Setting Up and Maintaining an Effective Private Practice

Philippa Weitz is a qualified teacher and psychological counsellor (MSc in Psychological Counselling from the University of Surrey, Roehampton) with twenty-five years of private practice and primary care experience, as well as training and mentoring within mental health. She is currently Commissioning Editor for the UKCP Book Series, Managing Director of Philippa Weitz Training Ltd. and co-founder of the London Online Therapy Centre. She was Executive Director and co-founder of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Forum for Primary Care. She was also Head of The Conference Unit (Mental Health Sciences) at St George's Hospital Medical from 1990-1997 and subsequently director of Mole Conferences.

'Counsellors and psychotherapists thinking about working privately or providing services independently to the NHS will be greatly helped by this short book. It deals with both the professional practice and the business issues clearly and simply, and will enable people to start up their practice with a new confidence.'- Professor Douglas Hooper, Chair of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Forum for Primary Care; Clinical and counselling psychologist'This book is essential reading for every therapeutic practitioner setting up in private practice. It provides practical and sensible advice clearly presented. No self-employed therapist should be without it!'- Joan Foster, Chair of the National Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Primary Care

• Introduction , Checking Your Motivation for Setting up a Private Practice , Some Initial Words of Advice , How to use this Book , Marketing , Setting up the structure of the business , The practicalities of running the business , Specific issues for a counselling business , Working self-employed within the NHS , Useful organisations , Profit and Loss forecasts , How to set up your accounts , Employee confidentiality agreement , Client information assessment form , Client details and agreement form , Job application form