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.
Social Media and Your Private Practice
As we continue to develop new ways to communicate and share our experiences, there are more opportunities to reduce mental health stigma. Platforms like Facebook and Instagram could be exactly what you need to get your message out to the world, and now’s your time to share it.
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.
Successful But Needing Change? Bootcamp Is The Catalyst You’ve Been Looking For!
You went to school to be a therapist, and you’re a great one, but you didn’t realize until you were ready to start your private practice that you practically need a business degree too! The numbers, marketing, hiring, what to charge — Ugh… It’s all SO much!
In this episode, Miranda and Kelly, along with some of our Bootcampers who’ve been there, share their stories, tell you where they are now in their businesses, and answer questions about how Bootcamp made the difference!
Struggling in Your Private Practice? Learn How Therapist Bootcamp Can Help!
Are you struggling to grow your business…or even just to survive?
Kelly and Miranda are joined by a panel of Bootcampers to share their stories before and after Bootcamp and answer questions from therapists just like you who are curious if Bootcamp can help their business.
Websites for Therapists: Aligning Your Private Practice with Your Value as a Clinician
Here are three ways you can start aligning your private practice with your value as a mental health clinician!
Private Practice and YouTube: Is it a Good Platform for Marketing?
If you’ve been following us, then you probably know the value of marketing your practice on social media platforms where you can best connect with your ideal clients.
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn — you’ve either heard of them or are already using them to share valuable content with your audience…but what about YouTube?
You have a lot to offer as a mental health professional, and you DON’T have to restrict yourself to written posts, Stories, or other shortform video content to serve your community.
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!
How to Work Less and Make More Money as a Private Practice Owner
Work-life balance as a business owner may seem like an unattainable dream, especially when you’re consistently working long hours throughout the week, but finding more time for yourself is possible. Here are some ways you can work less and make more money as a successful, thriving practice owner!
3 Ways to Eliminate Burnout NOW
Around one year ago, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, our lives drastically changed. Despite the difficult transition, we’ve been able to support our clients and help them navigate the new normal for the foreseeable future. But what about when we need support? We’ve all been affected by the pandemic in different ways, and the risk of burnout remains higher than normal.
At the same time, we want to remind you that it’s still possible to create the life and business of your dreams. But in order to do that, it’s essential to address your own negative feelings. Here are three ways to eliminate burnout NOW, so you can start regaining control of your life today!
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!).
“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.