The Four Pillars model for Private Psychology (and allied health) practices provides a road map for managing business and clinical needs in your private practice.

We start with focussing on the client and how to establish evidence-based practice by implementing measurement-based care or routine outcome measurement. The second pillar turns to the therapist or clinician where we explain how to implement a continuing professional development program that improves client outcomes but also clinician job satisfaction and retention. The third pillar looks at how to use outcome data to help clinicians adjust their approach to a client by taking into account the client’s feedback and how to implement strategies that deliver continuous improvement in your performance as a clinician across therapy modalities. The fourth pillar is the business pillar which examines the way in which clinical governance and business KPIs can manage financial risk and create safety and improvement in growth, sustainability and profitability of your business.

The other four concepts across the top of the pillars: Innovation, Strategy, Leadership and Culture are intertwined in all of the four pillars and operate as levers for ongoing professional and/or business growth and help you to bring your administrative team and other clinicians along the journey with you as practice director.