The Essential Skills For Setting Up A Counselling And Psychotherapy Practice

Many practitioners consider setting up in private practice at some point in their career, whether full-time or alongside other employment.The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practiceprovides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the major skills needed to succeed. Based on the authors' extensive experience, this book provides a valuable insight into how to minimize the risks associated with working privately, offering practical advice on how to keep a balance between self-development, personal health and meeting the needs of clients, whilst maintaining high standards and making a reasonable living. Acknowledging the fact that being a good therapist may not, in itself, be sufficient to be successful in self-employment, the authors discuss the need for sound business skills, professional development, self-knowledge and motivation. Divided into three sections, the book covers all the essential business, professional and personal skills and includes discussion ofsubjects such as insurance, finance, legal issues, marketing, stress management, security and retirement planning. The focus on skills and how to acquire and develop them makes this book an invaluable reference for all mental health professionals who are considering setting up their own private practice. This book will prove to be an invaluable reference for all mental health professionals who are considering setting up their own private practice.

Gladeana McMahon is Co-Director of the Centre for Stress Management and a psychotherapist in private practice Stephen Palmer is Director of the Centre for Stress Management and Honorary Professor of Psychology, City University, London, UK Christine Wilding is a CBT Psychotherapist in the private and corporate sectors