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The essential skills for setting up a counselling and psychotherapy practice / Gladeana McMahon, Stephen Palmer and Christine Wilding.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMahon, Gladeana, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counseling.
- Psychotherapy.
- Physical Description:
- x, 149 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
- Summary:
- 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 Practice provides 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 minimise 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 parts, the book covers all the essential business, professional and personal skills and includes discussion of subjects 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.
- Contents:
- Who is the book for? 1
- Emphasis on skills and practice 1
- Conflicts involved in private practice 2
- The need for preparation to avoid disappointment and bankruptcy 2
- 1 The business skills 5
- What makes some businesses successful and others fail? 5
- Why practices fail 5
- The personal characteristics of a successful business person 9
- Starting your business 12
- Who can help? 12
- A Business Plan 15
- The type of practice 30
- The alternatives 30
- Finance 33
- Systems and administrative principles 37
- Systems and administration - some detail 40
- Marketing 46
- Market research 46
- Advertising and publicity 49
- Image 52
- How to get clients 54
- Fees 55
- Security and confidentiality 56
- Premises 56
- Working from home 56
- Renting premises 57
- Basic equipment needs 58
- Insurance 59
- Retirement planning 61
- Pension provision for self-employed people 62
- 2 The professional skills 67
- Legal requirements 67
- Confidentiality and the law 68
- Fees 69
- Contracts 71
- Right to practise - professional expectations 74
- Using the Small Claims Court 77
- Producing reports and attending court 78
- Additional record-keeping (e.g. storage, letters, ethical systems) 80
- Competency 83
- Minimum training requirements 83
- The role of personal therapy 84
- Evaluation and auditing of the practice 84
- The role of experience 88
- The European dimension 89
- Professional bodies 89
- Why join a professional body? 89
- Accreditation 90
- Professional administration 92
- Note-taking 92
- Supporting documentation (e.g. Client Information Sheet) 93
- Written communications (e.g. how to write a referral letter) 93
- Supervision 94
- The special needs of those in private practice 94
- Types of supervision 95
- Networking 96
- How and why? 96
- Medical/psychiatric back-up 98
- Knowing where to refer a client on to 98
- Personal security 99
- Client security 100
- The suicidal client 100
- 3 Personal self-management skills 103
- Why do I want to run a private practice? 103
- Do I have enough stamina? 107
- The stresses of private practice 107
- Are you working at your optimum or experiencing burnout or rustout? 109
- Cognitive thinking skills for positive action, motivation and stress management 110
- Thinking errors and thinking skills 110
- Imagery exercises 125
- Time management 126
- Relaxation 129
- Benson relaxation technique 129
- Relaxation imagery 130
- Multimodal relaxation technique 130
- Retirement 134.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-140) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415197759
- 0415197767
- OCLC:
- 56799078
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