This Business of Therapy

Tag: Time Management

  • Could Your Practice Use a Little Discipline?

    I have been writing a book about starting a practice, and as I have been honing the framework of what I want to say, the word discipline keeps coming to mind. Discipline is a loaded word for me. It conjures images of rigid formations and punishment for infringements of rules. It reminds me of harsh…

  • New Year Slump? Time to Get Your Affairs in Order!

    Many practitioners find their work slow at the beginning of the year. Clients are feeling the pinch from spending too much at Christmas and are full of good intentions to implement resolutions that will change their lives for good, such as losing weight or taking a degree course, but not necessarily going to therapy. If…

  • Living (and working?) Intentionally

    Some time ago, I attended the funeral of a former work colleague. Throughout the ceremony and afterward, talking to others, one message was repeated, by just about everyone, that her death was premature and unfair. She was forty, and left behind a husband, two children, sisters, work colleagues and friends, by whom she will be…

  • Managing Your Therapy Practice

    Here we are looking at the fifth section of the Therapy Practice Business Assessment as the basis for making some changes to your therapy or counselling practice in 2016. You can read the blog posts in which I made suggestions in the previous areas by clicking on these links: Knowing Your Practice Growing Your Practice…

  • Six Pillars of a Successful Therapy Practice

    So you have a therapy or counselling practice, and you’d like it to be more successful? Or you’re thinking of starting a practice and not really sure where to start? 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…

  • Technology Overwhelm?

    Technology Overwhelm? Are you scared by how quickly the world is changing? Are you tyrannised by your email inbox? Daunted by the idea of online banking? Terrified of the idea of online counselling? Or are you addicted to non-stop information? You’re not alone! The pace of change is staggering. Do you realise that it’s only…

  • Personal Power

    I often hear therapists talking about self esteem, and how a lack of self worth can hinder them in taking action to grow their practice. An important ingredient of self-esteem is personal power. Many people react negatively to the word POWERFUL assuming it means threatening or domineering. As many have experienced being on the receiving…

  • Where Do I Start?

    Being the one who  runs the practice, as well as the one who provides the service, means that sometimes there’s just too much to do in the available time. I’m sure you’ve had the experience, I know I have; the to-do list that just keeps growing no matter how fast or efficiently you clear the…