Private Practice Blog for Therapists
Hundreds of articles on building, growing, and sustaining your private practice — written by therapists, for therapists. Not recycled generic business advice.
Fee Setting Secrets for Therapists: Comparing Apples and Oranges
The truth is, whether your private practice develops into something sustainable that can help your community long-term is largely based on math. Every therapist's favorite topic right? If the math doesn't add up, your business can not sustain. Period. Or can it?
Following Other's Examples
A blogger I really like shared an article the other day and recommended looking at Psychology Today fees posted by other therapists to determine what appropriate high, and low fees are for your area. But there is one big problem... actually there are several big problems...
How to Take Time Off in Your Private Practice
We are just coming back from having the month of December off and as we ease back into the saddle of running a business, I find it so relevant to talk about time off instead of the typical New Year's resolution fan fare.
Before the year ended I set aside some time to plan my 2016. The first thing I did was get out my calendar and block off my time off. I blocked off
Multiple Streams of Income: What does it really take?
I remember the first time I heard the word passive income. It sounded so... passive. Like something I would create that would magically continue to make money through little to no effort made by me.
However, through the last 10 years of having businesses online, it is incredibly clear to me that no income is passive. In fact, even people who seem to "stumble upon" or "hit it big" often have years of struggle behind it.
Therapists & Taxes: Do This BEFORE December 31st!
We hear you. The last thing you want to think about while doing holiday shopping is paying taxes... especially since it might feel like taxes aren't something to think about until AFTER this year ends.
However, as a business owner, the rules have changed. Actually, the rules have become more important! As you begin to make more of a profit in your business, the self-employment taxes REALLY start to add up. However, there are LOTS of ways to legally and ethically reduce the amount of taxes you owe. However, you only have until December 31st of this year to do it!
The Art of Starting Over in your Private Practice
Not everything is going to go as planned. You can follow every worksheet and training and life just won’t always conform to those efforts. Progress will be made and surprises will happen. If there was only one way of doing things, we would all be doing it. If there was a guarantee, we would all be in our private practices without fear or worry.
The #1 Way to Impress Current and Future Clients
Your clients need to trust you. Most therapeutic interventions are based on a solid foundation of trust that allow the change and transformation to happen. We want to impress upon clients who needs us that they can trust us. So how do we do that? Here is the #1 way to impress not only your future clients, but your current clients as well.
Virtual Assistants for Therapists
Always love sharing interviews and podcasts with y'all that relate to getting you more confident to create your happy practice! Today we are going to be talking about virtual assistants and outsourcing. We are going to be sharing fun ways you can start outsourcing from the VERY beginning (with a TINY budget) as well as how to interview someone for full-blown outsourcing.
Return on Investment Calculator for Therapists
Therapists I have something important to tell you. You have limits. You only have so much time, energy, and money. Even more alarming? That time, energy, and money not only has to run a successful business- it also has to fund a happy life! There are VERY few great therapists who lead miserable, burned out lives!
Return on Investment for Therapists
Today we are going to talk about return on investment. I want to teach you how this silly "business-ey" term could change your life. And no, not just make you more money- but change your life.
Starting a Counseling Practice - A Beginner's Guide
"Give me anything you can to help me start my private practice."
Every week we receive emails from therapists asking about how to get started in their practices. There is great value in getting information from someone who has been there and done that. Yet, we all have our own unique journey. What works for one person, may not work for another. This is why we created a 10 part series that was featured on Pro Psych Central. It is a great compliment to our free trainings and most articles come with a free download to help you integrate what is taught.
Free Webinar: Multiple Streams of Income for Therapists
November 18th at 11am PST- Noon PST we will be presenting a free training for therapists on how to move Beyond the Couch. Learn what you need to do now to prepare for going beyond the couch later. How to ensure you give your clients the best services, and how to ensure you don't end up spinning your wheels for no reason!
How do you find therapist conferences?
I never knew how many therapist conferences there were until I started actively looking for them. To be honest, I had always assumed there were just a few conferences for therapists a year. I mean... we are therapists! Yes, there would always be lots of random trainings- but an entire conference?
Hundreds of Therapist Conferences
There are literally hundreds of therapist conferences every year! Conferences can be a fabulous way to get away and get some excellent training... or they can be a huge waste of time and energy. You can be stuck sitting in entry level trainings that never get to the meat. Or, like me you could watch someone cry on command as part of their sales pitch process to the attendees- ick!
When Vision and Reality Won’t Cooperate
You got into private practice with dreams of what it would mean for you personally and professionally.
Talking about your vision, gives you a road map to making decisions in your life and business. If you one day want to be in private practice solely or have a family that travels, you are going to make decisions today that will get you closer to those dreams.
In our bootcamp, we have bootcampers go through this exercise. In fact, we have a webinar on it every year. It is a powerful exercise. And every year we get asked –
What do I do if I can’t have what I want?
“BST was the best investment I have made in myself. I went from working 45-50 hours per week to working 25 hrs, doubling my income,” Cyndi
What if this really could change everything?
You don’t have to decide today.
Just get on the interest list and we’ll walk you through what Business School for Therapists is, what it includes, and how it’s helped thousands of therapists get their life (and income) back.