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Living (and working?) Intentionally
Some time ago, I attended the funeral of a former work colleague. Throughout the ceremony and afterward, talking to others, one message was repeated, by just about everyone, that her death was premature and unfair. She was forty, and left behind a husband, two children, sisters, work colleagues and friends, by whom she will be…
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The Importance of Intention
“Nature abhors a vacuum” I was taught in one of my first science classes. Whether you’re talking about air rushing in to fill the empty space, or how other people’s goals and intentions can fill up the space in our lives, it’s true. Nothing gets done without there first being an intention. My big indulgence…
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Minding Your Business of Therapy
Over the last week, I’ve been making suggestions about how you might use the Therapy Practice Business Assessment as the basis for making some changes to your therapy or counselling practice in 2016. So far, we’ve looked at three areas: Knowing Your Practice, Growing Your Practice and Valuing Your Practice. (You can read the blog…
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Self Care at Christmas
At a recent workshop, I was surprised to hear so many speak of the desire to step out of the frantic energy that seems to be around this time of year in the run up to Christmas. My surprise was not just that so many named it, but that I too was feeling it, and…
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The Value of Peer Support
It can be a lonely enough profession, this business of therapy, can’t it? Where friends who work for banks, or semi state organisations, or the corner shop can moan and groan about their work, we can’t reciprocate can we? And even if we did, there’s that sense that nobody except another therapist really gets it,…
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Contracting with a Therapy Client
One of the first things we are taught in training to be a counsellor or therapist, is about contracting. One of the tasks of the first session with a client is to set out and agree the terms of the contract. Do you commit your contract to writing? It’s not essential, but certainly something you…
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Six Pillars of a Successful Therapy Practice
So you have a therapy or counselling practice, and you’d like it to be more successful? Or you’re thinking of starting a practice and not really sure where to start? Since most people who set out to do something do so with an attitude of wanting it to go well, I am assuming that you…
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Ten Ways to Help Keep The Stress At Bay
Most occupations have their stress points, and therapy and counselling are no exception. Sitting with clients while they talk about their lives, particularly if you find yourself tired and drained at the end of the day, can take its toll. The financial climate at present is causing huge stress for many people. Many people find…
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What Do You Think of the Competition?
What comes to mind when you hear the word “competition”? For many people, it conjures up a sense of threat. But I wonder if you have ever thought of the competition as an asset? A common topic of discussion among therapists is the challenge of isolation. Perhaps surprisingly, this is not just a feature of…
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Accounting 101
I wrote sometime ago about ways you could make your accounting easier. See my post at “paperwork-blues” Many people struggle with the whole accounting thing, and I can see their eyes glaze over at the mention of it, but at its essence it is no more than a version of that child’s toy that I…