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Hundreds of articles on building, growing, and sustaining your private practice — written by therapists, for therapists. Not recycled generic business advice.

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Starting a Practice Costs for Starting a Counseling Practice The real breakdown of what it costs to launch — no fluff, no scare tactics, just numbers.

Burnout & Sustainability Free CEUs for Therapists and Counselors Our constantly updated list of free continuing education opportunities — because learning shouldn't break the bank.

Group Practice Group Practice Guide to Profitability Why your group practice might not be profitable — and the business model shifts that fix it.

Fees & Insurance The Awkward Money Conversations Every Therapist Dreads Let's talk about the thing nobody wants to talk about — what you make, what you should make, and why it matters.

Joe Sanok and the Four-Day Workweek

In this episode, Kelly and Joe talk about how you need to slow down to speed up and that the old “work 5 days and try to recover in 2” is just leading to burnout. Joe believes a 4-day work-week is the next natural step in the evolution of business because not only can you reduce burnout, but you can make more money working less time, and that extra time could be the missing piece in your work-life balance.

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7 Key Processes Every Private Practice Needs

Processes can seem soooooo boring but they are critical to your business running smoothly. You can probably tell by the length of the video, it’s important to us to help you get these locked down for your private practice.

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The Process of Transformation in Your Business

You started your practice from scratch. You feel a passion about the work you do and how you help others. As your practice starts to grow, what worked when you started may not be what is working now. Join in with me as I talk with Howard Spector from S implePractice as we discuss how to deal with changes in your business even positive changes that can be stressful.

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Quiz: Should I Go Paperless? (Updated)

Here is a quiz to find out if going paperless might be the right decision for you: Are you a therapist, counselor, or psychologist trying to wade through all of the options for going paperless? Here is a quiz to find out if going paperless might be the right decision for you:

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Have you gone paperless yet?

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A Technofabulous Office - the Paperless Options

Before you say anything, don’t look at your office and the file cabinets. Just because you have files, doesn’t mean you can’t go paperless! If you have a private practice or a group practice, you can start now and deal with your file cabinets later. Don’t let scanning and such deter you

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The Tech Savvy Office

Imagine, if you will, the ultimate in tech savviness for your office. What do you see? I mean...your office might start to look like a scene from Star Trek. But at Zynnyme, we like to keep things simple. These are our top must haves for getting your office tech savvy

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Credit Card Lesson

So Miranda has shared a hard lesson she learned that cost her a lot of money. You can read more about that here. I thought it fitting to share my expensive lesson :) I wouldn’t want you thinking we are perfect but I do want you to learn from our mishaps. I started my private practice on my own, no coach, no mentor, just some friends I could email on occasion. I used the manual that CAMFT provides. I knew I wanted allow my clients to use their debit credit card for payment. So many options!

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