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.
5 Key Players in the Success of Your Business
It takes a village to build your practice. Sure you can do it all alone, but Miranda and I discovered a long time ago, that having people to support you in business is key to your success and preventing burn out. So here are a few of the people we consider key when building your business:
Social Media is a Worthless Time Suck
It’s important not to get sucked into social media for the wrong reasons as a private practice owner. Who are you passionate about helping? And no, "anybody who will give me money" isn't a good answer. Or at least, it isn't an answer that is going to make social media worth your investment of time, energy, or money. ONLY use social media if you are truly passionate, have a clear audience, and you are ready to be intentional.
Your Practice Building Tip of the Week!
Have you gone paperless yet? If you haven't you should really consider it! There are many benefits to moving into electronic health records. A few of my favorites? Security, Time Savings, and Money Making. Check out more information on our blog today.
Therapists & Social Media: Fear, Connection, and Rejection
Kelly Higdon, LMFT and I (Miranda Palmer, LMFT) just got back from meeting with an awesome group of therapists at the CAMFT 2013 conference. Actually, it has been a little over a week since we returned.
How to Store Sensitive Client Records: Encrypted Computer Syncing
So we are big fans of DropBox which allows you to have a folder that you can share between computers, and even access any of the files via a login on the dropbox website.
We use it ALL the time, but NOT for our private practice or any sensitive data! Why? Because there are some security holes with that awesome free product that make us a bit nervous about trusting medical data (like mental health records) to this cloud storage. However, this new one put some security in place that just might make it viable to have syncing between a work laptop and your home desktop.
Video Tutorial: Websites, Email, and Time-Saving Oh My!
We have been having SO much fun with our free Website 101 E-Course for Therapists, Helpers, and Healers. We have been getting comments and emails flooding in that tell us what we made is actually helping people! In fact, we got feedback that we crystallized weeks of one therapists website research into one 30 minute video! Woohoo!!!!!
We are all about saving time! So today, we are going to help you with an e-mail time-saver!
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