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Does the Word Networking Fill you with Terror?
Go on, how do you really feel about networking? For me, I can’t imagine anything worse than a room full of people I don’t know. I even find it hard to be part of a room full of people I do know, let alone strike up a conversation with strangers. Does this sound familiar? So,…
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What Do Therapy and Criminal Law Have in Common?
It’s hard to imagine two professions that are less alike than psychotherapy and criminal law. Or so you’d think! After all, criminal law deals with laws and rules, with evidence, argument and ultimately, with winning or losing. Not concepts that you learn in therapy training! I had the pleasure recently of meeting a group of…
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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…
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It’s Not as Solid as it Looks
A friend shared his good news with me. Many years after starting his training, he finally achieved accreditation as a psychotherapist. I was delighted for him, as it hadn’t been the easiest or most direct journey for him. As we talked about it, he said to me, “It taught me that things are not as…
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Be Kind to Yourself
Without fail, whenever I talk to therapists about issues they have with running their practices, they will say, “I just don’t understand why I find it so hard. I know I do good work. I sit in front of my clients and I know I can help them. So why is it so hard for…
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Sustainable Momentum
Do you remember when you first learned to ride a bike? Do you remember the wobbling from side to side, and the many times you had to put your foot to the ground to steady yourself. And then one day you got it. You pushed off confidently, turning the pedals steadily and rhythmically, judging the…
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Are You Willing To Be Seen In Order to Grow Your Practice?
Am I willing to be seen no matter what? This searching question comes from Nic Askew, Film Maker, in one of his offerings. It is an interesting question at many levels. For me, (and I suspect I’m not alone in this) the answer will probably always be a resounding “No!” Most of us were brought…
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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…
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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…
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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…