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How to Choose Your Therapy Specialization

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

You’ve probably heard that if you focus on everything, you focus on nothing. The same is true for your therapy specialization.  Yes, you can provide different types of therapy for various people with specific categories of needs, but honing in on who you really want to serve and how you’re…
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Getting a Professional Business Card for Your Counseling Practice

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

Launching your own practice comes with a lot of expenses — large and small. You may start to feel like you’re hemorrhaging money and wonder what costs are truly necessary. While there may be places to cut, counseling business cards aren’t one of them. This post explains why counseling business…

How to Write a Therapist Bio

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

You’re on your way to fulfilling your dream and starting your own counseling practice. First of all, congratulations. Now, as part of the process, you’re setting up a website to help clients find your services. But now comes another challenging part. You have to write your bio for your site…
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Selecting a Name for Your Therapy Practice

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

What’s in a name? Pretty much everything. Choosing the right name for your therapy practice can impact how clients perceive your services and the overall branding of your practice. It’s a decision you make once and live with long-term. In this post, we dig deep into what factors make good…
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The Cost to Open and Run a Private Counseling Practice

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

It would be nice if there was a flat number of how much it would cost to open a private counseling practice. It would make it much easier for counselors to know what they’re getting into financially, and if this endeavor is the right decision for their future. Unfortunately, that’s…
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How to Legally Start a Private Therapy Practice

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

You’ve studied hard, achieved your professional licensing, and embarked on a career in a field that provides vital services. Perhaps now, you aspire to start a private therapy practice and become your own boss. The idea is exciting, and possibly, very overwhelming! If you feel some trepidation, that’s natural. After…
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What’s the Best Business Structure for Your Private Practice?

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

When starting your therapy or counseling practice, you’ll face many decisions. Among the most important is which business structure to choose. A private practice’s business entity has legal, tax, and administrative impacts, so it’s critical to research the pros and cons of the options available. Talking with a trusted attorney…
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How to Become a Psychiatrist

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

If you’re reading this post, you’re probably curious about psychiatry. Maybe you’re even considering becoming a psychiatrist. This journey is long and challenging, requiring years of studying and lifelong, continued professional development. It’s also worthwhile because you can help people with mental health disorders with the highest level of expertise.…
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Pros and Cons of Owning a Counseling Business

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

Your education and training taught you what you need to know to be a successful counselor. Now you face whether to work for someone else or start a private practice. A counselor should weigh the pros and cons of owning a counseling business when making this decision. It’s not a…

Starting Your Own Counseling Business

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

You’re thinking about starting your own counseling business. It’s not surprising that you want to. After all, about half of professional counselors work in private practice. Establishing a practice is a significant milestone for counselors. Aside from feeling ready, this post provides practical tips for starting your own counseling business.…

Incorporating Your Therapy Practice with Nellie Akalp

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

https://youtu.be/p_8NrOTUnhc In this recorded webinar, Cory Miller and Nellie Akalp talk about the benefits of incorporating your therapy practice and give helpful tips for getting the process started. Nellie Akalp is a passionate entrepreneur, business expert and mother of four. She is the CEO of CorpNet.com, a trusted resource and service…

10 Tips For Building Your Private Practice With Steve Lackey

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

https://youtu.be/ZvX5UpZq_d0 In this webinar replay, Cory Miller interviews veteran entrepreneur and clinician, and treatment center founder Steve Lackey. Steve shared the key tips from his decades of experience in mental health for the rookie clinician looking to start and grow a private practice. Steve obtained his Bachelor’s in Science (Business Administration…

Develop a Plan to Start and Grow Your Therapy Practice

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfPtuBIz00 Whether you’re just thinking about starting your own private practice, or have an active client list, you need a business plan to fuel and support your growth. In this webinar replay, Cory walks us through all the ins and outs of creating a business plan for your therapy or…

Building Your One Page Private Practice Website

Starting Your Mental Health Practice

Watch the replay with Lindsey and Cory Miller as they walk you through creating a simple, impactful website for your private practice.

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