After establishing a successful and sustainable practice, and becoming fully self-employed within 7-months of qualifying, I hope to use my learning and experience to support other therapists to reach their own goals in private practice too. 

 

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I believe as self-employed therapists we have unique identities, responsibilities and needs in the realm of entrepreneurship.

 

We have a duty of care to our clients, an important code of ethics to adhere to, and a responsibility to be ethical business owners. 

 

In response to this thinking I established, and continue to run, my own practice on an idea inspired by Carl Rogers considering 'the fully-functioning self-employed therapist'. I believe as self-employed practitioners we (and our businesses) are made of three key parts:

 

(Human) Practitioner - (Therapist) Practice - (Business Owner) Business 

 

and in order to be fully functioning in our unique field of self-employment, it is important to care for each part. 

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I believe that each element informs the other; works together to support our wellbeing and self-defined success as self-employed practitioners; and in turn, supports how we show up for our clients at the centre of this process.

 Visually, this 'HTBO' concept looks like:​

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 As a qualified and practicing therapist, careers coach, and business owner, I will use the HTBO concept to inform our work together and to support you to reach your business goals in private practice. I aim for this to be something like a bridge between supervision and business coaching, an open and collaborative space to support you on this important journey, with consideration and appreciation for all parts of you as a private practice owner.