Michael Metz Therapy and how it's built.
A Santa Barbara therapist's site — therapy, a group and a monthly retreat on one calm page.
Michael Metz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Santa Barbara who treats anxiety and OCD, runs a telehealth social anxiety group, and hosts a monthly Dopamine Detox weekend. WebsiteMike built the site that explains all three and turns a visit into a consultation request.
- Santa Barbara, CA
- therapy · group · retreat
- one-page static site
- PageSpeed 100 · Sep 2026
The front door.The details.
The public site
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Three offers, one scroll
Individual therapy, the social anxiety group and the Dopamine Detox weekend each get their own section — who it's for, what to expect, how to start — with a nav that stays in reach and jumps straight to each.
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His voice first
An unhurried design that leads with Michael's own words: why he does this work, how he works (CBT, ERP, ACT), and a free consultation call to see if it's a fit.
Under the hood
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From a 3.2 MB file to a real site
The design arrived as a single 3.2 MB file with every image and font packed inside and React pulled from a third-party server at runtime. We unpacked it into a normal static site: fonts and scripts self-hosted, images as sized WebP, the hero preloaded.
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Inquiries that land
The contact form posts to a small function on WebsiteMike's back end that saves every inquiry and emails Michael, with replies going straight to the person who wrote. A hidden field keeps bots out.
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Previewed before it's live
Changes go to a private preview link first and reach the live site once Michael has seen them.
Measured September 2026 (desktop: 100). The homepage now loads about 600 KB in all — less than a fifth of the original 3.2 MB file.
Every day without a great siteis a day of lost customers.
Send a text — Mike responds fast. Your website preview is ready within 5 business days.
