The Palmeira Practice is a counselling and psychotherapy group Practice, run by therapists for therapists. We are a professional group of counsellors and psychotherapists working in Brighton & Hove and online.

The Practice is owned and operated by Brighton Therapy Partnership Ltd. As a group Practice we share resources and marketing and provide ongoing support to one another. We are a well-established Practice within Brighton and Hove, and have an excellent reputation for both the provision of therapy services and for supporting our members in their private practice.

Our room hire rates are competitive, and include many benefits that are beyond that of just consulting room hire.

You have a choice of two different types of membership with us: Standard membership for therapists who want to hire a consulting room with us, and Associate membership for therapists with their own therapy space or online practice.

April 2024 - We are NOT currently recruiting to our Associate Scheme; for the time being only applications for Standard Membership are being accepted.

All members benefit from:

  • Group marketing, SEO, social media and paid advertising on Google

  • A dedicated webpage and blog

  • Discounts of 25% on BTP workshops and ThEO CPD videos

  • A dedicated Practice Manager, who manages all client referrals and administration

  • An online referral system, so you can tell us what client spaces you have

  • The experience of our own dedicated marketing team

  • The flexibility of choosing to work with online clients

  • Client referrals through the Practice

We believe in commitment. At the Palmeira Practice we make a commitment to our therapists, through our referral system, our proactive marketing, our individual assistance with your web profile, and with our focus on trying to bring the best of what we have to offer to our Practitioners and to those members of the public who choose to use our services.

Please click here for further information about Standard Membership

Please click here for further information about Associate Membership 

Further info about membership benefits

Marketing

Being a member of the Palmeira Practice means you get the full advantage of our marketing support and guidance, primarily focused around digital marketing. Our marketing experts are steadily building our social media channels, and provides SEO guidance to ensure our website is well optimised for potential clients. A budget for PPC advertising is also provided to draw traffic into the site. While you will still need to have your own marketing in place, the benefits of group marketing will hugely increase your online visibility.

A web profile

Every counsellor and psychotherapist who joins The Palmeira Practice is provided with an online profile page, detailing your expertise and training to potential clients. This provides a hub for clients to read about you and the work you do, and provides somewhere for you to send your clients to find information. Consistently our practitioners’ online profile page on the Palmeira Practice website will rank higher than practitioners’ own websites on internet search engines such as Google; evidence that our marketing really works!

Demonstrate your expertise

You are provided with a blogging platform, allowing you to share your expertise with potential clients. We find that this helps clients understand more about your work, and also provides them with a sense of credibility, as you are able to demonstrate your knowledge before they choose to sign up for a session with you. Our counsellors often receive direct enquiries based on their articles and content*, and our analytic information shows us that therapists who write blog articles for the Practice website get more enquiries and client referrals as a result.

Your articles will also benefit from some editing from our SEO expert, as well as an outreach process to ensure it gets shared among the right groups.

We expect all therapists who are members of the Practice to have their own marketing in place and to be responsible for their own caseloads. However, if you are struggling with websites and directory entries then, in our experience, writing a blog for the Practice website can help you out-perform having a website of your own in giving you an online presence.

*Any blog posts that you submit to The Palmeira Practice will remain the intellectual property of the practice, and will remain active on our website even if you end your work with us.

More of your ideal clients

We match our clients with the best therapist for them to work with, but the same is true vice versa. The Palmeira Practice recognises that therapists have different areas of expertise. We currently have counsellors specialising in drug and alcohol issues, trauma-informed approaches, working with young people, couples therapists, and more.

We believe this diversity is what makes for a great group practice, and that we can use this within the Practice to bring clients to the most suitable counsellor for their needs (if applicable). This means you’re able to utilise your specific knowledge base with those clients that most need it.

How do I make an enquiry about joining?

If you would like an informal conversation or would like to join the Practice please contact our Practice Manager and Referrals Coordinator, or visit our individual pages for either our Standard or Associate member and complete the enquiry form you will find at the bottom of each page.

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Don’t take our word for it! Here’s what our Practitioners say:

“Joining the Palmeira Practice has been a very good move for me. I’ve felt really well supported throughout the process of setting up my private practice; from help with writing my profile to marketing advice and most significantly client referrals. The rooms are warm, inviting and nicely decorated and it feels like a friendly, well-managed and professional place to work”.

“From initial interest to first referral my experience at the Palmeira Practice has been smooth sailing. This is down to the proactive and helpful work of the team in creating a profile and making contact with clients. Any queries and questions I have ever had have always been answered really quickly and advice is easy to come by. The team are encouraging and supportive of your practice ensuring you receive appropriate referrals and marketing”.

“I have found the referrals system a great benefit to my practice and the rooms are furnished to high standard creating a professional atmosphere”.

“I would highly recommend working in the practice. The website and referral system has provided me with clients and these have worked out well. The therapy room i use is excellent and feels very containing and safe in which to work”.

“I have no regrets or qualms about joining the Palmeira Practice. From the excellent website and twitter presence I have received consistent referrals and my practice has grown exponentially. The rooms are beautiful and inviting, about which my clients feedback regularly and the support team at PP are professional and supportive. It was a great move. I am very happy”.

“I joined the practice 3 weeks ago and got my first client referral this week, which I am happy with. I am new to private practice so building up a client base is important to me. I chose to join for two main reasons: the reserve a slot scheme, and the membership scheme whereby funds are allocated to marketing, especially social media. I feel that this is am important aspect of getting clients in today's world. So far, so good!”