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Soliciting Feedback from Clients

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At the end of the session or your work day, you wonder if what you’re doing is helping. Do your clients feel like the work you’re doing together is helpful? Are they getting what they need from sessions and you as a therapist? Therapists need feedback too, so you can…
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How To Introduce a New Therapist to the Practice

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

Welcoming a new member to the team is always exciting. But how do you let others know that you have a new therapist in your practice? This post explains how to introduce a new therapist to the practice and gives a sample of how you might communicate this information. Why…
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Business Coaches for Therapists

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

Are you struggling to grow your mental health practice or stay focused on specific goals that are critical to your practice’s success? If so, it may be time to consider hiring a business coach. Business coaches can help therapists by offering key insights on how to run and grow your…
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What’s an Average Caseload in Private Practice?

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

If you’re establishing a private practice, you likely have a lot of questions about what to expect. One of those questions probably is about how many clients you can expect to see. The average caseload for a private practice therapist is 20 to 25 clients a week, but your specific…
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How Much Do Mental Health Professionals Make?

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

Helping others is a career and a calling for mental health professionals. Of course, you also want to make ends meet and live a particular lifestyle.  The average salary for a mental health professional in the U.S. is about $50,000. But, how much money mental health professionals make depends on…
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What is a Healthcare Clearinghouse?

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

As a mental health professional, you probably look for ways to grow and optimize your practice. If insurance claims are bogging down you and your staff, a healthcare clearinghouse may be the solution.  What is a healthcare clearinghouse? It’s an organization that acts as the middle person between your practice…
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What Therapists and Counselors Need to Know About Malpractice Insurance

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

Malpractice insurance helps therapists if a client or former client files a lawsuit against them. But there are so many options, terms, and considerations involved in getting malpractice insurance that it can be difficult to know what you need.  Without proper understanding and answers to questions like, “How much is…
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Bookkeeping for Mental Health Professionals

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

Running your own therapy practice is a lot of work. You spend your days helping clients and making a difference in their lives. But the business aspects are also a big part of owning a therapy practice. Bookkeeping is about more than just the numbers. It’s about making sure your…
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Do Therapists and Counselors Need Liability Insurance?

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

Let's explore what therapists and counselors need to know about professional liability insurance so you and your private practices are protected.

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How to Keep Your Private Therapy Practice Compliant

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

What must your therapy practice do to maintain compliance? In this article, we’ll discuss some common tasks and which entity types must typically complete them.

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What Therapists Need to Know About Running Payroll

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

As you were starting your private therapy practice, you envisioned its success. Now, as it is growing, you’re finding it difficult to manage everything yourself. If that scenario describes where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, you’re likely considering hiring employees. And as much as the thought of help may…
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Understanding the Scope of Therapist Confidentiality

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

You undoubtedly understand the importance of confidentiality with your clients. Knowing that whatever they share with you is confidential builds a safe and trusting environment where clients feel comfortable discussing personal and sensitive matters with you. But what if they tell you something others really need to know, like information…
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Setting Private Practice Fees That Fit Both You and Your Clients

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

When setting private practice fees, you want to make sure that the rates you choose are high enough to reflect the value you provide and will be able to help you reach your financial goals. But you also want to ensure you don’t price out your client base by making…
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Can Listening to Podcasts Improve Your Therapy Practice?

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

You’ve probably heard about podcasts. You may even listen to them already. They’re a (usually) unscripted series of conversations on a specific topic, releasing new episodes regularly. Topics include anything from pop culture to comedy, true crime, self-help, current events, and more. But podcasts aren’t just for fun. You can…
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How to Write Patient Notes

Managing Your Mental Health Practice

Good patient notes are essential for providing high-quality care to your clients because they help maintain continuity of care. As a therapist, you’re likely to see a lot of different clients with various experiences and needs in a single day. You’ll rely on your patient notes to differentiate between clients…

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