MBS Psychology

www.mbspsychology.com.au

1. Tell us about your business

MBS Psychology provides a wide range of interpersonal Counselling, Psychological, Hypnotherapy and Support services for mental health issues such as Stress, Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Anger, Grief, Phobias, Smoking, Weight Loss, Eating Disorders, Mental Illness, Relationship issues and much more. We deliver a professional, caring counselling service for adults and adolescents. All counselling is carried out by fully qualified psychologists in comfortable counselling rooms.

2. When and why did you start your business?

MBS Psychology was started in July 2009 to enable us to offer a highly personalised psychology counselling service to people living in the Melbourne suburbs, particularly Malvern East, Chadstone, Oakleigh, Mount Waverley, Ashwood, Glen Iris, Murrumbeena, Carnegie and surrounding suburbs.

3. On a personal level, what have you achieved with your business?

Starting from scratch, we have now serviced a large number of clients from all over Melbourne, and we have established a relationship with many GP's in nearby suburbs and beyond who refer clients to us. As a result of this we have been able to help many people with a wide range of personal problems including depression, anxiety, stress, eating disorders, smoking, drinking and many other issues.

4. What are some of the challenges you’ve faced in growing your business?

Establishing a new business name in a new area, especially with the local GP's who are always pressed for time and flooded with marketing material.

5. What activities have been successful in promoting your business?

Direct mail outs to GP's; Listing in directories such as Shopseek; Careful use of Google Adwords with a limited budget.

6. What activities were less successful for marketing your business?

A 3 month listing in Coffee News did not produce any results for us.

7. Name your favourite thing about your business

Being able to help people in real need.

8. Who or what other businesses or business people inspire you?

Anyone who has successfully launched a new business!

9. What are your plans for the future of your business?

To progressively grow the business in a way that best supports people looking for a quality psychology, counselling and hypnotherapy service.

10. Share your best business tip with our readers.

Don't expect overnight miracles when you first start out. Manage your expenses carefully. And be prepared to persevere even if things are tough in the first year.

Visit us at: www.mbspsychology.com.au