Dr. Tanya Poulaine and Dr. Mandy Vogel of Leipzig University Hospital for Children & Adolescents wrote a JCPP paper titled ‘Well‐being and COVID‐19‐related worries of German children and adolescents: A longitudinal study from pre‐COVID to the end of lockdown in Spring 2020’ (ACAMH) In April 2021, Jo Carlowe a freelance journalist (who specialises in psychology) conducted a podcast interview with ACAMH discussing the findings of the doctors and looking into their study of the

Pros and Cons of Private Health Insurance for Psychologists and CBT Therapists When deciding whether to register for private health insurance companies as a psychologist or CBT therapist practitioner there are a few things to consider. Different provider panels such as AXA, AVIVA, Bupa, WPA and Vitality vary somewhat in their criteria and arrangements when it comes to how they cover therapy. It is important to know and familiarize yourself with how they work, how they could

If you have just started as a private practitioner, you will probably be thinking about where you can get appropriate supervision for your work. It is not only essential to have supervision to maintain your registration and to offer the best possible service to your clients, but also to assist you in developing the skills needed to work in private practice including managing a business. No matter how experienced you are as a practitioner, you will benefit from private practic

There are a number of pressures on private psychologists and therapists that come from running your own business alongside doing the work of a therapist. Lucy Gregor a self-employed brand designer explains in her interview with Bustle that "Starting your own business is like a really long stress test and, once you're in the thick of it, you can't exactly just hop off the machine because you're tired". Lucy als