{"id":8497,"date":"2016-05-02T23:34:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T05:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/?p=8497"},"modified":"2019-08-04T02:17:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T08:17:15","slug":"how-much-do-practitioners-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/how-much-do-practitioners-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Do Practitioners Charge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days, one of the most common questions I get asked by practitioners is how much they should be charging for client sessions.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m revisiting a survey we conducted which asked 334 therapy practitioners about the costs involved in running their business and how much they charge for a session. You can\u00a0see the infographic with the results below.<\/p>\n<p>And because a lot of practitioners find charging difficult,\u00a0I&#8217;d like to ask you the same question now, so we can get a discussion going in the comments below, and hopefully help each other navigate the minefield that is charging for therapy services.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know in the comments below how you deal with charging, and enjoy the infographic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Therapy-Cost-Infographic.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Therapy-Cost-Infographic.png\" alt=\"Therapy Cost Infographic\" width=\"600\" height=\"3433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>To display this on your website, copy and paste the code in the box below<\/h3>\n<p><textarea cols=\"70\" rows=\"5\">&lt;a href=&#8221;http:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/how-much-do-practitioners-charge&#8221;&gt; &lt;img src=&#8221;\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Therapy-Cost-Infographic.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;The Cost of Being A Therapy Practitoner&#8221; border=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221;\/&gt; &lt;\/a&gt;<\/textarea><\/p>\n<div class='essb-ctt essb-ctt-modern' onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=How+much+practitioners+around+the+world+charge+%28infographic%29&amp;via=marktyrell&amp;related=marktyrell&amp;url=https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/how-much-do-practitioners-charge\/', 'essb_share_window', 'height=300,width=500,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes');\">\r\n    \t\t\t<span class='essb-ctt-quote'>\r\n    \t\t\tHow much practitioners around the world charge (infographic)\r\n    \t\t\t<\/span>\r\n    \t\t\t<span class='essb-ctt-button'><span>Click to Tweet<\/span><i class='essb_svg_icon_twitter'><svg class=\"essb-svg-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M28.75 9.5c0 0.25 0 0.563 0 0.813 0 8.688-6.625 18.688-18.688 18.688-3.688 0-7.188-1.063-10.063-2.938 0.5 0.063 1.063 0.063 1.563 0.063 3.063 0 5.938-1 8.188-2.813-2.875 0-5.313-1.938-6.188-4.563 0.438 0.125 0.813 0.125 1.25 0.125 0.625 0 1.188-0.063 1.75-0.188-3-0.625-5.25-3.313-5.25-6.438 0-0.063 0-0.063 0-0.125 0.875 0.5 1.875 0.813 2.938 0.813-1.75-1.125-2.938-3.188-2.938-5.438 0-1.188 0.375-2.313 0.938-3.313 3.188 4 8.063 6.625 13.5 6.875-0.125-0.5-0.188-1-0.188-1.5 0-3.625 2.938-6.563 6.563-6.563 1.938 0 3.625 0.813 4.813 2.063 1.5-0.313 2.938-0.813 4.188-1.563-0.5 1.5-1.563 2.813-2.875 3.625 1.313-0.188 2.563-0.5 3.75-1.063-0.875 1.313-2 2.5-3.25 3.438z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i>\r\n    \t\t<\/div>\n<p>A therapist\u00a0I trained with once charged \u00a3250,000 for a hypnotherapy session with a famous sportsman. 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That&#8217;s why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/how-to-make-more-money-as-a-therapist-and-help-people-more\/\">my colleague Roger Elliott wrote this article<\/a>, which unpicks the psychological process around charging for therapy or counselling services, to help free you from this guilt.<\/p>\n<p>So, do you find setting your prices difficult?<\/p>\n<p>And how much do you charge for a session and why?<\/p>\n<p>There are quite a few different methods of charging, which affect the cost of therapy, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A set session fee<\/li>\n<li>Different amounts for different types of session<\/li>\n<li>A free first session<\/li>\n<li>A more expensive first session with cheaper later ones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell us in the comments below how you deal with charging, and let&#8217;s\u00a0get the discussion started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much do you charge for a therapy session? Do you find it difficult to decide? 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