24/09/2025
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐! ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐! ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด!
I wanted to share something that I learned recently on a call with my professional insurer.
A couple of months ago I went on a โtransformative retreatโ mainly aimed at therapists and by a leading player in the trauma industry. It was very expensive, but I justified the cost because mention this person to anybody in the industry and they will all have heard of them.
The retreat was actually some repackaged training, which I could have bought from them online for 10% of what they charged me. Worse though they opened up a whole jack-in-a-box of trauma, in a large number of the group, and just walked away.
Whatโs my point? Well, they have ignored all of our complaints, and all of our requests to find out what went wrong. So, I called my insurance company and asked what I can do if they are ignoring our requests for their insurance details. Thatโs when I discovered that insurance isnโt compulsory in the U.K. for therapists and counsellors. My first reaction was, "You cannot be serious!"
Imagine if you were in a car accident and the other driver wasn't insured.
Our minds are the most important part of us. I am shocked that anyone can tinker with them and we have no protection. In the UK anyone can do an online course for a couple of quid and set up in practice and they don't have to buy insurance to protect their clients. Iโm staggered and Iโm angry and I donโt know what to do with this information at the moment.
Please make sure that any therapy or workplace training, for mental health or otherwise, is delivered by a professional who is backed by a registered body, and who is responsible enough to purchase insurance. Please do this to protect the business and your employees. Seriously I am alarmed!
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ? ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ?
