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.
Best Therapist Website Templates in 2026
Whether you need to create a website as a therapist or are looking to redo yours, check out zynnyme’s best therapist website templates in 2023 to help set you up for success.
8 Multiple Streams of Income Ideas for Therapists in 2023
Are you interested in learning how to generate multiple streams of income as a therapist? Check out these 8 income stream ideas for therapists on the zynnyme blog today!
Improving Your SEO Rankings and Visibility: Websites for Therapists with Sara
Find out how Sara managed to get her private practice website ranked #1 on Google without using ads through targeted SEO efforts. Learn all about SEO for therapists on our blog today.
Streamlining the Virtual Hiring Process
Teresa, founder of Hire Ventures, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, works with small business owners to simplify all things HR and Recruiting.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have made the shift to virtual hiring. Teresa shared with us the impact virtual hiring can have on the onboarding process, and the benefit of defining a successful hiring framework.
Free CEUs for Therapists, Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers
There’s nothing like a great training that inspires you and changes you as a therapist from the inside out. Sometimes those trainings qualify for continuing education units; sometimes they don’t.
Whether you’re on a budget, only need a few last-minute CEs, or you’re looking for a great CE course, we have you covered. Below, find a list of FREE CE courses that we’ve compiled and will continue to update. If you know of a great FREE CE course, feel free to add it in the comments to have it considered for inclusion!
The Fabulous Free App for Therapists in Private Practice
Some of you were around back in 2015 when Kelly and I developed an app. We thought about it for a long time, but we just weren’t sure if it was the right time. Custom apps can start at $5,000 and go all the way up to $30,000 or more! Finally, we decided to take the leap and found a developer that would help us with this.
3 Quick Tips For Making Professional Profile Videos with Cúpla Media
A profile video can be a little like a power tool – sure it’s helpful, but for some it feels inaccessible or scary. We get it. These are words we often hear from clinicians:
• I don’t know what to say.
• I don’t know how to make a video.
• I’m afraid it’ll look bad.
We want to help.
A profile video is a short 1-3 minute clip that helps people get a sense of your presence and your passion. Often when people look online for a therapist they’re asking themselves,
“Can this person help me?”
“Will I feel comfortable around them?”
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 SimplePractice as we discuss how to deal with changes in your business even positive changes that can be stressful.
The Best Social Media Platform for 2016
You are running a business. You have a million responsibilities and sometimes your to-do list can feel like it is a mile long. You want to have a healthy business and get regular clients contacting you... and everybody says social media is where it's at...
There are Hundreds of Social Media Sites
Actually, there may be more than that. You can't possibly have time to learn and devote energy to every one of them. And, nobody has the budget to pay someone to be on all of them! So, in 2016, focusing your budget (whether it be time, energy, or money) on the RIGHT social media platform is incredibly important.
Online case consultation in private practice
Therapists of the world you need clinical consultation. You want clinical consultation. You crave clinical consultation. We have this wonderful online community- so how might you use online groups to get case consultation?
Therapists We Are Judged by our Peers
The truth is, we are judged by our peers. If there is ever any question about whether we are providing appropriate services and treatment to our clients, courts of law use other therapists as the litmus test as to whether what we are doing is consistent with the standard of care. This makes asking for, and receiving clinical consultation from other therapists both scary, and necessary.
Apps 101 for Therapists
What is an app?
App simply stands for the term application. Each app is a piece of software that can be downloaded to your smart phone to be used for a specific purpose. For example, if you are looking for events in your area, there's an app for that. If you want to make hotel reservations, there is an app for that. The options are quite endless.
What are the benefits of a business having an app?
For the person with the smartphone, apps make life easier. Did you know mobile users spend 88% of their time on apps?
Websites for Therapists: Where to get FREE photos
So... you've got a website... you are starting to think about blogging. And you think- I really need some photographs for my website. Where do you go? Can you find free photographs? Can you just grab them from Google? What about Creative Commons License? I'm going to help today. But first, let me tell you how I paid over $1,000 for ONE picture and how you can avoid my rookie mistake
“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.