Tag: counselling business

  • Therapy Practice, Resistance & The Third Way

    Resistance helps us to stay safe and know the limits of our abilities. But like a young child, it shouldn’t be in charge!

  • Lies, damn lies and perceptions

    I recently had to complete my application to renew accreditation. It’s a tedious task, filling out all the details, gathering all of the information, the CPD certs, the client hours and so on. I am a member of three professional bodies, so this is a task I have to perform fairly regularly.As you do when…

  • The Power of Decisions

    Decisions made a long time ago may now be out of date. They run in our minds like a computer virus.

  • Is Social Distancing leaving you with time on your hands?

    Special offers to help your practice My Online Workshops are on special offer… The Business of Therapy: Starting a Therapy Practice is €9.99 (€85 off) for the next five days only (2nd to 6th April 2020): Use this link Marketing a Therapy or Coaching Practice is €9.99 (€85 off) for the next five days only…

  • VAT on Counselling and Psychotherapy Fees

    When Counsellors and Psychotherapists provide services to clients for a fee, and, where those fees exceed the €37,500pa threshold, those services are liable to VAT at 13.5%. Once the threshold is reached, all of your fees are subject to VAT, not just the excess over the threshold amount. Last July, Counselling and Psychotherapy services were…

  • Managing Your Practice and Personal Integration

    As with all business aspects of private practice, managing our practices offers us many opportunities to grow and develop as a person. Many people see our work as distinct and separate from business, and part of my mission is to change that perspective! In previous articles I have written about how engaging with the business…

  • Integrating Therapy and Business: Growing Your Practice

    I have previously written about how the journey to create a practice can be a part of our journey towards personal integration. In my previous articles, I wrote about the first two pillars of a therapy practice in this context. You can find these articles here (The Business of Therapy: A Journey Towards Integration?) and…

  • Starting Out? Avoid these common mistakes!

    I’m often asked what in my view is the biggest mistake that people make when setting up a therapy practice for the first time. It’s hard to see what’s the biggest, but there are a few that crop up again and again. Spending too much time and energy on clients and their issues, and not…

  • An Introduction to The Business of Therapy

    The popular workshop “The Business of Therapy: Starting a Therapy Practice” which has been running for 5 years is now available on line from TherapyAcademy.ie. If you don’t have time to attend in person, or the dates or venues don’t suit you, this may the course for you. With a full written course, and covering…

  • Creating a Therapy Practice

    In order to create something, whether it’s a home, a relationship, a work of art or a therapy practice, there is a process of creation. This process brings us through a number of steps from original conception to realisation. There are many ways to describe these steps, and I’m sure you’ll have your own version.…