> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getrivet.ca/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sharing your session link with clients

> Where to put your slug URL so clients find it on session day — intake email, calendar invite, email signature, and the wording that works.

The single URL `getrivet.ca/your-slug` is the door. Your job is to put it
somewhere the client will find it the minute they need it, without making
them search their inbox or text you to ask. Three places cover almost
everything.

## The three places to put it

**1. Your intake email or session reminder.**
This is the highest-leverage spot. The client opens the email on their phone
or laptop, taps the link, lands in the waiting room. Done.

**2. Your email signature.**
For when the intake email gets buried, the booking platform forgot to send
a reminder, or the client searches their inbox for any email from you. The
signature is the fallback.

**3. Wherever you list contact info.**
Your website's contact page, your directory profile (Psychology Today,
TherapyTribe, etc.), your business card. Anywhere a client already looks
when they're trying to reach you.

## Suggested wording

Practitioners write this a hundred different ways and almost all of them
work. The version with the fewest words and the fewest questions:

> Your sessions happen at **getrivet.ca/your-name**. Open the link a few
> minutes before our session time. You don't need to download anything.

That's it. Two sentences. The client knows what to do.

Some practitioners add a third sentence for first-session clients:

> If your camera or mic doesn't work the first time, refresh the page —
> your browser may have asked for permission and you missed it.

That covers \~80% of first-session troubleshooting before it happens.

## Things to skip

A few patterns from older video-conferencing tools that don't apply here
and add noise:

* **Meeting IDs and passwords.** There aren't any. The URL is the whole
  thing.
* **"Install Zoom" / "Download the app".** Nothing to install.
* **Per-session unique links.** You don't need them. The same URL works
  every time.
* **"Join 10 minutes before to test your equipment".** The pre-join screen
  IS the equipment test. They tap the link, see themselves, tap Join.

## Calendar invites

If you use a booking tool (Jane, SimplePractice, Cal.com, Acuity), put the
slug URL in the calendar event's Location field. Most clients tap the
calendar invite on session day rather than searching their inbox — having
the URL in the Location field puts it one tap away.

For practitioners using Jane App: most therapists put the URL in the
appointment notes that get emailed with the reminder. Either field works.

## What clients see when they arrive

They tap the link. They land on a public waiting-room page with your
practice name at the top and a small form. First name, phone number, Join.
They don't see anyone else's session in progress. They don't see other
clients in the queue. They wait while you finish whatever you're doing,
and you start the call when you're ready.

If you're with another client when they arrive, they move through the
camera and mic check and land in the calm waiting space. They can leave
the tab open. When you tap Start, your video appears and the session
begins — no extra step on their side.

## What if the client texts you saying "the link doesn't work"

Almost always one of three things:

* **They opened it in an in-app browser** (the one inside Instagram, Gmail,
  or Facebook Messenger). Tell them to tap the three dots and choose "Open
  in Browser" or "Open in Safari/Chrome." In-app browsers often block
  camera access.
* **They denied camera or mic permission** the first time the prompt came
  up. Tell them to refresh the page and allow access this time.
* **Their phone's battery saver is on** and is blocking media. Tell them
  to turn off Low Power Mode (iOS) or Battery Saver (Android).

See [Client can't join](/troubleshooting/client-cant-join-session) for the
fuller list.

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