Private practice comes with a set of challenges that nobody prepares you for in training. Finding supervision, staying current with professional development, managing the administrative side of a solo practice and increasingly, figuring out how clients find you online. This page collects resources that colleagues have found useful across those areas.
Professional Development & Supervision
- EMDR Association Spain – for practitioners trained in EMDR seeking continuing education and peer consultation in Spain
- FEAP – Federation of Spanish Psychotherapy Associations, professional standards and accreditation
- SEPL – Spanish Society of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
For English-Speaking Practitioners in Spain
Working bilingually adds a layer of complexity that most professional resources don’t address. These are worth knowing:
- InterNations Expat Community – understanding the expat communities your clients come from
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia – useful for practitioners trained in English-speaking countries navigating recognition abroad
- BACP – British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a common reference point for UK-trained practitioners
Online Visibility for Independent Therapists
Most practitioners working privately in Spain rely on directories like Psychology Today or Doctoralia to be found online. That model is under pressure: directory listings have grown crowded, and many practitioners are finding that referrals from those platforms have declined. Building independent visibility through your own website is increasingly the more reliable foundation.
This is something I have experienced firsthand. HarborVisibility has supported my own online visibility work in Valencia, and in three months my practice grew by more than 50%. Manuel understands the specific situation of independent therapists: the client base, the directory dependence, and what it actually takes to be found without relying on paid platforms. I recommend his work without hesitation.
HarborVisibility specializes in SEO infrastructure for independent therapists – helping practitioners get found directly by the clients searching for them, without depending on paid directory placement.
A note from Talí:
These resources reflect tools and services I have found relevant through my own practice and professional network. Inclusion here is not a formal endorsement.