How to Market Your Practice in 2022
If you’ve ever wondered how to market your practice in 2022, it involves more than just maintaining a website and a social media account….
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4 Strategies for Group Practice Owners to Set Annual Goals
When it comes to strategies for group practice owners I know that you have many questions and ideas. Do you often feel confused about…
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Setting Up Your Group Practice Website
What are the key things that you as a solo practice owner need to do with your website when you transition to a group…
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How to Get Through the Holidays as a New Group Practice Owner
As a group practice owner, every year around the holidays I start to panic. There are probably some personal attributes that I possess that…
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3 Questions to Ask Yourself When Hiring Supervisees Into Your Group Practice
You’re a group practice owner, or soon-to-be group practice owner, and you’re desperately looking at hiring supervisees into your group practice. It’s been slim…
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Is Marijuana Use ‘Harm Reduction’ or Just Harmful?
For over 35 years, Scott H. Silverman has been working with recovering individuals one person, speech, and book at a time. In the article…
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What To Do About Therapist Burnout: A Counselor’s Top 10 Tips
In my last blog Burnout, and We Don’t Mean Tires or Lightbulbs: 5 Signs of Burnout to be Aware Of, I encouraged you to…
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The FIRST Model
As a podcaster it’s good to know the technology, sounds, and overall edits of a podcast. If the final product isn’t good, less people…
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Burnout, and We Don’t Mean Tires or Lightbulbs: 5 Signs of Burnout to be Aware Of
As an experienced therapist and clinical supervisor, I have seen many therapists in our field exhibit signs of burnout over the years. Often therapists…
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What To Do as a Podcaster When You Are Uninspired
There’s a reason that podcasts fade by episode 12. There’s a reason that a year from now, half of the podcasts that exist now…
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The Benefits of Listening to Podcasts for Therapists
If you’re a mental health therapist, counselor, social worker, or psychologist, you’re probably pretty busy. But you’re also interested in continuing your professional growth,…
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How to Make Long-Term Connections with Big Guests
So you landed a guest that feels way out of your league. Congratulations! Now what? In today’s article, we’ll be talking about how to…
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How to Find Good Therapists to Hire for Your Group Practice
A top question that plagues most group practices owners is, how to find good therapists to hire. While this is a simple question, there’s…
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How To Find Sponsors For Your Podcast
I didn’t realize it when I started taking sponsors with the Practice of the Practice Podcast, but I was doing something that went completely…
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How to Hire Your First Therapist When You’ve Never Hired Before
So you’re getting ready to hire your first therapist and start building your group practice, but you’ve never hired anyone before. It can be…
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Phasing Into Private Practice: Move From Working For The Boss to Being the Boss
Have you been tired of working for the man? Has the no PTO clause at your office been grinding your gears? Well, it may…
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5 Systems That Save You Time in Mental Health Practice Management
Do you need ways to ease the burden on your staff? Keep your files tidy and accessible? Ensure that your patients still receive top…
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Common Misconceptions About Opioid Treatment
Refuting Common Misconceptions About Opioid Treatment At a time when record numbers need help with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), there are many misconceptions about…
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Five Habits of Professional Podcasters
When I began my podcast in 2013 I just started talking about what I was learning. Little did I know that following someone’s journey…
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When, Can, or Do You Go Back To In-Person Practice? Part 2
In Part 1, I focused on considering the personal reasons you may decide to return to an in-person private practice when COVID still exists….
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Best Mental Health Resources That Therapists Recommend to Their Clients
As a therapist, you’re always giving your clients the best advice based on what you learnt at college and through experience. You know what…
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When Therapists Parent
I recently found out that a Google search returns no relevant pages regarding a therapist’s anxiety about parenting their own children. How could this…
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3 Final Things About Group Practice I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Began
I began compiling a list of things about group practice ownership that I wish someone had told me before I started. Guess what, the…
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When, Can, or Do You Go Back To In-Person Practice? Part 1
Going Back to In-Person Practice – My Current Predicament I don’t know about you, but I had no choice but to fully transition my…
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How to Start a Membership Community Through Your Podcast
A membership community is something most professional podcasters aspire to have. They help you go deeper with a community, provide consistent and predictable income,…
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How To Take A Vacation In Private Practice
My Journey in Learning How to Take a Vacation in Private Practice Before sharing how to take a vacation in private practice, I have…
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6 Things a Pre-Licensed Counselor Should Consider When Starting a Private Practice
Starting a private practice is hard work. A private practice owner has to be concerned with marketing, website, renting office space, furniture, and things…
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Coping Skills For Therapists To Use Between Sessions
Coping Skills For Therapists That You Can Quickly Use to Reduce Anxiety Between Sessions? Raise your hand if you have felt anxious and overwhelmed…
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Starting a Membership Community
Here’s my full interview text with Pat Flynn, this was for my article for Podcast Magazine’s March issue. You can read it free in…
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3 More Things About Group Practice That I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Began
Wondering what you need to know about starting a group practice before actually doing it? Check out my initial blog on this topic 3…
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3 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Starting A Group Practice
When I decided to move from a solo counseling practice to starting a group practice, I honestly didn’t think much about it. I was…
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How to Position Yourself for 2021
New Year’s resolutions are overrated. Statistically, by the time you read this, you’ll have already given up on your resolutions. Last month, as the…
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Deciding on Solo or Group Private Practice
As a Licensed Mental Health Professional for the last three years, the way the industry has changed since March 2020 has been significant. When…
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Google 2021 Core Web Vitals Update: What Therapists and Counselors Need to Know
As a website owner, you want your site to show up as high as possible in Google and other search engine results. The closer…
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Does a Therapist in Private Practice Need a Business Consultant?
Maybe you’re fresh out of the gate with the doctorate to prove it? And more years of education than you’d like to count? Or…
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Why Having a Hyper-niche Podcast is Really, Really Smart
Be a Specialist. Have a Hyper-niche Podcast. In my hometown of Traverse City, MI, there is a fancy restaurant named The Boathouse. It’s right…
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Unexpected Lessons From Starting a Mental Health Podcast
I did a “soft opening” for my private practice and decided that that the best way to grow it was by starting a mental…
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Working with Veterans and Understanding Their Unique Needs
During my career of working with Veterans (a population that includes me) and helping them begin and sustain recovery, I have found that they…
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How does PayPal report my sales to the IRS? Will I receive a tax Form 1099-K?
It’s that time of year again, when your accountant wants you to 1099 everyone you’ve given money to above $600 (for 2020 taxes). Unfortunately,…
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6 Signs You’re Suffering From Therapist Burnout (And 3 Things You Can Do About It)
Therapist Burnout Is A Reality For Many of Us – Especially Now Therapists are experts in helping people deal with stress, overwhelm, and burnout….
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How to Stay Connected and Beat Isolation In Private Practice
My Story: How to Stay Connected and Beat Isolation In Private Practice I left my position at a busy hospital after 15 years to…
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4 Mindset Shifts Moving from a Solo to Group Practice
Moving From a Solo to Group Practice in 2021? You May Need a Mindset Shift One thing that I did not anticipate when I…
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10 Takeaways from 2020
When life gives you 2020, you take time to reflect on what this year has truly brought and what lessons you have learned. Unexpected…
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How Many Private Practice Clients Should I See in a Week?
I feel that this is a personal decision and the answer will be different for everyone. However, there are some things to consider when…
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One Essential Audit to do in January
January has so many feelings wrapped up in it. Thank goodness last year is over, maybe this year will be better, and a feeling…
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3 Ways to Monetize a Podcast
My Tried-and-Tested Tips to Monetize a Podcast When you first started your podcast, what was your motivation? Was it to make money, share a…
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Does a Therapist in Private Practice Need a Business Consultant?
“Do I Really Need a Business Consultant as a Private Practitioner?” When I started out in private practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family…
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Caring For Ourselves While Caring For Others
We Often Spend More Time Caring For Others, Than Caring For Ourselves Some days are so filled with grief and sadness and the losses…
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Don’t Settle When Hiring Clinicians
The Key to Hiring Clinicians to Your Group Practice Whether this is your very first interview or your 40th, always remember that you shouldn’t…
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Growing Your Business with Support Services and the Scale-Up Summit
As an Owner Growing Your Business Means Doing Less I’m convinced that a business grows when owners do less. Not less work or time,…
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Social Media: When Your Personal And Professional Life Collide
As a Psychologist in Private Practice, I am no stranger to social media. It is almost a given that at a minimum, anyone in…
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Five Ways to Structure a Podcast Series
Why You Should Structure a Podcast Series Professional podcasters often fall into a cycle of stagnation. You launch a podcast – maybe it takes…
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Mental Health Insurance Benefits: What is the Difference Between Out-of-Network vs. In-Network Providers?
What You Need to Know About Mental Health Insurance Benefits As a mental health provider, I am frequently asked by potential clients if I…
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3 Tips To Execute Ideas For Your Private Practice
Don’t Overthink Your Ideas for Private Practice Working on a new idea for your private practice can be the most exciting. Yet it can…
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How to Hire Right in the Beginning
As an experienced interviewing and hiring manager, I keep coming back to the concept that you need to spend more time and energy upfront…
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Virtual Reality: How to Manage Your Online Practice with Your Kids’ Online School
I have to be honest. I know this pandemic is awful. Just, truly awful. Nobody will debate that. For my practice, COVID could not…
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Transition to a Better Work-Life Balance in 3 Simple Steps
2020 | The Year of Finding a Work-Life Balance 2020 certainly had other plans for the world. For many, it gave us the reality…
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How to Monetize a Podcast
Pain and Transformation Before jumping into how to monetize a podcast, ask yourself, what is the last thing you bought? Think about it, what…
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I lost $1000s By Not Hiring 1099s
You know only a fool refuses to take good advice. At least at this point, I won’t be acknowledging myself as being a fool,…
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Hiring Your First Clinician, Part 3
You are in the home stretch of hiring a new clinician to your private practice, which is very exciting! If you haven’t read Hiring…
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DO WHAT YOU LOVE, LOVE WHAT YOU DO
What You Do For Fun and How That Motivates You to do Better at Work Have you ever had one of those workweeks where…
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Outsourcing is a Must: And Here is Why
Let’s face it. When you went to graduate school, you learned how to be a clinician. Which is fantastic, and probably why you thought…
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A Call to Return to the Basics of Counseling Amidst Chaos of 2020
Returning to the Basics of Counseling The world is on fire. There’s a public health crisis of the Coronavirus and there’s a public health…
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How To Start a Podcast: 4 Steps Every Podcast Owner Should Take
Thinking about starting a podcast to grow your private practice? Now is the time to do it. Podcasting is becoming the new ‘best practice’…
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I Think I Want To Blog, But…I’m Scared
There are so many fears that come to mind when we start to think about blogging. “What will I write about? Am I a…
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Do You Have Trouble Saying “No” to Yourself and Others as a Business Owner?
Are you a business owner who has a hard time saying “no” to anyone let alone yourself? If you are, then fear no more. …
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Specialization: Is it Necessary?
I remember the first time I saw the letters ABPP after the Ph.D. of one of my supervisor’s names in graduate school. When I…
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Hiring Your First Clinician, Part 2
This is the second blog in the Hiring Your First Clinician series, for Part 1 Click Here. By now you’ve set up a timeline…
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How To Be More Productive By Working Less
So you want to be more productive and work fewer hours. That’s awesome! Let’s figure out how to do this. I’m going to share…
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How to Tell Your Boss You Want to Work Less Hours
So how do you tell your boss you want to work less hours? Well, it might just be that you want to work less…
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Why We Should Work Less
When you are working hard, maybe getting into a flow state, or even under stress many of these feel good chemicals are released. So…
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How to Work From Home
Do you ever wonder how people successfully work from home? Whether it’s a pandemic or you just want to work from home. How do…
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Why Haven’t You Started Your Private Practice?
There are some of you who have held close the dream of one day having your own private practice. For some, the dream has…
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How to Use Intentional Transitioning to Balance Between Online Work and Home Life
As a crisis management consultant and mental health professional, I have led at least 20 groups virtually for various schools, companies, and non-profit organizations…
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The Toll COVID is Taking on Therapists: 5 Self Care Tips
I know I am not stating anything other than the obvious when I say that our country is facing a mental health crisis. In…
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Hiring Your First Clinician, Part 1
All right! You’re ready to get moving on hiring your first clinician! But, how do you start? If you’ve never hired anyone before, this…
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3 Friday Myths, Debunked in 3 Minutes
I’m going to get down to it right away, there are some myths about Friday that we have to undo. To save you time,…
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The Podcast Network Monthly Roundup: July 2020
Did you know that we have a podcast network? This is a family of podcasts that will change the world! We’ve round up our…
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Monthly Roundup Of Posts: July 2020
The summer months are nearing an end and it seems states are beginning to reopen. Sadly, Slow Down School was canceled, but we hope…
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7 Quick & Long-Term Streams of Income – Part 4
I have created some helpful tips to create passive income for your practice. In this article, I will be going over steps 6 and…
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7 Quick & Long-Term Streams of Income – Part 3
I have created some helpful tips to create passive income for your practice. In this article, I will be going over steps 4 and…
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“What Is Required To Call Myself a Christian Counselor?”
“What is required to call myself a Christian counselor?” is one of the most common questions I hear as a consultant. People often wonder…
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Top 6 Products In My Office
Sitting at the office all day can be a challenge for me, so I want to be as comfortable as possible. Not only are…
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How to Decorate An Online Office
One thing we do know for sure, the pandemic is not going to be going away anytime soon. Since it’s not leaving, it the…
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3 Reasons Why Your Private Practice May Not Be Growing
Do Your Friends Know What You Do? I remember shortly before I decided to go into private practice full-time. I was lead to take…
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Self-Disclosure As A Therapist: Maybe The Best Thing I Never Learned in Grad School Yet
I recall hearing over and over again during my graduate school studies that when it came to therapy, self-disclosure was not allowed. There was…
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Systems to Create for Your Group Practice
Before you even hire someone for your group practice, you want to make sure that you have all your systems and processes in place….
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The Podcast Network Monthly Roundup: June 2020
Did you know that we have a podcast network? This is a family of podcasts that will change the world! We’ve round up our…
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Monthly Roundup Of Posts: June 2020
There is so much going on in the world right now and we are hopeful that wherever you are, you are safe, healthy, and…
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Why is Curiosity Essential in Business?
When we were kids we were curious about everything. Everything was new, flowers, the seasons, new sports, we lived in a constant state of…
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Why Boundaries Help You Get More Done
Imagine on Monday you have a list of 20 things to get done this week. You get 10 done and 15 more get added…
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BLM Resources Round Up
In this blog post, we are aiming to promote resources, consultants, and tips around racial justice, BLM, and privilege. All links are directly from…
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A Call to My White Therapist Friends for Humanity, Connection, and Leadership
Our nation is enduring a double pandemic. We went from a global health pandemic, COVID-19 to a racial pandemic which is taking a toll…
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Make More Money By Diversifying Your Practice
Private practice is great, but not everybody wants to spend their entire day counseling clients. As much as I love providing interventions that change…
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When Do I Work Best?
Have you ever asked yourself when do I work best? Take a moment and think about it. When do you get into a flow, …
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An Open Office
This year has continued to horrify, with each month bringing more tragedy and heartbreak. Every morning I read posts saying therapists will be busier…
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How Much Do Therapists Make?
Private practice therapist salary To earn six figures in private practice, your gross revenue should be at least 30% more than your goal. Divide…
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How to Find Keywords
We’re going to talk about some things that can be done to optimize a blog post differently. We’re going to focus on improving the…
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Outsourcing When Starting a Group Practice: Part 2
In my prior blog, I discussed why you should outsource tasks when starting a group practice, the cost-benefit of outsourcing, and the different things…
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Monthly Roundup Of Posts: May 2020
And just like that, we have hit the halfway mark to 2020! Its definitely been the most unpredictable, life-changing year and we have had…
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