Hello ladies,

I have read the handbook and looked at the finances section, which mentions job hopping to improve your career and pay. I will admit I have not done this as I am struggling to know what I would like to do for a career.

I considered counselling and have invested in some training for counselling skills, and in the UK there is no legislation around counselling and psychotherapy - however paying jobs seem to want membership either the BACP or UKCP and their ethical guidelines state to put the client first.

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Reading here all your experiences and how abusers never change, I am wondering how I can enforce a boundary of refusing to work with manipulative clients or clients who reveal themselves to be abusers if I am supposed to put them first. I wanted to do relationship therapy, but the provider for this states I would have to do couples counselling, which we all are aware doesn't help and so is something I refuse to do.

I am wanting to level up and set boundaries in my life, yet I am getting the sense if I continue down this route I might be expected to not have them either because of where I work or because I am self-employed and need the money (the BACP states over 50% of its members are self-employed and make less than £10,000 a year). What are your thoughts on this?