Tips and advice
Here are a series of tips and advice articles for solo
professionals, especially those in the fields of counselling,
psychotherapy, psychology, hypnotherapy, complementary therapy and
management or HR consultants.
As a solo professional there are a number of aspects you need to
consider before you start out in business. We’ve worked with
clients that are starting out on their own since 1989, so we know
the kind of challenges you face, and you might find these articles
useful.
Taking on a new client can be one of the most challenging times for any counsellor and psychotherapist, and it can set the tone for the rest of the client-therapist relationship.
Professional consultants and their clients can easily get in to disagreements. Even though these incidents rarely escalate to a full-blown compensation claim, they are still something you would prefer to avoid if possible.
If you are a therapist and the economic downturn has left you struggling to find new clients, you might be interested to hear about some measures you can take to help you do just that, at little or no cost.
If you are a therapist and the economic downturn has left you struggling to find new clients, you might be interested to hear about some measures you can take to help you do just that, at little or no cost.
If you have been thinking about getting Professional Liability Insurance or even if you already have it, you may still wonder, “What exactly do people claim against therapists for?".
If a client should try to sue you, professional liability insurance would help protect you. However, most people would prefer to try and avoid a claim altogether. These quick and easy tips could help you minimise your risks.
Finding clients is probably one of the toughest challenges you face when starting up in business. Here we look at some of the ways you could achieve this, based on our conversations with our clients.
If you work as a counsellor, psychotherapist or hypnotherapist, we have a new factsheet you may find helpful. It explains the most common causes of claims, and how to help minimise your risks of receiving a claim.
Running your business from home is harder than a lot of people think. Here we discuss what some of our clients have found out about working from home.
If you see clients at home, or even if you only keep business property at home, you could find that your household insurance isn’t adequate. This news item tells you what the risks are, and what to do about them.