I hope that you all are doing well, staying healthy, and keeping COVID-19 at bay. I have been neglectful in my blog posts because we have been so busy at my practice. When COVID hit in March we took an 11% dive in client loss. Some loss was due to the urgency of closing our offices down. Another loss was from...
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I am not trying to scare you but only remind you about a few things that could jeopardize your business.Let’s get right into it, here are my top 5: 1. Are you still legally licensed? A few days ago, I heard of a local therapist that was in trouble with the California Licensing Board (BBS) because they hadn’t kept records...
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This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with students, pre-licensed and newly licensed therapists at the 2018 CAMFT conference. I love seeing all the energy that a conference creates and the friendships that are reconnected. The speakers were brilliant as usual and the conference itself was very well organized. One of the days there was...
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Welcome back, this is the 3rd of 3 guest blog post from Joanne B. Kim, a San Jose, California pre-licensed marriage, and family therapist. She has been highly successful in building a private practice within 10 months. Ms. Kim shares her keys to her success story with you below. One of the pillars of her fast success as you...
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A few weeks back I asked for a few brave therapists to guest blog for me. On such brave person Joanne B. Kim, AMFT wrote a fantastic blog post about being a pre-licensed therapist and trying to build an ideal practice. Ms. Kim’s insight comes directly from being in the Pre-licensed trenches and creating a business. She has written...
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Remember we talked about blogging and how important it is? Guest blogging can also help with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) aka how potential clients find you. I asked in my email series a month ago for therapists who wanted to give guess blogging a whir. I am excited today to share one such guest blog written by Carol Adkisson,...
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There is a great deal of talk in therapist groups, social media or business building books that talk about finding a niche. However, in graduate school I was told that we should really be a generalist and take the clients that come to us, after all, they chose us, right? One of my graduate professors even told our class...
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Have you heard the hype about social media? It seems like everywhere we turn business coaches including me are touting benefits of social media. However, in private practice, there is a ton of tasks you must do to be a legal business entity. Then there are lists of lists of to-do items, not to mention finding a way to...
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The other day a coaching client called me to let me that she had made it, that she broke through that ceiling into the six figures. Wow, what an accomplishment for her. I remember breaking into the six figures and how thrilled and excited I was. We believe that if we break that mark, we have arrived, and rightfully...
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Running your solo therapy practice over time has become easier. You have your administrative systems. You have your referrals sources in place; marketing is effective, your caseload is full. You are only working the hours and days that suit you and the family well, and you have created a wonderful office space to work in. Then a call...
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