Suggested reading list
A number of books and articles to help, inspire and inform you when seeking to improve your practice. Each book reference has a link to Amazon where you can buy it.
If you are looking for reading material to help you grow your complementary health practice, we would humbly suggest you start with our very own book on that very subject, which we think is very well written!
The Seven Pillars of a Painless Practice 
James Butler and Celia Champion, Painless Ltd, ISBN 9780957014206.
In that book, we also recommend these texts which have proved of value either to ourselves or clients over the years:
Practice development texts
CJ Hayden, Amacom, ISBN 9780814473740
Getting Business to Come to You
Paul & Sarah Edwards & Laura Clampitt Douglas, Jeremy P Tarcher, ISBN 087477845X
Stacey Hall and Jan Brogniez, Berrett-Koehler, ISBN 9781576751244
Business Development Handbook: Creating Osteopathic Value
James Butler and Michael Watson, British Osteopathic Association, (no ISBN)
(This book is available free to BOA members. Please call 01582 488455.)
Running a Successful Homeopathic Practice
James Butler and Sarah Whittaker, The Society of Homeopaths, (no ISBN)
(This booklet is available free to members of the Society of Homeopaths. Please call 01604 817890.)
Business Books
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work….
Michael E Gerber, Harper Collins, ISBN 0887307280
Jan Carlzon, Harper Collins, ISBN 0060915803
Starting a Business for Dummies
Colin Barrow, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 9780470978108
Gerard Burke, Liz Clarke, Paul Barrow and David Molian, Routledge, ISBN 0415405181
General texts
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R Covey, Simon & Schuster Ltd, ISBN 9780684858395
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