Will SCopEd make me a better therapist?
The current landscape of competences, standards, training and practice requirements within counselling and psychotherapy is a bit of a dog’s dinner. SCoPEd may or may not be the answer to that problem, but the question we’re more interested in is “Will it help me to...
Where did our love go?
The perennial question. Do clients drop out because they got what they needed and forgot to tell us, or because they didn’t get what they wanted and couldn’t tell us? Either way, drop out is (arguably) largely preventable. We need to start taking it personally and...
IAPT 2020: It’s all downhill from here…
Used to be that the release of the annual IAPT performance date was accompanied by a fanfare. Not any longer. Looking at the trend data it’s easy to see why. In the space of five years the proportion of clients completing therapy has dropped from nearly two-thirds to...
Was it something I said?
Whatever yours may look like, an empty chair is often the most obvious result of an unplanned ending in therapy. Concerned by the level of dropout among my private practice clients a couple of years ago, I set about trying to change it. Two years on, I’m marking my...
Moving measures online
It doesn’t get easier than this to take your client’s psychological temperature, or indeed your own. We’re developing online measures for your clients to complete that can support your work together. Measures that require no fancy platform. Measures that need leave no...
Are we on the same page as our clients?
Are clients’ perceptions of the goals of their therapy always the same as our own? As a newly published study suggests, lack of proper alignment and regular review of goals may have unintended consequences, and we can’t afford to make assumptions that we’re always on...
But is it safe?
From our recent survey it’s become clear that we are now more favourably disposed to working online or by phone than we were at the start of the pandemic. Most of us who were working face to face, however, seem desperate to return to business as usual. But is it safe?...
Are we embracing a new way of working?
“It’s felt really stressful and devastating as I watched my case load disappear overnight. My established private practice that I’ve built up over the years, and that ticked over nicely, providing me with a sustained income from which I’ve created my life, just fell...
Post COVID: The future of private practice
Results from our recent survey suggest that as lockdown in the UK continues, we are actually becoming more optimistic about our professional futures. Is this optimism merited, or are we engaging in wishful thinking? We explore some possible futures. On Tuesday 7 April...
How is COVID-19 changing private practice?
Resilient, resourceful and adaptable, but struggling to stay afloat. Apprehensive about the future of our profession and practices. Still retaining some optimism, but under no illusions about the challenges that face us. That’s what you told us in response to our...