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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This is part 2 of a 3- part series by Joanne B. Kim, AMFT. I was impressed with how Ms. Kim conceptualizes the many messages that flood pre-licensed clinicians about their Lack of VALUE or WORTH. We know this generation of pre-licensed clinicians coming into the mental health system need to be nurtured and supported along their journey; without being torn down...
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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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Books, books, and more books Have you heard that many CEO read around 60 books a year? In fact, many well-known CEOs felt that reading was a must like other business skills to become successful. According to Business Insider Bill Gates said in an interviewed that his reading of 50 books a year gives him a huge advantage and...
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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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