As we enter into a new decade of 2020 there is a great deal of hyper-focus on organizing, planning, goal setting, and creating vision boards. We spend hours with our planners, create to-do lists and of course, we prioritize our goals. I think these are all wonderful tools to help us with our practice and with life. However, what...
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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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Recently I was working with a new business owner and I asked about her HIPAA statement. She looked at me with terror and fear in her eyes. She then said, “Do I really have to follow HIPAA?” “I don’t really understand what it is.” She is not alone in her fear and confusion around HIPAA. Today, I would like...
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What? Are you sure? Do I need to buy that for my Private Practice? The above was the headline on my FaceBook feed last week. I usually scroll right by as I know that it’s a come on, an empty promise, and a way to get me to part with some hard-earned money. When I was a small...
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Today’s article was written by Felice C. Pope, MA, MS a career counselor that has a passion for helping others find that perfect internship or employment opportunity. By the way, for those of you wondering, yes she is related she is my mother. Network, Network, Network. Starting with your graduate advisor and faculty in your program, let people know...
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I know you aren’t finished with building your private practice and I am already talking about self-care. I can hear you thinking, “She now wants me to take time away from my business for what? Self-What?” I hear some of you saying aloud, “What are you crazy Sherry?” I can assure you I do understand your hesitation and...
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Building A Private Practice Doesn’t Have To Include FEAR We all have fears and doubts that stop us in our tracks and prevent us from creating our dreams. We often have fears about money, our marriages, our children, our job and whether we are good enough. We have other fears too like the fear of public speaking, fear of...
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