Christopher Lochhead On Living A Legendary Life | PoP 336
Are you living a legendary life? What sort of entrepreneur are you? Are you designing your own life? In this podcast episode, Joe Sanok…
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Caring And Compassion Fatigue
There I was, having the same kinds of nightmares I ask my clients about. A week before, I had just witnessed my client in…
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Christopher Lochhead Wants You To Be a Small “E” Entrepreneur And He Hates Pickles | PoP 335
As an entrepreneur, do you focus on the problem or the solution? Do you think that being ‘different’ is a negative thing? What sets…
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Instagram Stories And Highlights: How You Can Use Them To Showcase Your Practice
I love using Instagram stories to share information about my practice and my services. I want to share a small breakdown of how I…
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It’s A Marathon, Not A Sprint: The Reason Why Energy Conservation Is Important
Making the decision to go into private practice is an anxiety inducing endeavor. In my experience consulting with a number of therapists over the…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: October 2018
In the month of October we had a diversity of articles talking about how to decorate your office with purpose to using a virtual…
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How to Run an Online Counseling Practice
Are you wanting to get involved in online counseling? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a…
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The Unplanned Day Of Networking
Some people may consider networking to be a necessary evil in the professional world. It doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Occasionally opportunities…
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Here Is The Consulting Framework You’ve Been Waiting For
What is consulting? We hear this all over the place in the business world but what is consulting really? So often we hear the…
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5 Exercises To Spark Your Creative Thinking Skills
All humans have natural creative thinking skills. As therapists and business owners, we likely use them every day to develop ideas and problem solve….
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7 Email Marketing Tips For Private Practices
Email marketing is one of the best tools to spread your outreach and raise awareness of your private practice. However, it’s more in how…
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Quick Tips For Networking
When I volunteered to write blog posts for another therapist’s page, I was excited. I like being able to connect with new people and…
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How To Add A New Niche To Your Private Practice
As private practice business owners, we often hear how important it is to niche down. There are lots of good reasons to pick one…
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I Hired My First Clinician, Now What?
If you’re reading this, maybe you’ve already taken the plunge and hired your first clinician. If so, congratulations are in order! You were probably…
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The Unseen Connection Between Shock And Dissociation
Shock and dissociation are connected. This is something not many clinicians think about. The relationship is rich and worthy of being explored. Dissociation is…
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3 Ways To Get Paid More Without Working Harder
“How to I get paid more?” is a question that I am asked on a weekly basis by clinicians from all over the country….
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Why Linking Your Social Media Posts To Your Blog Is Important
We have all heard it before, the importance to blog! Blogging is a way to easily share your expertise and a way to help…
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How to Attract Adolescents as Your Ideal Client
Is your ideal client adolescents? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video,…
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How To Set Up A Membership Community And Earn A Passive Income
We’re talking all about membership communities, how do you start, grow and automate it? I’m going to tell you exactly how I started a…
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An Abundance Mentality And Your Ideal Client
Have you ever talked to your clients about the difference between a scarcity consciousness and an abundance mentality? Here’s the example that I use…
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Decorating Your Private Office With Purpose
First impressions are everything! This is important to remember when planning to decorate your office. You don’t have to have a degree in interior…
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Sarah Cheek Applied LEAN To Laundry And Home Life Is So Much Easier | PoP 332
Have you ever heard of LEAN and wondered how you can implement it into your life? Are you looking for processes to make your…
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Networking Guide For Therapists
Therapists usually have one thing in common…. They hate selling themselves! So it’s no surprise that networking can be intimidating and challenging for most…
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How to Absolutely Kill It in Private Practice | September 2018 Monthly Income Report
This month I worked three weeks then went to Colorado with my wife. Our primary purpose was to check out the YMCA of the…
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How to Use a Virtual Assistant to Grow Passive Income
You hear about virtual assistants on podcasts and blogs. People are always talking about virtual assistants, but how do you actually find a virtual…
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Alternative Growth Methods to Expanding into a Group Practice
Are you currently in private practice, but are not wanting to expand into a group practice? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the…
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6 Reasons To Add Online Counseling To Your Practice
Have you been thinking about adding online counseling to your in-person practice? Or are you looking to start your own practice and are thinking…
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The Importance of Investing in Yourself
It is so exciting to finally have your private practice started! Congratulations! I know the money is tight right now. Maybe you were able…
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When to Leave Your Full-Time Job for Private Practice
Are you currently in part-time private practice and in a full-time job? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for…
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The Benefits Of Starting A Counseling Practice In A Small Town
After working in “the big city” for many years of my career I decided to take a big risk. I left my job and…
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Social Media Sprint: How To Optimize Facebook | PoP 328
Do you have a Facebook business page but you’re not sure what to post? Are you posting content that is relevant to your ideal…
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Embracing Entrepreneurial Anxiety
The waters may be cold but you still need to jump in and swim. This line came to my mind this past weekend when…
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Angie Morgan Wrote a New York Times Best Seller, But That Wasn’t The End | PoP 327
Have you ever thought about writing a book but not sure where to start? Do you feel that managing is the same as leading…
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How Therapists Can Do Social Media Right
By now, you’ve heard time and again that businesses need to be active on social media to attract new audiences and maintain engagement with…
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Introduction To Generating A Passive Income
Unit 1 Of The Passive Income Series We’re going to be talking about all things passive income: When should you use it in your…
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How to Prepare for Private Practice in Grad School?
Are you currently in Grad School, but are wanting to go into private practice when you graduate? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice,…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: September 2018
In the month of September we had wonderful articles talking about everything from how to deal with no-show clients to how to get your office…
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Three Things You Can Do to Prevent Retraumatization
Do you have clients who when asked about traumatic experiences tend to get into a lot of detail and emotional activation when describing these…
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A Few Practical Tips That Helped Me Establish My Paper & Process Systems
I’ve been in private practice for almost two years now and there have been so many new things that I’ve had to learn along…
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Who Needs Online Counseling?
Why would anyone need online counseling? I asked myself the same thing in early 2016…. At that time, I had a coworker who was…
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How To Stop Sounding Like Every Other Therapist
Dear Therapist Stop being boring when you market. Stop writing your profiles and web copy like you are writing your dissertation or worse yet…
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20 Podcasts To Listen To Now
I’m going to share with you my favorite podcasts. Of course I love my own podcast, the Practice of the Practice podcast where we help people have innovative ideas to start, grow, and scale their private practices. This is for people that have a counseling private practice, massage therapy, chiropractors, attorneys – all sorts of people with a private practice….
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3 Easy Ways to Generate Ideas for Content Marketing
Content marketing is a great way to bring ideal clients into your practice. However, if you’re not familiar with the process of creating content…
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Should I Give My Private Practice a Generic Name?
Are you in the process of naming your private practice? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting…
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Importance of Building Community
When I first started my private practice and hung up my shingle (ahem, published my website), I thought I was ready. I’d recently moved…
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Getting Your Office Ready!
When starting out my private practice, I was initially subleasing. But as my practice grew, it was time to find my own office space!…
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Cecilia Briseno Does Hardship Evaluations And Is Changing The World | PoP 325
Have you ever heard about hardship evaluation? Wondering whether this is a service you can offer in your own practice? Maybe you have thought…
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Planning To Hire Your First Clinician?
So, you have decided to take the next step and hire your first clinician. How exciting! If you’re like me, you may have spent…
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I’m Thinking About Hiring My First Clinician, Now What?
The thought of bringing on your first clinician may excite you, but also frighten you at the same time. You may be a person…
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Empathizing With New Patients
Trying something new for the first time can cause quite a bit of anxiety. I felt pretty anxious before I went to my first…
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What Rate to Charge for Consulting
Do you wonder what rate to charge as a consultant? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting…
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Taking The Leap
What Are You Waiting For? I have been in private practice full time now for 7 months at the time of this writing….
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3 Tips on Adding Services To Your Practice
In the growth of each business there comes a time to add new services. Adding services is a big undertaking that requires thoughtful systems,…
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Lacy Boggs Knows A Lot About Content Creation | PoP 324
Have you heard about content marketing and does it send shivers down your spine? Do you have a blog but not sure how to…
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Stay The Course
You decided to start your own practice. Easier said than done. Creating a practice is a journey. It’s life changing and it can be…
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How To Determine If It’s Time To Hire An Administrative Assistant
As I start the beginning of a new school year, my work load really begins to increase. I’m so thankful that I spent time…
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What I Did After My Client No-Showed
My client in private practice didn’t show up tonight. In fact, this was my third no-show in two weeks. I milled about trying to…
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Start with Lifestyle, Then Build Your Business | Monthly Income Report Aug 2018
August is the landing of summer. My kids didn’t go back until early September, so we tried have as much summer fun as possible….
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How to Stay Motivated When You Start Your Practice
You have put in hours setting up your private practice, creating marketing materials, networking with other professionals, researching the necessary business tools, setting up…
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How To Know When To Discuss Sex With Clients
This is a question I wrestled with for a number of years. Both in my private practice, as well as agency work. When is…
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Tara McMullin Creates Economic Powerhouses | PoP 323
Have you ever thought about your business having the potential to become an economic powerhouse? Are you wondering how to better connect with your…
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Small Town Therapist
Carl plopped down in the chair across from me. “I’m so glad we have an appointment today! I had the worst day at work!…
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How To Transition Mid-Career To A Counseling Practice
Like many other professions in the mental health field, clinical counseling through a private practice is exceedingly rewarding. You help people, working with them…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: August 2018
In the month of August we started an insightful Marketing Strategies series which looks at different types of marketing and how you can optimise…
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Marketing Strategies: How to Optimise Your Website
This is unit 3 of this marketing series and we’re going to be covering what you need to do to optimise your website. Two…
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Darrell Darnell Started A Podcast And Then Everything Changed | PoP 320
Are you wondering about whether or not a podcast will be good for your practice? Is it worth engaging listeners on this platform? Maybe…
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You’re Not Stuck, Launch Your Big Idea | Monthly Income Report July 2018
You absolutely are not stuck, you can launch a big idea. That’s my big takeaway from Slow Down School 2018. As 25 of us…
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Marketing Strategies: Types of Marketing in Private Practice
This is unit 2 of this marketing series and we are going to talk about different marketing strategies. Two Ways People Decide To Work…
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Dr. Richard Shuster Was In A Car Accident And Everything Changed | PoP 319
Have you ever thought about intentionally doing something good and wanting to bring about change? What influence does social media have on the way…
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Marketing Strategies: ‘At’ Versus ‘With’ Marketing
This is part 1 of the marketing series for private practices and we’re going to look at Marketing Strategies: ‘At’ versus ‘With’ Marketing. ‘At’…
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Ways to Keep Focused When Starting a Private Practice
You did it! You finally took the plunge and started your own private practice. Now what? How do you keep focused when starting a private…
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How to Schedule Your Day
Wonder how to schedule your day? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this…
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Perry Rosenbloom Asks Joe Sanok Some Difficult Questions About Running A Private Practice I PoP 318
Are you stumped for ideas on how to get people through the doors of your private practice? Ever wondered how successful private practice owners…
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Business Development: How to Start a Group Private Practice
Today I am addressing a few questions I often receive about starting a group private practice. Percentage Split Within A Group Practice On-boarding Phase…
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How do You Allocate Time When Building Your Practice?
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Rent Options for Private Practice
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Key to Happiness: Take Ownership of Your S#*!
Often times, whether it’s my clinical work or my consulting work, I see that people are having a hard time taking ownership of the…
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How to Maintain a Personal Touch Via a Virtual Assistant
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: July 2018
In the month of July we had a look at whether or not you should use your own name in your counseling practice. We…
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In-Session Time Management
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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How to Get the Most Out of Vacation
I was so frustrated with Christina for not putting something back somewhere that I now don’t remember. I said, “I need to go for…
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When and How to Work On Your Business Ideas
One of the biggest questions that I get is ‘when do I work my big idea?’ Maybe you have a private practice and it’s…
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How do You Network With ‘Cold’ Contacts?
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Can You Work Full-Time While Building a Group Practice
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Exercise To Create And Understand Your Brand Persona
In this video I’m going to share with you an exercise that will help you get into the mind of your ideal client and…
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How to Transition to Private Practice | June 2018 Monthly Income Report
June was a great month! I’ve worked hard to start enjoying the northern Michigan summer. My daughters are out of school, so we’ve had…
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Bumping Into Ego-States In Working With Trauma
Ever worked with a client and suddenly gotten a strange reaction from them? Was it almost as if you are seeing a totally different…
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What is Involved in Adding a 1099 to Your Practice?
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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How to Market Your Private Practice Online
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Five Business Development Ideas Within The Scaling Phase of Practice
During the scaling phase there’s a number of things that you need to do, but the first thing is five mindsets that you need…
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Should You Use Your Own Name in Your Counseling Business Name?
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Personal Versus Business Listing on Psychology Today
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Three Business Development Strategies Within the Growth Phase of Private Practice
In this video I’m going to show you the three ways that you can get through the growth phase of your private practice. The…
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How do You Network?
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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When do You Know You’re Ready to Add a Clinician to Your Practice?
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: June 2018
In the month of June we featured some great posts along with an exciting series on ‘How to Start a Million Dollar Practice with…
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Pitfalls and Tips to Succeed in Small Business
There are many perks of being self-employed which is what inspired us to take our first steps of faith in starting our business in…
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Six Steps to Self-Care
A lot has been written on the topic of self-care…so much so that it may seem almost trite to talk about it. So many…
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How to Get Your Name Out
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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Six Essentials for Blogging
Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…
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