In the festive month of December, Practice of the Practice featured a comprehensive podcast series on how to start a practice that thrives. Gearing you up for a successful 2018! Over and above that, the month’s blog posts included tips and advice on how to name a practice, how to overcome imposter’s syndrome, and how to multiply your time and money in private practice.
Top Stories
How to Name a Private Practice
Today, we are talking all about naming a practice. The name of your practice is one of the most important things that you can land on. But, also, people often get hung up on it and they take way too long to name their practice.
5 Tips to Overcome Imposter’s Syndrome
I was about two weeks into private practice when it really hit me. My confused and overwhelmed client was pouring her heart out to me. And, there I sat across from her, hands sweating.
Multiplying Your Time and Money
In the last post, we discussed playing with numbers to add clinicians, raise your rates, and work the same, or less, but still make more money. I hope it went awesome. Did you have some fun dreaming about new financials in your life? Have you already spent the money (in your head) you haven’t made yet? ?
How to Use Assistants to Grow Faster
At this point, my consulting clients and Next Level Mastermind folks often ask very similar questions, and have similar concerns, and fears:
- If I grow, won’t I have a huge team to manage? That’s going to take a ton of time!
- I’m not big on supervising people, I like doing my own thing, how do I manage that?
Podcasts
How to Start a Thriving Practice | PoP 257
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about the importance of specializing.
How to Find a Specialty | PoP 258
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about the importance of specializing and how to figure out who your ideal client is.
How to Name a Practice | PoP 259
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about how to name your private practice.
Legal Structures in Private Practice | PoP 260
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about the legal structure within private practice.
Starting a Practice & Finding Cheap Rent | PoP 261
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about how to find cheap rent for your private practice.
Should I Specialize? Starting a Practice | PoP 262
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about whether or not to specialize when starting a private practice.
How to Make a Website? Starting a Practice | PoP 263
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about how to make a website.
How to Network to Get Clients, The Starting a Practice Series | PoP 264
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about how to network to get clients.
How to Go Private Pay | PoP 265
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about how to go private pay when starting a private practice.
Systems to Grow a Practice: Marketing Plan, Flow, and Blogging | PoP 266
The main difference between a six-figure private practice and a less-successful practice is systems of automation that have allowed the practice to scale by removing the private practice owner from the running of the business.
How to Create a Marketing Plan | PoP 267
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about how to create a marketing plan.
How to Get More Clients in Private Practice | PoP 268
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about how to get more clients in private practice.
Why You Must Blog | PoP 269
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about the systems necessary to grow a practice, which include a marketing plan, flow, and blogging.
How to Start a Practice Next Year | PoP 270
If you are in private practice and are under the $60 000 mark, this podcast series is for you! Joe is going back to the basics and running through the various phases involved in setting up a practice that is going to thrive! In this episode, Joe speaks about the struggles practitioners experience when starting a private practice..
Counseling Website and Getting Clients with Perry Rosenbloom | PoP 271
In this episode, Perry Rosenbloom provides insight into the four common website trends within the counseling field. He provides invaluable tips and advice around how to grow your email lists, transition successfully into group practices, and generally improve your therapy website.
Before You Go…
- Adding Clinicians To Your Practice
If you’re confused and worried about adding clinicians to your practice, then I think you’re really going to like today’s training. Today, we’re going to talk all about adding clinicians to your practice. At the end, your action is probably one of the best you can take to grow quickly and save time!
- Substance Abuse is Related to Mental Health: 3 Things Therapists Should Know
I am going to make a really bold claim; substance abuse issues are mental health issues. What does this mean you might ask? Often, substance abuse issues are covering up really serious mental health issues, like anxiety, depression, trauma, as well as other serious struggles, like paranoia or hallucinations in some form. - 8 Habits of Emotionally Strong Leaders
The best leaders are the strongest leaders. Not in terms of how much they can bench press, perhaps, but in terms of how they react to and deal with different situations. If you want to inspire leadership, then you have to show that you’re up to the task. - How To Stay Focused On The Big Goals
If you didn’t get the paperwork packet, make sure you take some action to get your contracts in order. I know my paperwork has saved hundreds of people attorney fees. If you didn’t get it, that’s fine, but do something to move forward! Doing nothing will not help you get to the next level! - Ethnocentric to a Cosmocentric View of Life
Today I’m going to talk about something that’s a little outside of what we typically talk about, when it comes to business. We are, however, going to tie it back into business. - How Micro-Goals Will Change You
In the next thirty days, we will see an entire nation set goals and give up on them. Depending on the study, anywhere from 80%-92% of people will give up on their goals by February. What is it about the new year that compels us to do this? - Sowing the Seeds of a New Practice: Negotiating Rent
My wife and I had made the move across Tampa Bay. We now resided about as close to the Gulf of Mexico as you can get, without getting wet. I had received my registered intern number from the state of Florida and I had attended a few supervision sessions with my new supervisor. - Why and How to Give More On-Going Feedback
A common question that I get is, ‘how to give feedback to assistants, intake coordinators, other counselors, and people that are working in your business that help you thrive and grow’. But, also, how do you do it in a way that’s not ‘jerky’ and that respects people’s autonomy as a professional. While also recognizing that, when you give something to someone to do, they don’t always do it the way that you want them to. - Costs of a Private Practice | November 2017 Monthly Income Report
It’s amazing the power of scaling a business! This month I went to Colorado with my friend Paul, got to hang out with Michael Moore, did the keynote at the Alabama Counseling Association and saw a beautiful sunset at Thanksgiving!
