just.ro, says psychologists may advertise only on the basis of their own achievements. Point 117 does not use the words „site de prezentare”. The page with the name, the services, the address, and the phone number is the advertising that point allows. The code was approved by Decision no. 1 of 24 November 2018, published in the Official Gazette no. 143 of 22 February 2019, and amended by Decision no. 4 of 8 April 2023, published in the Official Gazette no. 405 of 11 May 2023.

Can you write that you are the best psychologist in town?

No. Point 118(b), read on 9 November 2026, forbids statements that claim or imply superiority over any psychologist or over all psychologists. Letter (c) forbids statements that create unjustified expectations of a favourable result. Letter (e) forbids statements that claim, without grounds, exclusive or superior methods.

Can you put the fee on the site?

You can put the amount you charge, if it is the real amount. Point 113 requires informing the client in advance about the financial conditions. Point 112 forbids a false presentation of the amount. The code does not require, in the advertising rules, the price list that another act requires of dentists.

Do the rules for a physician’s website also apply to a psychologist?

No. A physician has the code of medical ethics of the Romanian College of Physicians. A psychologist with the right of free practice has the code of ethics approved by Decision no. 1/2018 of the Romanian College of Psychologists, amended by Decision no. 4/2023. Do not copy from one profession to the other.

Does the price include a place in Google?

No. €500 + VAT buys the page, the domain in your name, and Search Console, delivered in 3–5 working days. Care, €29 a month, is optional. A position in Google and a mention in ChatGPT are not sold with the page.

Write to me at contact@lolotech.io or start from the websites page. No purchase obligation. You get a concept on your practice, with the text you send.

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