Emotion Focused Therapy with Dr Anna Oldershaw Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. In this series, we're exploring the different ways that psychologists and therapists can work in independent practice.  One thing I've come to appreciate over the past few years is how beneficial it can be for professional fulfilment and building your personal authority to maintain connections to a university. Dr. Anna Oldershaw is a clinical psychologist working independently and as a reader in clinical psychology at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology, which is part of Canterbury Chri ..read more

Making Changes in Your Practice: How to Make Sure Your Independent Practice Meets Your Needs Hello and welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today for our final episode of the current series we're going to be talking about how to adapt your practice when your needs as a business owner change, or you realise that your practice isn't meeting your needs anymore. Full show notes of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology Psychology Business School: Start & Grow and Coaching Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out ..read more

Finding Purpose and Meaning Through Trauma with Dr Yvonne Waft Hello and welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today I'm here with Dr Yvonne Waft, a clinical psychologist, EMDR consultant, and author of her new book, Coping with Trauma. Yvonne has a unique perspective on trauma, having lived through life changing trauma in her teens to becoming a Paralympic athlete and helping others through clinical psychology and sports coaching. Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology Links for Yvonne: Website: www.catalystclinpsy.co.uk LinkedIn ..read more

Coping With Breast Cancer Author and Clinical Psychologist Dr Sarah Swan Hello, and welcome to the Business of Psychology. Today I'm here with Dr Sarah Swan. Sarah was a senior level psychologist in the NHS specialising in severe and enduring mental health conditions, until in 2019 she struck out into the independent psychology realm and founded The Swan Consultancy. Since then, Sarah has also been on the board of the ACP, a body for clinical psychologists in the UK, and she's published a self-help book for people coping with breast cancer. Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are ..read more

Dr Jo Mueller, The Guilty Parent Club Hello, and welcome to the Business of Psychology. In this season of the podcast, we are talking about fulfilment in our work and what we can do in independent practice to bring ourselves more fulfilment. So I'm really excited today to be here with Dr Jo Mueller, who has recently launched the Guilty Parent Club as a project that brings her more fulfilment in her work. Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology Links for Jo: Website: www.drjothepsychologist.com Instagram: @drjothepsychologist Facebook: @drjot ..read more

Autistic Burnout with Dr Alice Nicholls Hello and welcome to the Business of Psychology. Today I'm really excited to be here with Dr Alice Nicholls. She's a clinical psychologist specialising in recovery from autistic burnout. This series of the Business of Psychology is all about finding fulfilment in your work, particularly as an independent mental health professional, and I can't think of a better guest than Alice, because the passion for what she does really shines through her website so wonderfully. I want everybody listening to go and have a look at her website as an example of how to do ..read more

Leadership in your Psychology Practice Hello and welcome to the new series of the Business of Psychology! Each series we are taking a theme that matters to us in independent practice and going deep on that topic. This time we are focusing on fulfilment in independent practice. We've got some amazing interviews lined up for this series of psychologists and therapists finding fulfilment in inspiring ways. But before we get started with interviews I wanted to bring you a short solo episode about a topic that often comes up when I'm talking to people thinking about growing their practice in the pu ..read more

Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas and encourage you to take a moment to stop and reflect. Here are my recommendations for some reflection: Collect up your year, month by month what were the learnings, achievements and challenges (use your diary to help) Ask yourself these questions: 1. what do you need to let go of from 2023? 3. what do you need to bring with you into 2024? 4. what do you want to create in 2024? 4. what does fulfilment look like for you? Merry Christmas and happy reflecting! I will see you on the 29th for the new series of the Business of Psychology ..read more

Race in Therapy with Kimberly-Anne Evans Hello and welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today I'm really excited to be joined by Kimberley-Anne Evans from Kaemotherapy. Kimberley is a psychotherapist, public speaker, coach, and founder of Kaemotherapy, which specialises in helping mental health professionals in private practice, organisations and educational settings to develop practical skills to work with a racially diverse range of clients and grow their businesses. Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology Links & References ..read more

Why you shouldn’t discount your psychology and therapy services (and when I do) Hello and welcome to The Business of Psychology Podcast.  Today I am talking discounting; the reasons you might want to do it, reasons it can be a pretty dangerous game, and the reason that I am doing it for the first time in a few years!  Full show notes of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology Links & References: Episode 109: Ethical marketing in private practice. Scarcity, should we use it? The Psychology of Discounts: 8 Researched-Backed Strategies for 2022 (Namogoo.com) Start ..read more