This Business of Therapy

Month: December 2014

  • How is What We Do Different From a Chat with a Friend?

    “How is therapy different from a chat with a friend?” This was the question posed by Dr Genevieve Becker at a one of our workshops for therapists wanting to start their own practices. We all know there is a difference, but how do we explain it? The challenge is to put words on something which…

  • Assertive Skills to Make Your Practice More Profitable

    Assertive behaviour can help to create a more profitable therapy practice. Often confused with aggressiveness, which is concerned with winning, Assertiveness is stating clearly and directly what you want or how you feel about a situation. It is a both/and position rather than an either/or, and is based in mutuality of respect for ourselves and…