This Business of Therapy

Tag: counselling practice

  • The Business of Therapy: A Journey Towards Integration?

    If someone asks you what you do, I bet you tell them you’re a therapist. Okay, you might say counsellor, psychotherapist, family therapist etc, but I suspect you define your work by your client work. Am I right? But that’s not the full story is it? Because you are also self-employed. Most therapists I know…

  • The Merits of Working for Nothing

    Working for free is fine, and a valid marketing strategy, as long as we feel it’s our choice. However, it can breed expectation, so don’t take yourself for granted, or you’ll find others will too. The marketing environment has changed hugely over the past few decades. Providing information, samples and services for free is now…

  • That’s A Great Question!

    I’ve been doing some workshops recently, and have been asked a couple of great questions: What happens to my clients and my files when I die? This is something you need to think about. Obviously, we’d all like to think that we will have some warning of the end of our practising life, and most…

  • Are We There Yet? (How Long Does it Take?)

    How long does it take to establish a therapy practice? This a regular question asked at workshops and in meetings with therapists. The answer varies hugely and depends on many factors. The short answer is, you can do the basics in a few weeks. However, if you are starting from scratch and aiming for a…

  • What Do You Want For and From Your Practice?

    What is your desire for your practice, for your clients, and for yourself? It’s an interesting question, and I wonder how much time you have given to it. How much detail can you create about your desire before you interrupt yourself with something. It might be, “I never get what I want,” or, “It will…

  • Criticism Kills Off Our Desire

    In a recent article about the creative process of setting up in practice, I wrote about how we can interrupt our desire by judging it. Criticism is toxic to creativity, whether it comes from others or from ourselves. I have a big inner critic. Some years ago, I worked with a coach who gave me…

  • Money Shows Up Our Trust Issues!

    Nothing brings up trust issues as quickly or as obviously as money! (Except perhaps sex?) I have had several clients who pay me at the start of the session rather than risk forgetting to pay at the end. I’ve asked about it and the answer is always the same, they don’t trust themselves to remember.…

  • Therapy Rooms To Let

    At AnneLeigh Counselling & Psychotherapy our focus is on emotional well-being for clients and therapists. We aim to provide a warm and safe space in which clients can explore what troubles them, and receive support in exploring and moving towards changes that are right for them. Healthy relationships are at the heart of our philosophy,…

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  • You Don’t Have to Go It Alone!

    As I was putting the finishing touches to my new book “This Business of Therapy: A Practical Guide to Starting, Developing and Sustaining a Therapy Practice” I became aware of the challenge that it can be for many therapists embracing self-employment for the first time. Not that I wasn’t already aware of it, I was,…