Marketing

I have not been neglecting you all on purpose this week. All my time is invested in marketing right now. Marketing to  a lot of therapists this is a dirty work. Although many of us want to work in private practice, almost none of us are thought during our training how to do it.  Our work is important and can make a difference in the lives op people and yet we are afraid to market ourselves as good therapists.

I have chosen a different path. I have first made sure that I have all the knowledge about my job that I could gather and that I have worked with enough clients to know what I am doing and that I love my job. Now I am embracing marketing. It is fun to search the internet for oppertunities and to learn new skills. I am going to make sure that I am going to be as good at this as I am at my day-time job. :)

You know when you "hire" a therapist you don't only pay for the hour they spend with you each time. But a dedicated therapist spends her life learning and staying up to date. Being curious about all new things that come on her path. If you bring something new, she will embrace it and make it her own. And all that for a pretty fair price. Try it one day.

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How to make people shine

I found this pic online so it is not one of my photo's. See original here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/weddingsinkent/

Bijschrift toevoegen

During a recent short trip to the Dover area on the Kent coast I came across a lovely place. The tea room in the old chapel in St. Margareth's at Cliffe a few miles outside of Dover. This is one of he lovely small villages you find all over Britain, and as the weather was not too good pouring down rain and windy we decided we were badly in need of a cup of tea and some cake.

We soon found a tea room in an old chapel and the idea of having tea here appealed to us. The setting was lovely and as it was not busy we could sit were we wanted. And very friendly staff greeted us. It was apparant straight away that the staff was not like you see in most restaurants. This was a project to help people with learning dissabilites get skills and job experience.
 
The service was excellent, fast, very friendly. While we were sipping our tea and eating heavenly lemon cake, I could not help observe them work. Seeing one of the girls go to a boy and telling him how well he had done this morning just warmed my heart. Our society is so quick to exclude people who are somehow 'different.' A project like this makes them shine and shows to the world that they CAN do jobs just like everybody else, they are not so different. It is we who judge and put people in boxes. Let's start more projects like this, and bosses take a chance on hiring someone whom you think is different. You might be very pleasantly surprised.

Happy and Healthy new year

Happy new year to you all! I hope everybody had a good new year's eve surrounding by loved ones.

And have you made any new year's resolutions? Mine are a short list so I know that I have a chance of keeping them. Chief amongst that is looking out for myself and giving me chances of growth.

If want you want includes counselling please do not hesitate to chat with me and see if I can give you some advice on how to go about it.