This day is for new practitioners thinking about setting up in private practice for the first time and for more experienced practitioners looking for inspiration to develop their practice and business further. The speakers are:
Jon Wilson Cooper, Psychotherapist and Counsellor
- An overview of all the tasks involved in making your practice successful
- Looking after yourself, your clients and your professional and legal responsibilities
- Looking after yourself in the long term (CPD, professional isolation, supervision)
Jeremy Harrod, Accountant
- Registering yourself as a sole trader
- Record keeping
- Dealing with HMRC
- What you can and can’t claim as a small business
- Invoicing different organizations
Krystal Woodbridge, Psychosexual Therapist and Relationship Counsellor
- Marketing strategies involving websites, blogging, newsletters, Google ads
- Finding a brand identity
- Applying the above to social media
Paula Mates, Counsellor
- The pleasures and pitfalls of private practice
- Assessing clients for suitability
- Onward referral
- Managing boundaries
- Building a network
Optional / supplementary website session: 4.30-5.30pm
£10.00 per person (you will have a website by the end of the day, you will be invited to this session when you have booked onto the day and this session must be booked in advance to register for pre-workshop preparation)