This Business of Therapy

Tag: practice profile

  • IACP Survey of Members

    The IACP recently published results of a survey of members and it makes interesting reading. You can download the report from the IACP website, here. For me, the questions relating to the business side of running a therapy or counselling practice are particularly interesting. The survey reports that the recession seems to have had a…

  • How to Work Out Therapy Fee Rates?

    In another post, (see here) I outlined the factors that you need to consider in arriving at a fee rate, and also what a budget looks like (see here). Here’s an example of how to work the figures. Start with what you want to earn. Let’s say for this example, you want to earn €500…

  • A Balanced Portfolio

    I’ve talked on several occasions about finding a niche or target market for your practice, and the advantages and disadvantages of having one. An argument that is often put forward against such a concept for therapy practices is that it pigeon holes you into dealing exclusively with one issue or client area. This does not…

  • Earning Enough as a Therapist – Limiting Factors

    Recently, I wrote about the numbers you needed to work on in order to replace your day job with a life as a self-employed therapist. As I said then, in looking at trading a full-time employment position for a full or part time self-employed position, the questions are far more complex than working out the…

  • Look At What Technology Can Do For You…

    The technological age has brought many changes, and not all of them are positive. Relationships changing with the advent of mobile phones, social media and instant information. The old ways are dying out, I hear people say, we aren’t talking any more, we pay more attention to virtual friends than real ones. In other words,…

  • How I Run My Practice – Online Counselling and Psychotherapy

    I spoke to Donijka Monk of IOCPS, (Irish Online Counselling & Psychotherapy Service) about her experience of working with clients online. Background (Donijka speaking) I’ll start by giving you some background into how the IOCPS came into being. Both Mary and & I trained together under Dr Jim O Donnoghue in Castlebar. The training was…

  • Fearful of Putting Yourself Out There?

    Many therapists shy away from the idea of promoting themselves. At one of our “Attract More Clients” workshops, my friend and colleague Wei Sim Ho led the group in a discussion of the fears and blocks that come up for them around marketing, and guess what came up? Fears of being judged, of not being good…

  • What Does a Successful Practice Look Like For You?

    The first step in establishing a therapy or counselling practice (or indeed any other kind of venture) is to envisage it. 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 want your practice to be successful. What would tell…

  • Creating a Website

    Do you need a website? Many therapists do not use one, and seem to get on okay without. So if this is a huge deal for you, don’t scare yourself with it at the first instance. Much can be done without one. Hold it as a possibility for the future, when other options have bedded…

  • What Horse Riding Taught Me About Therapy Practice: Part 2

    Jumping, Ambivalence and the Power of Making Choices I’m the wimp of our family when it comes to any risk of physical injury. Where my brothers and sisters inherited the “neck or nothing” gene, I seem to have missed out. While they hunted and rode as children, I fell off and got such a scare…