Psychologist or Psychotherapist (BPS/HCPC/UKCP/BACP) - Private Practice

Harley Therapy ,
London, Greater London
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Company Description Harley Therapy was founded in 2006, with the aim of connecting the public with experienced, dedicated practitioners driven to alleviate emotional difficulties and promote mental health. Our mission is to change people's lives for the better through psychological knowledge and talking therapies. Job Description An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-employed, consultant psychologist or psychotherapist to work in the private sector. Harley Therapy's vision and focus is on facilitating therapeutic practice. Harley Therapy achieves this by focusing on marketing/advertising, generating new referrals, providing administration support for new and existing clients and securing therapy rooms in desirable locations to enable you to do what you are best at - offering psychological therapy. As a consultant therapist, you are solely responsible for your practice and management of your caseload and as a qualified and competent practitioner you control and operate your practice in the best interests of your clients. You remain accountable for your clients; you must be an up-to-date member of an appropriate professional body and practising within their guidelines and codes; in receipt of regular supervision as required by that body, and appropriately insured. Qualifications Clients who contact Harley Therapy typically benefit from seeing practitioners with the following therapeutic and clinical skills: * You can offer a minimum of 10 hours * You are a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist registered with the BPS or HCPC. Or a Psychotherapist accredited with the BACP or UKCP * You have at least 5 years of clinical work offering psychological therapy to individuals and ideally couples. * You have experience of working in the NHS * You are competent in at least two psychological models one being CBT or third wave psychotherapy model. * You have experience of working with a wide range of clinical presenting difficulties of varying severity. * You are competent in assessing and treating severe psychological disorders, especially avoidant and borderline personality disorder. * You are able to engage with clients who present with anger issues, sexual difficulties (anxieties around sexual performance and erectile dysfunction), eating disorders and additive/impulsive behaviours, and histories of emotional, interpersonal and behavioural difficulties. * You have experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment. * You can formulate plans for psychological treatment and/or management of a client's presenting difficulties. Your formulations are grounded in theoretical and therapeutic models. You have the ability to reformulate and modify treatment options through continual engagement and assessment with the client. * You are able to set out and hold boundaries with clients including adhering to regular weekly sessions and a cancellation policy. * You should see the clinical importance and value of being loyal, hard working and committed to clients and to your professional development. * Although you have full autonomy of your clinical practice, you will work in a manner that presents both you & the group professionally at all times, and preserves Harley Therapy's reputation. Benefits: * You will benefit from being aligned with a well-known organisation committed to the profession. * You will gain from Harley Therapy's wealth of experience in the practice of psychology and psychotherapy in the private sector. * You will benefit from the in-house marketing, PR and advertising initiatives driven by Harley Therapy. * Harley Therapy strives to provide suitable client referrals and an appropriate clinical caseload in accordance to your hours of work and preferred ways of working. * You will not personally incur the debt of clients who DNA or the room cost when you're on annual leave. * You will benefit from an administrational service open 7 days a week, ensuring that new referrals can be made and existing clients can leave a message. * As an independent and qualified practitioner, you will work to your own therapeutic style and with your own supervision. The aim is to allow you to use your professional training and focus on what you believe is therapeutically best for your client in terms of treatment length, frequency and treatment modality. Additionally, by choosing your own supervision this enables you to take control over your own professional development. Note: Please do not apply if you intend to work simultaneously in private practice in Harley Street, the City or London Bridge either for yourself or for a similar organisation. Additional Information How to apply: If your experience meets the above criteria then please submit your CV (demonstrating the above requirements) and a recent PHOTO on this page. Click 'I'm Interested' and apply with resume ('Add Picture' & 'Upload your Resume'). If successful, within 3 weeks we will send you an information

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