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American Counseling Association Survey: Should Counselors Be in Private Practice?
In this article, we review findings from the American Counseling Association's (ACA) latest Counseling Workforce Survey, discuss the financial challenges counselors face, and explore the potential for improved earnings and work-life balance through private practice.
The Outcome-Driven Practice: Enhancing Income, Growth and Client Satisfaction
In this episode, Kelly Higdon discusses the transformative power of outcome-driven practices in private practice with valuable insights for enhancing client satisfaction, referrals, and therapist well-being.
Starting a Private Practice Wrap Up: Reflections and the Future of Your Practice
Join Kelly and Miranda as they reflect on season one of "Starting a Private Practice” podcast, share final insights, and explore what’s next.
Honoring Yourself in Private Practice with Pamela
Discover how Pamela found balance, growth, and fulfillment by prioritizing herself and honoring her values in this episode!
Creating a Sustainable Schedule in Private Practice
Learn how to take control of your schedule to make your private practice dreams become a reality with Private Practice Experts Kelly Higdon and Miranda Palmer!
3 Ways to Defeat Imposter Syndrome as a Therapist
Struggling with imposter syndrome is normal, but you don’t have to stay stuck. Here are three ways you can defeat imposter syndrome as a therapist!
Self-Discovery and Vulnerability: Websites for Therapists with Kate
Learn why it’s so important to take foundational steps toward marketing, how to embrace the experience of being vulnerable to grow as a therapist, and how to tap into your community (and clients) to take those scary first steps!
Making Space for Possibility and Multiple Streams of Income for Therapists with Elizabeth
Elizabeth “Beth”, LMFT and ‘Utilization Review Guru’ may be best known for her CE Podcast Company, Clearly Clinical but that is only one of her 3 streams of income.
Today, Beth took a moment to share with us how she went from new graduate working for an agency to making space for possibility and designing her perfect practice with multiple income sources.
Changing Lives Through Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Elliott
Elliott, MA, LPC, entered the mental health field with the belief that people don’t have to suffer, and over a 12-month period at his job at the time, he proved this to be true: 100% of the kids struggling with substance abuse graduated from their program when working with Elliott and avoided prison. To contrast, other therapists had only around a 50% success rate.
The approach to treatment he was using? Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
What Is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy?
Differing from treatment methods commonly discussed in graduate school, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is an approach to supporting clients that focuses on problem-solving.
Mental health professionals often focus on working through the specific problems their clients are experiencing; however, SFBT shifts the approach so clinicians help clients in identifying the best solutions to issues and incorporating an effective plan of action to achieve those solutions.
3 Benefits of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) focuses on the solutions to problems, diverging from more traditional methods of therapy where you analyze the problems you or a client encounter.
If you’re looking to increase your accessibility as a mental health professional by offering more therapy options to the people you serve, SFBT could be an excellent addition to your practice.
Here are three benefits of SFBT!
Therapists in Private Practice: Steps in Burnout Prevention
With everything going on for the past year, burnout has been a real issue. We understand if you’re not feeling like yourself, and we want to help. But even if you’re not feeling burnout, it’s ESSENTIAL that you know how to prevent it (otherwise it could affect your health and business!).
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