Episode 16 - Nicola Currie

Episode 16 - Nicola Currie   Nicola is the owner of two businesses. For the last 16 years, she has been running a successful counselling private practice  (Counselling with Nicola) from her home in East Lothian, Scotland. A year ago, she set up another business where she trains and supports other counsellors to set up their private practice.  She delivers training to student counsellors who are about to qualify to support them in setting up their counselling service. She has delivered training at universities and also on online platforms. During the time she has been delivering these lectures and creating a training course which you can download and work through the training in their own time from her website.   In this episode we speak about collaboration over competition and how important it is.  She shares how she got into counselling and moving from supporting a charity to training to be a counsellor and her journey there and then moving into supporting other counsellors. We talk about moving from getting your hours to getting paid and some of the issues around that including issues that are very specific to women. Nicola shares how she her business has grown without social media and how little she relied on social media for a long time and how she’s now venturing out on social media with her new business.  We speak about social media and email marketing and the importance of it and lead magnets and getting people on to your email list and the mind monkeys that come with it.         Follow Nicola here to find out more about her work: Website: www.nicolacurrie.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/nicola_currie_counsellor   You can access 10% discount off any of Nicola’s training materials using the code PODCAST2024 from her website.        ——   Let's get you clients and get you paid.   This podcast is here to support you to take forward your business in mind - that is any business that supports peoples mental or emotional wellbeing.    Here's how to connect with me.....   Website: www.triciamurray.co.uk   Follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/businessinmind.triciamurray   Join my newsletter: https://tricia-murray.mykajabi.com/newsletter-subscription-business-mentoring   Get my free guide - 10 Easy Ways to Build Community for Your Business in Mind: https://tricia-murray.mykajabi.com/10-ways-to-build-community