The Business of Psychology

Neurodivergence: Having the big conversations and living your values with Dr Naomi Fisher Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today we're joined by a guest I recommend often. When I'm talking to clients and other parents, I very frequently find myself recommending her books and accessible webinars on supporting children who are struggling through alternative education and reducing deman...

Consultancy and systemic change in private practice with Dr Laura Bennet Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today I'm joined by Dr Laura Bennett, a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience supporting children, young people, and their families through some of life's most complex challenges. Since qualifying in 2009, Laura has worked across a range of NHS services, before f...

Smartphone activism as a psychologist in private practice with Dr Erin Carroll Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. One of the biggest fears I hear from psychologists and therapists leaving the NHS for independent practice is that they'll lose their connection to the bigger picture, to public health, and that they'll spend all their time working in a silo, working one-to-one, and lose th...

Why every therapist needs to use social media to improve their SEO Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today I am changing my tune! I have decided to go back on some of the advice that I have given over the years about social media and the importance of it to the average private practice. I hope that this will be a really helpful episode for you if you are somebody who is feeling the so...

How to be a psychologist in the media (amongst other things) with Dr Carolyne Keenan Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'm really pleased to be bringing you an interview with Dr Carolyne Keenan. You might have heard Carolyne's name if you listen to BBC Radio 1. She makes a big impact with her media work. But the reason I'm really interested to talk to Carolyne is that she shows how it...

The four financial numbers you need to understand in your practice to do your best work I want to talk about the 4 financial pillars that you need to be familiar with in your practice, because as this tax year comes to an end and the new one begins, you might be looking at your numbers and thinking how did that happen? Maybe you got a tax bill that's bigger than you were expecting. Maybe you are g...

Practice Reboot: The new series of Business of Psychology! Hello and welcome to the Business of Psychology. I am Dr Rosie Gilderthorp, a clinical psychologist and business coach, and we are back for another series where we're going to be diving into all the different ways that private practice can look for psychologists and therapists in 2026. I've got some fascinating interviews from psychologist...

What happened when I stopped seeing clients for therapy? How to evolve a business in adversity  Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today is a bit of a different episode for me because I wanted to be honest with you about some decisions that I've made recently that are really personal, but that resonate a lot with decisions that I help some of my coaching clients to make, because i...

What's going wrong with social media?  Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. I have been wanting to make a podcast for a while about the reasons that I've stepped back a little bit in my use of social media and the changes that I've made and that I've encouraged my clients in my coaching programs to make in the way that we view it and the way that we use it. Because I'm aware that fo...

Is it time for you to evolve and thrive? Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. This episode is all about that stuck on the fence feeling that I think is so familiar to so many of us. That feeling when you know that something needs to change, but you are not sure whether now is the right time to make that change. Full show notes for this episode are available at The Business of Psychology...

Carving out an unknown specialism: Sports and Exercise Psychology with Paula Watson Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'm really pleased to be welcoming my guest today, Dr Paula Watson, who is an applied sports and exercise psychologist specialising in health behavior change relating to eating, exercise, and weight. Paula spent 18 years in academia including working at Liverpool John...

The most critical feedback from our retreat and what we've learned about running events with Dr Claire Plumbly Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'm really pleased to be here today with friend of the podcast, Dr Claire Plumley. Claire's been on the podcast a few times now, sometimes talking about her experience of working in burnout and writing an amazing book about it. Sometimes we'v...

Fulfilment through writing together on Substack with Clare Venus Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. This week I'm joined by Clare Venus, who is a wonderful creator over on Substack, and who also teaches other people how to Substack well. I'm really excited to bring you this chat, because in it we talk about why you might want to choose Substack, and why it might be a good home for psyc...

The most valuable lesson from Evolve and Thrive: The real reason psychologists and therapists burnout and procrastinate Hello and welcome to another episode of The Business of Psychology podcast. Today you've just got me, it's a solo show and it's going to be a short and sweet one. Full show notes for this episode are available at The Business of Psychology Links for Rosie: Substack: substack.com/...

Stop spending money on social media: The biggest mistake private practice owners are making in digital marketing Hello and welcome to the Business of Psychology Podcast. This series is all about what we can do when we have that tugging feeling that our practice needs to change, but we're not quite sure what to do about it.  Full show notes for this episode are available at The Business of Psy...

Evolve and Thrive: Starting before you're ready - the Supervisor Platform with Natalie Stott Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today I'm joined by clinical psychologist in independent practice, and founder of a fancy new supervision platform, Dr Natalie Stott. I'm really excited to have her here today because we’re going to talk about the journey of putting something innovative out th...

Is it time to Evolve? Welcome to the new series of Business of Psychology!  It's Autumn, so it must be time for a new series of the Business of Psychology. I'm really pleased to be back behind the mic, and this time I'm going to be sharing my thoughts on the changes that are happening in mental health and the inspiring stories of psychologists and therapists finding fulfilment in new and exciting...

Set Up For Success 6: The bad news that broke my practice “I’ve got some bad news…” Every military spouse knows that at a certain time of year your partner returning from work and uttering this phrase can only mean one thing… You’ve been posted to hell. This time I was at the end of 38 weeks of solo parenting a toddler through a rough pregnancy thanks to a “surprise” deployment and had just been t...

Set Up For Success 5: Your website doesn’t work because it was written for your peers not your clients Most of our websites receive very little “traffic” and many of our directory site profiles get scrolled past evey. single. time. We all know there are weird algorithms and AI at play in the online game BUT the truth is some people manage to get people onto their website or directory site profile...

Set Up For Success 4: Beyond the Scroll: How to Get Your First Private Practice Clients (Without Endless Social Media) If you’ve been spending any time in the online business world, you've probably been bombarded with ads telling you to master Instagram, run Google ads, or become a TikTok sensation. And while those can be part of a strategy, I'm here to tell you something that might surprise you:...

Set Up For Success 3: Don’t be a bad boss (to yourself) Ping… the dread came quickly. Somewhere in my mind I knew I had missed something vital in one of the 15,000 school emails that heralded the beginning of term. Sure enough, I had missed something critical. A school trip…tomorrow.  One of my kids can only go on school trips if I am there to give a helping hand and a reassuring bolster for...

Set Up For Success 2: Work-life balance, can any psychologist achieve it? “How much are you paying yourself this month?”  I probably shouldn’t have wanted to throw the lamp at him when my husband asked me that but in all honestly anything not tied down was at risk on that evening. It seemed so unfair, I’d worked so hard, so many hours in front of clients, in excel spreadsheets, manually typin...

Set Up For Success 1: 3 things your imposter syndrome tells you to do that you should ignore  Want to know a dirty secret? The thing most psychologists and therapists in independent practice fear the most isn’t bankruptcy, being sued or letting their clients down. It’s each other. “Peer Fear” is a term many of my coaching clients have used to describe the paralysing terror of snide comments a...

Building a diverse and successful associate practice in 2025 with Dr Esther Cole Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today I'm joined by Dr Esther Cole, the clinical director and founder of Lifespan Psychology, which is a proudly diverse and thriving associate practice. She's here today to talk to us about what it takes to build a thriving associate practice, particularly in the more ch...

Permission to be human: How to be a parent and a psychologist with Dr Jade Redfern Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today I'm joined by Dr Jade Redfern, a clinical psychologist who specialises in supporting parents. With experience in both the NHS and a busy private practice, she's now the founder of the Permission to be Human group for psychologist parents, and is passionate about h...