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Freelance Counselling and Psychotherapy

Competition and Collaboration

• Edited by Jean Clark

• Price: $27.95
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 224
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 7th February 2002
• ISBN: 978-0-415-23725-3

About the Book

There are far more qualified counsellors and therapists than there are salaried posts, so many recently qualified practitioners face the challenges of working freelance. Freelance Counselling and Psychotherapy is an excellent guide on surviving and flourishing in a highly challenging field. Written by practitioners with extensive experience of the practical and emotional aspects of working independently, it covers the range of issues and choices which confront newly qualified practitioners, for example:
* Regulation, registration and accreditation
* Supervision
* Financial issues in freelance therapy
* The dynamics of competition and collaboration
This highly readable book provides an 'insider's' view of the field, and will be essential reading for trainers, established practitioners and newly qualified therapists alike.

Table of Contents

The Development and Growth of Freelance Counselling and Psychotherapy. The Internal Dynamics of Working Freelance. Starting in Private Practice. Regulation, Registration and Accreditation. Some Issues. Sorting out Supervision. The Unspoken Relationship. Financial Dynamics in Freelance Therapy. The Loneliness and Freedoms of Change. A Therapist in the Family. Personal and Professional Development. The Early Years. Experiences of Recently Qualified Counsellors. Working in Primary Care. Working with Employee Assistance Programmes. Working from Home - A Psychotherapist With Long Term Clients.