I am a therapist. I was trained as a therapist. I have owned and operated my own private practice for ~30 years. Since I own my own private practice, I’m also a small business owner, but no matter what I am still a therapist first and foremost. As a therapist, I also know, firsthand, how […]
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Any time I talk to someone currently working in public health, one of the main selling points is freedom. Working at a public health agency often means that you’re working demanding hours – 12 hours in a row, sometimes on weekends, often without a day off. Even those working during traditional 9 to 5 business
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The other day I was talking to two individuals, working in the healthcare field, about their plans for the holidays. Their answer? “I’m working.” One has asked for two many days off and ran out of vacation. The other is not high enough on the managerial pole to get priority for holidays. Obviously, someone has
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Building a successful practice is going to require marketing. There are many ways you can market – and we talk about them often here on our blog and on our Facebook, so please follow to stay in the loop – but you will need to make sure that potential clients have a way to find
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“It’s not the right time” “I need more experience first.” “I want to but I don’t think I’m ready.” As therapists, we are familiar with negative self talk. We know how often and how easy it is to tell ourselves that we’re not good enough or not ready. But you’re probably a lot more ready
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I wanted to take a moment to re-introduce myself! My name is Audrey Jung. I am a private practice coach that has operated her own private practice for 30 years. From my small corner of Arizona, I have been able to open a practice that has catered to celebrities, athletes, and beyond. But I’m not
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As a private practice coach, I work with therapists at different stages in their careers. Many of the therapists I work with that have already launched their practice have spent a lot of time researching how to grow, and have spoken to companies that offer various marketing services for therapists selling them on a wide
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In the business world – not just for therapists, but for all businesses – there is benefit to having a niche. Most “customers” do not have the ability to distinguish one from another, and so they’ll usually go with the one that offers the best price, or the one with the best brand recognition, or
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Reviews matter, even in the world of psychotherapy. Reviews on Yelp and Google are some of the first things you’ll see when searching for someone’s name and practice, and the more reviews you have, the more digital visibility your practice will have as well. But there’s a problem – it’s very hard to ask for
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Part of growing a business means reducing how much work we have to do on tasks unrelated to our expertise. As therapists, our expertise is therapy, and so it is often a good idea to utilize tools – and people – to try to reduce how much time and energy we spend on those tasks
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