Counselling and Psychotherapy in Private Practice (Professional Skills for Counsellors Series)

Thistle, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761951059 ISBN 13: 9780761951056

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998

This practical book explores the conflicts of running a private practice that needs to be ethical and responsive to clients' needs at the same time as being a successful and profitable business.

The author provides straightforward advice and guidelines about how a business can be set up and thereafter maintained successfully. Tax, VAT and accounting are explained clearly, and examples of budgets illustrate how to make the business perform. Business research, marketing and promotion, finding and using suitable premises, working from home, forming partnerships, dealing with insurance, legal and safety issues and other essential considerations are all covered in detail. The book also encourages a comprehensive assessment of the practitioner's emotional needs and physical health as well as financial security.

About the Author:

Roger Thistle spent 10 years in banking until he retrained and developed a career as a counsellor and supervisor, dividing his time between his own private practice in Surrey and acting as a consultant to newly developing counselling services.