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Are you a counsellor or psychotherapist looking to set up in private practice but unsure where to start? It can seem like a complex and even daunting prospect, especially if you’ve never been self-employed before.
There are so many questions to consider:
- how do I find clients?
- how much do I charge?
- what does becoming self-employed mean?
- what are my legal obligations?
- how do I practice safely?
Providing practical information
As part of our commitment to supporting the community of private practitioners, the Marple Cross Centre will soon be publishing a series of practical and informative articles by local Portsmouth and Southsea accountant Nigel Strutt on the financial aspects of setting up in private practice as a self-employed therapist.He’ll be tackling some of the most frequently-asked questions, including:
- what can you claim in expenses?
- what financial records do you need to keep?
- who do you need to register with?
We’ll also be inviting a solicitor with extensive experience in the field of counselling and psychotherapy to write a series of articles on the legal obligations we face as self-employed therapists.
More details of forthcoming articles on these and other topics to do with going into private practice to follow soon!
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Very, very, very good stuff!
I hope that other non-MCC therapists might also find this information useful – and perhaps add to discussions/questions in these comment sections.
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Thanks, that’s the plan – we want to encourage people to see MCC as a resource, whether they’re clients, potential clients, therapists etc, and also whether they’re registered with us or not. I agree with you that we want people to comment, pose questions (and solutions!) and add to the pool of knowledge.
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