NHS Opportunity: Psychotherapist

Psychotherapist Current Vacancies

2006-11-27:

Psychotherapists use a variety of talking therapies and psychological treatments as opposed to drug or physical interventions to alleviate distress, explore emotional problems, analyse past experiences and develop coping strategies through a collaborative relationship between the practitioner and client.

Theoretical approaches are broadly centred on combinations, variations and extensions of core models, which include:

psychodynamic - based on childhood experiences, dreams, the unconscious and the dynamics of the client-therapist relationship - cognitive - based on questioning and changing self-deprecating thoughts and habitual responses
Psychotherapists also deliver training to non-therapeutic groups like social workers.

The skills, approach and theoretical understanding of fully-trained psychotherapists overlaps considerably with that of counsellors.

Most psychotherapists work during normal office hours of 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Part-time work is possible.

Psychotherapists work with clients on a one-to-one basis or with larger groups such as couples or families.

Some psychotherapists become self-employed and set up independently in private practice.

working in a range of different specialisms - working in a mental health setting like a hospital.
working with private clients that wish to make changes in their lives training professionals.

Many psychotherapists charge between 40 and 70 a session depending on the circumstances of their clients
A trainee psychotherapist working in the NHS can earn between 19,000 and 23,000 a year. (Permalink)