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In today's fast-paced business world, it's common to treat individuals as mere machines and extract the maximum productivity out of each hour. Psychologists and therapists in private practice are not immune to this "extractive business model" that often leads to overwhelm and burnout.
In this...
As January is now behind us, new year resolutions are maybe fading out of our minds and sticking to our goals can get forgotten. Maybe we’re starting to feel more pressure to stick to goals. Or the thought of even setting goals can be overwhelming so we just avoid them.
Whether we...
It's a conversation I've had a hundred times.
The people we work with aren’t short of ideas. They aren't usually short of clients either.
They're most often overwhelmed with both ideas and clients and are stuck in a loop of not knowing where to start.
This is a blog post about how to get out...
And then they take a breath. It's all good, I tell them. I'm here to listen.
Every week, I have coffee chats with psychologists in private practice to discuss how we might be able to support them. I offer...
It's easy to feel demoralised reading the news about economic prospects these days, but there are ways to deal with the uncertainty we are facing. Although it can feel safer, staying still or even reducing our growth plans in our psychology practices can be counter productive during a recession....
Passive income/passive assets/passive products/passive profits – you’ve probably seen this term when it comes to creating online courses and products. They’re a misnomer. No matter how many emails you send, courses you build or membership sites you set up, there will never be a...
There can be a tendency amongst psychologists to imagine that getting one on one help to create psychology products and services is going to be most useful to you. You get someone’s undivided attention on you and...
1 . The beauty of running a private practice is that it gives us the opportunity to create alignment between our own strengths and the needs of those we love to serve.
2. The other opportunity is that we have the power to be change makers and to raise our voices and be activists, especially when...
We, as psychologists, want to be able to help people and we’re in a helping profession. Now, I want to just talk a little bit about the context of our practices. An article from the Guardian outlined the cost of mental illness and we’re looking at, across Europe, 4% of GDP per year...
So what’s holding you back?
The question is often, “what will other people think of me if I do things differently?”
If you start to talk about your practice differently.
If you show up differently online.
If you show up differently for clients.
What will other psychologists...
Marketing as a digital arms race’ is so problematic for psychology practices. I decided to train as a certified Storybrand Guide & started Storybrand Guide training yesterday.
Don Miller really hammered home, time and time again, the need for clarity in how we communicate with people...