This Business of Therapy

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  • Business and Finance Fundamentals for Private Practice: Free Masterclass

    Free Masterclass with Jude Fay and Emma Murphy John Lowe (the Money Doctor) and Emma Murphy of Opal Success recently presented a great live event “Business and Finance Fundamentals for Private Practice.” The event wasn’t recorded, but many attended and there were many requests for a replay. So Emma and I got together earlier this…

  • The One That Got Away…

    Disappointments and failures can hold us back from risking again

  • 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    Decisions made a long time ago may now be out of date.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.

  • What they didn’t tell you in school…

    I often think that creating a therapy practice is a bit like leaving school. Do you remember your last year in school? The restrictions of timetables, classes, homework and early bedtimes on school days were stifling. The comparative freedom of work or college was inviting. I thought my elder siblings had it so easy with…

  • 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…

  • Adding a little love to your marketing!

    Adding a little love to your marketing! In February we celebrated Valentine’s Day. You could be forgiven for thinking it was about sales of cards, chocolate, and flowers, or that it was just for the young ones. It has got bent and twisted out of shape over the years, so much so, that many people…

  • If money was my sister…

    Like practising counselling and psychotherapy, self-employment is a personal development process. As we meet each new situation in our practice that asks something of us, whether it is learning to market ourselves, or finding appropriate rooms to work in, we are offered an opportunity to grow into the person we need to be at that…

  • 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…