This Business of Therapy

Month: February 2014

  • Don’t Confuse the Map with the Territory!

    Someone told me recently that I can make the issues I write about here seem easy and enjoyable, and of course, that’s how I want it to be. However, there’s a saying in therapy, “Don’t mistake the map for the territory.” I was reminded of this sharply at a workshop at the weekend when the…

  • Value for Money

    Value for money is so subjective, isn’t it? And it’s also a very personal thing. What is a necessary expense for one of us, is a frivolous luxury for another, and vice versa. Writing about our values and beliefs about money recently left me thinking about the value we place on experiences and on things, and…

  • Fee Levels and The Price of Eggs

    It started out as a simple question about fee levels, what could he charge, what was reasonable, what were others charging…and I said he could charge as much or as little as he wanted to, it was a simple question of finding a willing buyer at the price point he  wanted to set. My answer…

  • Free Teleclass – How To Build Your Therapy Practice

    Friday 28th February 2014 at 8pm (Dublin / London Time) Click Here to Register

  • Starting a Therapy Practice – a Ten Point Plan

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  • Learning Bridge Through Swahili

    I had been thinking for some time that I really would like to learn how to play Bridge. Most of my family play, and many of my friends do too. I just never got around to learning. I was in the local public library recently and they were selling off surplus stock books, and there…

  • Fee Negotiations: What’s Your Style?

    How do you manage the question of fee negotiations? You have a price and you stick to it, regardless? You have a range of prices, and you offer what you think the client can pay? You have a range of prices, and you let the client decide what they can afford? You have an upper…

  • Truth or Myth? Common Beliefs About Money and Wealth – Part 2

    Did you resonate with any of those beliefs about money and wealth in my last post on the subject? Did any of them stir any thoughts or feelings for you? Perhaps you can relate to these? Money is the root of all evil. A difficult one this, as it has all the authority of two…

  • Truth or Myth? Common Beliefs About Money and Wealth – Part 1

    For some years now I have been interested in exploring commonly held beliefs about money and wealth. My interest is in how the beliefs that we learn growing up  may shape our actions and behaviour as adults. We are all familiar with the one about not being good enough, either in ourselves, our families and…