Counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists are proud to belong to the helping professions. Those working within these professions see themselves as caring people trying to help others to understand themselves better, to feel better about themselves, and to help them get over various traumas and difficulties that they have experienced either within their lives or personalities. Talking about money and thinking of their clients, and the units of therapy time, as items of income can be uncomfortable. Many counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists may not easily view their private practice as a business. But that is what it is and the primary role of any business is to be profitable. In this volume, the author guides us through practicalities of setting up and maintaining a private practice, and addresses the tensions and problems faced by the practitioner trying to both provide care and run an effective business. The author provides clear models and examples that practitioners will be able to adapt to their own circumstances, for example showing them how to set up accounts.

Running your own private practice takes more than an advanced degree, memberships in professional psychology organizations, and the ability to be a good therapist. And while your continuing education and training may be useful, setting up and managing a successful practice is a matter of business and organizational know-how as much as professional proficiency. If you're opening your own private practice or want to run your existing practice more efficiently, Private Practice Made Simple is your detailed guide. This book offers tips on everything from getting client referrals and creating a positive and comfortable office atmosphere to building a strong and thriving therapy practice that can serve both you and your clients. You'll learn how to attract clients as a new therapist and how to manage your practice as it grows. This complete tool kit will help you: Find an office and set up a treatment room Establish headache-free routines for organizing client information and forms Decide on a fee and manage your finances Prevent burnout by maintaining a healthy work-life balance

All the tips and tools you need to build a successful mental health practice from the ground up Many mental health professionals currently working for group practices, hospitals, and private or government agencies have both the skills and the drive to become solo practitioners. But how and where do you begin? Getting Started in Private Practice is a reliable reference that offers the comprehensive information and armchair motivation you need to establish and build your own practice from the ground up. User-friendly and full of helpful tips, this handy book provides you with tools and techniques for starting and maintaining a thriving private practice, including information on: * Discovering your ideal practice * Creating a business plan * Financing your start-up * Setting fees * Setting up shop and measuring results * Minimizing risk * Managing managed care * Marketing your practice * Generating referrals * Utilizing additional print, Web, and organizational resources From major concerns such as ethics and liability to day-to-day matters like selecting stationery and business cards, Getting Started in Private Practice puts the best solutions at your fingertips. Whether you're a recent graduate or a seasoned pro, this invaluable resource will help you minimize the uncertainty of establishing a solo practice while maximizing the rewards.

Many practitioners consider setting up in private practice at some point in their career, whether full-time or alongside other employment. The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the major skills needed to succeed. Based on the authors' extensive experience, this book provides a valuable insight into how to minimise the risks associated with working privately, offering practical advice on how to keep a balance between self-development, personal health and meeting the needs of clients, whilst maintaining high standards and making a reasonable living. Acknowledging the fact that being a good therapist may not, in itself, be sufficient to be successful in self-employment, the authors discuss the need for sound business skills, professional development, self-knowledge and motivation. Divided into three sections, the book covers all the essential business, professional and personal skills and includes discussion of subjects such as insurance, finance, legal issues, marketing, stress management, security and retirement planning. The focus on skills and how to acquire and develop them makes this book an invaluable reference for all mental health professionals who are considering setting up their own private practice. This book will prove to be an invaluable reference for all mental health professionals who are considering setting up their own private practice.

Wherever you are on your path as a mental health professional, if you want to have your own private practice, this book is for you. We'll teach you what you need to know to create a thriving business-things you didn't learn in school but are critical for your success. We know, because we've been there. Our practice, Brightside Counseling, started with Mark seeing one client, one day a week. Today, we have dozens of therapists and support staff and serve over 800 clients a month and growing. It wasn't easy, and we made a lot of mistakes along the way. You'll hear the gore and the glory of our story so you can avoid those mistakes and other pitfalls along the way. From getting the education you need to growing and maintaining your practice, we guide you step by step through lessons that we often had to learn the hard way. The exercises in each chapter help you develop a personalized roadmap for creating the practice of your dreams. Whether you want to stay solo or eventually build a team of dedicated practitioners, we'll help you set up a business that is successful, sustainable, and stands out from the crowd. Our nine steps include: Step 1: Setting GoalsStep 2: Educating YourselfStep 3: Getting LicensedStep 4: Understanding Business ManagementStep 5: Choosing Your SpaceStep 6: Marketing YourselfStep 7: Handling Billing and InsuranceStep 8: Protecting Yourself and Your BusinessStep 9: Growing Your Business[ADD REVIEW

This workbook offers a strategic programme that should help professionals expand their practice. Based on the author's book, "Building Your Ideal Practice", the text incorporates fresh ideas, new skill sets, favourite exercises and generous advice.

Start and Run Your Own Private Therapy Practice Running your own private practice takes more than an advanced degree, memberships in professional psychology organizations, and the ability to be a good therapist. And while your continuing education and training may be useful, setting up and managing a successful practice is a matter of business and organizational know-how as much as professional proficiency. If you're opening your own private practice or want to run your existing practice more efficiently, Private Practice Made Simple is your detailed guide. This book offers tips on everything from getting client referrals and creating a positive and comfortable office atmosphere to building a strong and thriving therapy practice that can serve both you and your clients. You'll learn how to attract clients as a new therapist and how to manage your practice as it grows. This complete tool kit will help you: Find an office and set up a treatment room Establish headache-free routines for organizing client information and forms Decide on a fee and manage your finances Prevent burnout by maintaining a healthy work-life balance

Hunt, a psychologist in private practice, outlines strategies that will help mental health professionals establish and maintain their private practices. She guides readers through fundamental issues, from choosing an office to dealing with insurance carriers. The strategies presented involve reducing overhead, streamlining routine procedures, and implementing efficient client policies. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Do you know the path to using your hard-earned skills as a therapist, counselor, or coach, and earning a terrific income, without sacrificing yourself? What if it was not mysterious or complicated but rather simple and fun? The Three Pillars of a Thriving Private Practice provides an easy approach to create, grow and maintain a successful private practice, no matter where you are in your career. Sasha Raskin, MA, LPC, is changing the sad fact that helpers are being underpaid by helping helpers thrive. He is a bestselling international author, coach, and therapist with two decades of experience helping others live meaningful lives. Dive into Sasha's powerful insights from owning and operating a marketing and website design company, building his own private practice as a therapist and coach, and successfully guiding other professionals to earn more than $100,000 annually. The 6-Figure Practice -- Sasha's private practice accelerator program -- provides a fast-track system for constructing a successful counseling or coaching business. Now, he shares the step-by-step details of the program in this book. You became a counselor or a coach to help people and to attain financial security and stability for yourself and your family. Maybe you've already started your private practice but you lack direction or lose track of your priorities. Maybe you're working for a company but you're ready to shift to private practice. The Three Pillars can help you reach these incredible goals. Learn to overcome the three biggest challenges that stop you from creating the business you want: 1. Mindset (fears and lack of action) 2. Tools (lack of knowledge and support) 3. External challenges (life circumstances) Organize the confusing, noisy world of operations, marketing, and sales, so you can authentically, compassionately build a successful business, not a hobby. Even if you're afraid, consistent actions create freedom: financial freedom, time freedom, and geographic freedom. With strategies that 6-Figure Practice members use to achieve their goals, this book inspires with its clear action plan, answering your questions by providing business education you've never received in your professional training. Take the next step toward a full practice, where you positively impact the world, change lives, and thrive. Learn to: Attract your perfect clients Use specific marketing strategies that actually work for therapists and coaches Sell your services without feeling "salesy" Build a professional business foundation Develop powerful network relationships Execute the right steps, in the right order, to achieve at least $100,000 per year Operate a successful business while maintaining a fulfilling lifestyle ... and much more. The Three Pillars will help when life gets confusing and overwhelming, when you're ready for success but simply don't know what to do. Going beyond mere information, this book provides the tools you need and holds your hand while you generate one win after another. For students considering starting a business, for practitioners with some clients who want to grow, and for counselors and coaches who have many clients but no "system" and who feel overloaded: Now you can finally create an exciting, fulfilling business, earn a great income, and live a healthy, balanced lifestyle with The Three Pillars.

Creating a comfortable consulting room, grappling with the thorny question of money, finding clients, paperwork, legal issues, boundaries and confidentiality – Pauline Hodson analyses both the psychological and practical issues which need to be addressed when setting up a private practice. Once your practice is established it is important to be able to anticipate and think about situations that impinge on the therapy: illness, holidays, neighbours, pets and children, which if not paid attention to, can destroy the safe environment necessary for effective and sensitive work to take place. The Business of Therapy gives both detailed anecdotes and a jargon free overview of the theory and practice of the work of therapists. It is a much needed handbook for all those who work with clients in the privacy of a consulting room - and for all those who are curious about what therapy actually involves. This book is a valuable resource for psychotherapists and counsellors, for graduates setting up in private practice, for established practitioners and for those planning retirement. With a foreword by Susie Orbach. "Counsellors from a psychodynamic and psychoanalytical background will feel very at home with the contents. I found it a thoroughly enjoyable read; it actually made me laugh out loud on a couple of occasions." Therapy Today review, February 2013 "This book is a marvel! This book gives an engaging and practical insight into what is usually the very private world of private practice." Susanna Abse, CEO, The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, London, UK "The book takes seriously the needs of therapists throughout their professional life - the need for developing support systems and care of the therapist’s well being, looking after their bodies as well as minds ... In the Foreword Susie Orbach describes the book as a gift to the profession and I agree." Oxford Psychotherapy Bulletin "Although addressed primarily to psychotherapists and counsellors, practically every page of this book applies equally to the practice of complementary medicine - acupuncture, osteopathy and so on - and it is essential reading for these practitioners." John Hamwee, Acupuncturist and author of Energy Medicine and Acupuncture for New Practitioners "This book gives me an intriguing, bird’s eye view from inside the room of how and why the process works." Lisa Jayne Bloomer, Lisa Jayne Art Studio, UK "Written with admirable concision and with the page-turning delights of a fine novel, this book will be a joy for seasoned colleagues, and a life-saver for students and for those newly qualified. The Business of Therapy: How to Succeed in Private Practice leaves all other contenders in the dust!" Professor Brett Kahr, Centre for Child Mental Health in London and Roehampton University, UK "I wish this marvellous book had come my way earlier. It’s an essential read for any therapeutic practitioner, but particularly for those in their first years in the profession or who are still in training. It’s a pleasure to recommend it." Carol Leader, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (BPC and UKCP)