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Negotiating Therapy In Independent Practice
Negotiating Therapy In Independent Practice Most people come to CBT full of hope and expectation. In the main, they hope the treatment will work, but what are their expectations? These are a few of the client expectations I’ve come across in the past few months: A standardised treatment programme delivered without reference to […]
Read MoreWhat do Independent Practitioners Want From Supervision?
What do Independent Practitioners Want From Supervision? Since delivering CBT in an independent practice setting is different to delivering CBT in the NHS, it’s not surprising that therapists’ supervision needs also differ. When people pay for their treatment, they expect it to be tailored and most IPs use an individualised problem formulation approach. IP supervision […]
Read MoreIsn’t it lonely being an independent practitioner? Life advice: it doesn’t have to be
Self- employment is one of the best career decisions I have ever made. No question. But I do remember feeling a little giddy with the realisation that eschewing my relationship with the NHS meant that I had also relinquished its organisational structure to lean on for support and comradeship. Fifteen years of full time private […]
Read MoreA Lifestyle Business
On Dragon’s Den, the TV show where entrepreneurs pitch for an investment from uber wealthy venture capitalists, the worst epithet you can have attached to your business is “lifestyle”. Well folks, Independent psychotherapy practice is a lifestyle business. So far as I am aware, there is no business model that will enable a sole trader […]
Read MoreWhy Do People Pay For Therapy?
Why people pay for therapy in our current climate does not require a great deal of head scratching. There has been a chronic shortfall in service provision for decades and as a result individual lives are being blighted and in some tragic cases destroyed. The plight of 34 yr old Martin Strain who committed suicide […]
Read MoreWhat do people ask for when they are paying for therapy?
I don’t screen my clients before our first meeting. My office has instructions to make an appointment for anyone who wants one. If people ask if their problem is something I can help with, my office tell them that, presuming their problem is psychological, they should make an appointment, as we will almost certainly be […]
Read MoreWhere in the market place do you belong?
You work in the independent sector for at least for part of your working week, but have you decided where within the sector you are positioning yourself? Let me tell you about where I find myself, with a view to perhaps prompting you to some reflections on your own situation. Nowadays I count myself fortunate […]
Read MoreThe business of supervision
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