The Business of Psychology

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/

The highlights

Yvonne tells us what sparked her interest in psychology 01:13
Yvonne talks about why she thinks she took decisions to try and seek out insight and meaningful activity post trauma 04:40
We discuss EMDR training 18:00
Yvonne tells us how her psychology career evolved 22:38
Yvonne talks about her move to private practice 38:15
I ask Yvonne about her book 44:42
Yvonne tell us where we can connect with her 55:30

Thank you so much for listening to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to subscribe, rate and review the show. It helps more mental health professionals just like you to find us, and it also means a lot to me personally when I read the reviews. Thank you in advance and we'll see you next week for another episode of practical strategy and inspiration to move your independent practice forward.

Psychology Business School: Start & Grow and Coaching

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice.

For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible.

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Mentioned in this episode:

Psychology Business School

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/ For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Coping With Breast Cancer Author and Clinical Psychologist Dr Sarah Swan

60 MIN

JAN 26, 2024

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 available at The Business of Psychology

Links for Sarah:

Website: swanconsultancy.co.uk

LinkedIn: Dr Sarah Swan

Facebook: @swanconsultancy

Book:

Coping With Breast Cancer: How To Navigate The Emotional Impact Throughout Your Journey - Dr Sarah Swan www.sequoia-books.com/catalog/swan/

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Rosie on Instagram:

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The highlights

I ask Sarah about her independent work; if she find it fulfilling and what it looks like 00:39
Sarah talks about her decision to leave the NHS, and her breast cancer diagnosis shortly after 06:40
I ask Sarah about the best bots of independent practice 12:42
Sarah talks about the inspiration to write her book 15:05
Sarah tells us about the challenges along the way 18:11
Sarah tells us about the most joyful part of the book writing experience 23:54
Sarah talks about the challenge of sharing something very personal in a book 26:27
I ask Sarah about her hopes for the book 28:33
Sarah gives us her advice for independent mental health professionals writing their first book 30:43

Thank you so much for listening to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to subscribe, rate and review the show. It helps more mental health professionals just like you to find us, and it also means a lot to me personally when I read the reviews. Thank you in advance and we'll see you next week for another episode of practical strategy and inspiration to move your independent practice forward.

Psychology Business School: Start & Grow and Coaching

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice.

For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible.

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Mentioned in this episode:

Psychology Business School

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/ For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Dr Jo Mueller, The Guilty Parent Club

36 MIN

JAN 12, 2024

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: @drjothepsychologist

LinkedIn: Dr Jo Mueller

Refs:

Episode 112: CBT for menopause: How Simona Stokes is using her expertise to change lives

Rosie on Instagram:

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/

The highlights

I ask Jo to tell us about her background and how she started as a psychologist 00:39
Jo talks about her move into private practice 03:28
Jo takes us through the challenges she faced starting an online practice 07:55
I ask Jo what drew her to creating groups and online products and the first steps she took 10:14
Jo explains how she found parents for the first cohort 19:30
Jo tells us the most rewarding thing about running The Guilty Parent Club 24:34
Jo talks about unexpected challenges she’s faced 26:02
Jo tells us where she found support for her work 33:48

Thank you so much for listening to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to subscribe, rate and review the show. It helps more mental health professionals just like you to find us, and it also means a lot to me personally when I read the reviews. Thank you in advance and we'll see you next week for another episode of practical strategy and inspiration to move your independent practice forward.

Psychology Business School: Start & Grow and Coaching

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice.

For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible.

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Mentioned in this episode:

Psychology Business School

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/ For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Autistic Burnout with Dr Alice Nicholls

41 MIN

JAN 5, 2024

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 it well.

Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology

Links for Alice:

Website: www.dralicenicholls.com

Rosie on Instagram:

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/

The highlights

Alice tells us about who she is and who she helps 00:48
Alice talks about the challenges in the early part of her career 01:46
Alice talks about starting in private practice and her autism diagnosis 15:00
Alice talks about the success of her blog and starting a membership 27:42
I ask Alice is she thinks we are getting better at understanding and treating autistic people 40:57

Thank you so much for listening to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to subscribe, rate and review the show. It helps more mental health professionals just like you to find us, and it also means a lot to me personally when I read the reviews. Thank you in advance and we'll see you next week for another episode of practical strategy and inspiration to move your independent practice forward.

Psychology Business School: Start & Grow and Coaching

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice.

For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible.

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Mentioned in this episode:

Psychology Business School

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/ For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Leadership in your Psychology Practice

52 MIN

DEC 29, 2023

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 pursuit of finding more fulfilment.

And that is leadership.

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 or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice.

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/

For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible.

https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/

Links & References:

Episode 53: Case Management: A creative and flexible way to work for psychologists with Dr Shabnam Berry-Khan

Episode 61: Turning a practice into a service with Dr Melanie Lee

Episode 129: How to make sure your marketing actually works: How to use authority for psychologists and therapists

Rosie on Instagram:

Ways in which we need to lead

Growing your practice with associates or another model can allow you to do bigger, more impactful things like research, writing, training, working with organisations, the list goes on. But one thing I have realised is that if you are thinking of growing your practice beyond just you in a room then you are stepping into a leadership role, that might involve management of a team but it might not. As management doesn't come naturally to me at all I have done a lot of reflecting about what is really required to lead a successful practice to growth. I've also had the privilege of coaching many very successful psychologists who have grown very large practices and I've noticed some commonalities between them.

In this episode, I'm going to share the types of leadership we need to show if we seriously want to grow our practice, whether that is into the online information space through online courses or by expanding the team and becoming an associate practice or larger service.

Visionary leadership

Growth can't happen by accident because when it does chaos ensues! We need to provide the vision for the future of the practice so that anyone who joins us in a support role or as a clinical team member knows what we are expecting from them and what they should prioritise. Being clear on your vision means knowing what you want to be known for. What is your specialism, angle or message that makes you different from the other psychology services out there. Are you a service that works with a group that are normally ignored? Or are you a service that offers a deeper level of intervention than typically offered? A leader needs to be able to communicate the vision and purpose of the business succinctly so don't neglect the big picture.

Thought leadership

Authority-building content that says what you think and is backed up by evidence. Once you know what you want to be known for you have to prove your expertise. In the last season we covered a lot of things you can do to build authority so please go back to that episode for the how to but I want to be clear here that with growth comes the need for thought leadership. Can your practice invest some time in research or developing a unique framework that contributes to your specialist field? Not only will this bring you professional fulfilment but it gives people a reason to choose and trust your business.

Team management

Leadership is about creating a vision and getting everyone on board with it. Management is about willingness to coach people up to the standard you want/expect, setting targets and holding people accountable to them, managing the finances of the business so you can invest in developing your team, understanding that you need to do these things even if you hire freelancers. Making tough decisions that might be unpopular so you can create the vision for your practice.

Leading and managing associates

Something I have noticed from the most successful associate practices, including some where I have interviewed the business owners on here, like Melanie Lee and Shabnam Berry-Kahn, is that they recruit associates as if they were employees. They look for people who are excited to commit to the vision they have and they induct them into the culture of the team with formal training on systems and processes (often led by a good VA or practice manager). They also provide opportunities for supervision and professional development. I think this is essential if you are growing with associates. It will always be true that a clinician could earn more per session if they strike out on their own so there has to be a compelling reason to work with your practice instead. A strong sense of purpose and community and co-worker relationships can be worth more than simply the promise of marketing and admin. The commitment you get through fostering purpose and community is what you need to have the stability to go for bigger contracts and grow the practice.

As we go through this series of the Business of Psychology you are going to hear inspiring stories from people who have leaned into their roles as leaders in our field. I hope you find it helpful and thought-provoking. Please do come and find me on instagram @rosiegilderthorp to let me know what you thought of this episode and what else you would like to hear about.

Mentioned in this episode:

Psychology Business School

Is this the year that you take your private practice seriously? Maybe you are just starting out or perhaps you want to grow your practice with a team or passive income. Whatever stage you are at, I would love to support you. For new practices, I have our group coaching programme, Start and Grow where you will find all the support, resources and knowledge you need to create an impactful and rewarding practice. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/psychology-business-school/ For more established practices come and take a look at my coaching for growth packages. I have a couple of spots left for individual coaching so let me help you get 2024 off to the best start possible. https://psychologybusinessschool.com/1-to-1-coaching-for-mental-health-professionals/