Whether you're new in private practice or a seasoned veteran, every psychotherapy business has room for improvement, especially in this economy. To keep our resources fresh for use, this year we've just completely re-done our Private Practice Handbook for Psychotherapists. As you probably know, a couple of weeks ago we have published the first edition of its accompanying book: Psychotherapists' Guide to Online Marketing.
Click here for a full listing of private practice resources, books and e-books.
Most aspects of private practice management are not discussed in graduate school. Topics we cover in our revised Private Practice Handbook to fill in the gaps include:
- Business Management
- Tax Deductible items
- Managing the home office
- Professional will
- Much more
- Practicing Outside Managed Care
- How to tell clients about the hazards of managed care
- Explaining to clients how mangled care may compromise their privacy and future health or life insurance
- Marketing - Traditional
- Re-structure your relationships to money and fees
- How to market to your own community
- On being an expert-educator
- Online Marketing
- Creating a website
- Social Networking marketing
- Blogging
- Ethical-Legal-Management - Essential practice issues:
- Responding to subpoenas
- Professional wills
- Termination
- Burnout
- Telehealth
- Much more
In addition to our 130+ online courses, free articles, and workshops, the Zur Institute offers several publications that can be of use to those of you in private practice:
For those of you interested in the new LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) license: We now have three Pre-Licensing Saving Packages that include courses required for this license.
Remember, if you are applying for an LPCC along the "grandparenting" track, the
application deadline is 12/21/11.