Tag: practice start up

  • 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…

  • Knowing Your Practice: Who Am I In My Work?

    Identity is an issue that is often present in therapy work. The quest to “know our true selves,” or to “be myself,” is a common theme in the therapy room. As therapists, we model being ourselves through our authenticity or congruence, and in this way allow clients the freedom to do likewise. Identity is equally…

  • What Sort of Practice Do You Want To Create?

    What Is Your Intention For Your Practice? I wrote recently about taking ourselves seriously as business owners when we have a self-employed therapy practice. In that article, I wrote about investing our time, money and energy in our practice, if we are taking ourselves seriously. The question then arises, “Well, how much time, money and…

  • 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.…

  • New Video: Do You Remember…?

  • Plan For A Better Year

    When we first set out to establish our practices, there are so many things we have to think about and so many decisions we have to make. It can be a bit overwhelming. However, time invested in really thinking through some of the issues involved provides great holding and support for us in the early…

  • This Business of Therapy Book in Paperback and Kindle

    This book is now available to buy in either paperback or Kindle from Amazon.co.uk You don’t need to own a kindle device to read the book, just download the free kindle app for tablet, pc or smart phone. Paperback price €12.99, Kindle €8.99 This Business of Therapy: A Practical Guide to Starting, Developing and Sustaining…

  • Earning More Money

    Most therapists charge their clients on an hourly or sessional basis. They sit with their clients for an hour or 50 minutes, and the client pays a fee based on the time. This is a fairly typical arrangement in professions generally, although it is slowly changing. One of the drawbacks of this approach from a…

  • Dirty Nappies and Sticky Toffees

    When I was growing up, a cousin, about four or five years younger than me, asked his mother (in the hearing of several of us older kids) to chew his toffee for him because it was too hard. He never lived it down. At the time, I dismissed him as immature and childish. In recent…