Successful private practice: A 2-day business & marketing course

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calendar_today 2nd - 3rd October 2025, 10.00am - 4.00pm
person Counsellors and trainees
universal_currency_alt £275 (early bird rate £245)
location_on Online

Suitable for:

Qualified and trainee counsellors and hypnotherapy practitioners wishing to set up and market their private practice.

Time: 

10.00-16.00 = 10 hr CPD (5 CPD her per day (excludes: 40 mins & 2 x 10 mins breaks)

Fee:

NCPS = £245 for both days NCPS (usual fee is £275*)*Book before September 2025 for early bird booking rate of £245

This course is held online via Zoom.

About the course:

Learn how to set up and market your private practice. Understand how to sidestep pitfalls and common mistakes. Day one focuses on the practicalities and legal/ethical considerations of setting up. Day two focuses on marketing and driving clients to your practice. Policies and procedures pack, website checklist, and much more included so that you can get started easily & smoothly.

Course contents:

Day 1:

Setting up: Why PP and what holds us back? Setting up the basics, short and long term business planning, accounting, banking, record keeping, how to negotiate and navigate renting rooms for in-person work, working ethically & legally online, therapist considerations (burnout, support, leave, working hours). How to make it all work in practice.

Day 2:

Niche vs generalist, who is your ideal client?, Online presence and offline presence, networking, reasons why you may not have enough clients and what to do, resources and Q&A. We will spend some time today critiquing practitioner websites and understanding what works well and what doesn’t.

Provided:

Slides as PDF for both days, handout for seasonal marketing, website checklist, 25+ documents pack (including: templates for all policies, procedures, contract, clinical will document you will need to get going with your practice), free no obligation 1:1 call with therapist friendly accountant (tba at a time to suit you).

Limited numbers:

This will be a small interactive course; numbers will be limited to a maximum of 12 to ensure time for interaction, Q & A and small group discussions for integration of learning.

Book your place at: https://buytickets.at/thepsychologystudio/1753895

Or email: melanie@thepsychology.studio

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Hosted by Melanie Phelps

TUTOR BIO: Melanie is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Hypnotherapist, Tutor and Supervisor. She has been in Private Practice full and / or part time since 2001 and successfully weathered the 2007/8 recession. Here she shares how to set up a successful practice with marketing techniques which work for our profession and passes on how to avoid