Is Private Practice Right For You?
There's no shortage of advice on how to set up in private practice. Insurance, fees, websites, directories, niches.
But all of it assumes you've already answered the bigger question underneath:
Is private practice actually right for you?
Not in theory. Not because other therapists are doing it. Not because you're exhausted in your current role. But for your life, your values, your capacity and your stage right now.
This isn't a workshop about how to do private practice. It's about whether to — an hour to slow the question down, look at it properly, and stop circling it in your head.
You'll leave with one of three answers, and all of them are useful:
Yes, I want to explore this properly. Not yet, but I know what I need to put in place first. No, this isn't the right path for me right now.
You don't need a business idea. You don't need to know your niche. You can arrive completely undecided — in fact, that's exactly the right place to begin.
Want to know more about this masterclass?
In this hour we'll cover
The pull towards private practice — what's really drawing you. A genuine pull towards autonomy and building something of your own, or an understandable wish to escape pressure and burnout? Both matter, but they lead to different decisions.
The CLEAR framework — a simple way to weigh the decision across the things that matter most: Capacity, Lifestyle, Earnings, Autonomy and Readiness — instead of relying on a gut feeling that changes week to week.
The honest pros, cons and myths — no rose-tinted fantasy, no doom. Just what private practice can offer, what it asks of you, and what's often misunderstood.
Questions to sit with — reflective prompts to help you keep thinking clearly afterwards, and a pressure-free sense of your next step.
You'll also get free guides and resources to support you afterwards.
Workshop host
About Sarah Rees
Sarah Rees is a CBT therapist, author of A Therapist's Guide to Private Practice, and founder of Therapists Corner on Substack. She has spent 15 years building a self-funding private practice and now supports therapists to create values-led, sustainable businesses of their own.
One honest hour. Yes, not yet, or not for me.
Come and find your answer.
20th July · 6pm · £9.97 (recording £47 afterwards)