Ask Kelly Higdon: How do You Become a Lifestyle Entrepreneur?
How do you define your lifestyle first and then structure your business around that? When envisioning your day in business you have to get…
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Ask Kelly Higdon: What are the Mistakes/Successes when Starting a Counseling Practice?
Common Mistakes Counselors Make When Starting/Growing A Private Practice Not building your business around the life you want Not facing fears related to ideal…
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8 Self-Care Tips Every Online Counselor Needs to Know
Working from home can be a practical solution to improving the balance between your work and home life. I was ready to give up…
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How to Market Your Private Practice
You’re getting trained in the Gottman Method, maybe you’ve completed Level 1 or Level 2. You’re excited about getting more clients, but the phone…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: June 2019
In the blink of an eye half of the year is gone and we hope it’s been an amazing 6 months of 2019 for…
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How To Make Your Private Practice An Authority Source Online
Some say that authority is the secret to finding more clients and improving your business. I’m inclined to agree, particularly when it comes to…
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Creating Your Ideal Client Avatar
You want to work with more of your ideal clients, right? That’s awesome, but who are they? Who is your ideal client? What is…
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Systems That Save You Time in Group Practice
In our practice, we have found several systems that work to streamline our business and save us time. Every minute wasted, is money lost….
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How I Have Optimized My Website
If you are creating your own website or have hired someone to do it for you, here are some things to consider of how…
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How to Set Your Business Rates
There are a couple of things that I recommend to get the most out of your private pay clients and I don’t mean just…
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3 Tips on Outsourcing Billing
As your private practice grows, you may want to think about bringing on a biller or hiring a billing company. This may especially be…
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Scott Reib is a Business Attorney aka How to Not Be Sued | PoP 379
Do you have an attorney you use in your business? If not, are you wondering how necessary it is and what value they could…
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Should You Take Medical Insurance or Go Private Pay?
Should take insurance in your private practice or should you go private pay? Whatever your private practice is, it’s a big decision whether you…
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Where to Spend Your Time in Your Counseling Practice
How do you spend your time in your private practice? Where do you put your time in? What is the most effective use of…
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Getting Things Done with David Allen | PoP 376
Do you have a long to-do list and just feel overwhelmed by it all? How are you prioritizing your tasks every day? What if…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: May 2019
How is it possible that we are already halfway through the year?! Time sure does fly when you’re having fun. May was jam-packed with…
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Getting Things Done with David Allen
The 6 Horizons of Focus Ground: Calendar/actions This is the ground floor – the huge volume of actions and information you currently have to…
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Your Private Practice Office Do’s and Dont’s
When it comes to private practice offices, there is a delicate balance to achieve. This is because you not only have to create a…
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Five Things You Can Do Today to Start Achieving Your Goals
When we think about setting goals for our business, our practice, we can look at that as the first step. Then it is important…
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Celebration as Marketing
My business celebrated its first birthday in February. Note that I didn’t say my business celebrated its first year in operation. Gratitude is a…
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3 Things I Learned in My Search for Office Space
I’ve touched on before some of the more important lessons I learned in starting my own private practice. One of the most important decisions…
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Everybody Hurts, Sometimes aka How to Change the World
When you see it, you can’t unsee. It is literally everywhere. I’ll tell you what I’m talking about in a second. First, think back…
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My Journey in Providing Health Insurance to my Employees
My passion within this field, as I am sure it is for many of you, is providing high-quality care. When transitioning my solo practice…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: April 2019
April has flown by in the blink of an eye. And as usual, it has been jam-packed. On the podcast, we had a series…
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Should I Start A Group Private Practice? Five Questions for Private Practice | PoP 370
Have you been considering moving from a solo to group practice? Do you know what this change will entail? How much more financially viable…
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Buying A Private Practice
Most people are not in the market to buy a private counseling practice. Most people are not having a casual conversation about the possibility…
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10 Ways to Get Your Name Out There
Over the course of watching some of the greats in private practice operate, I’ve concluded that they stick out because they aren’t following the…
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How Do I Get More Ideal Clients In My Private Practice? Five Questions for Private Practice Series 4 of 5 | PoP 369
Why should you focus on getting your ideal client? Do you know how to attract your ideal client? How can identifying and attracting your…
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How to Network Locally
Are you just starting your private practice and are not sure how to get more referrals? You’ve got your website set up and are…
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Considerations When Adding An Additional Practice Location
Maybe you’re at the point in your practice where you have more potential clients that need your service than the time or space to…
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How Do I Set My Rates In Private Practice? Five Questions for Private Practice Series 3 of 5 | PoP 368
Are you struggling with figuring out how to set your rates in private practice? Not sure how often you can raise your rates? Want…
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How to Create a Logo for Your Counseling Practice
Your logo represents the face of your practice. It shows up on your website and business cards. It reflects who you are and what…
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How Much Time Should I Spend on My Private Practice? Five Questions for Private Practice Series 1 of 5 | PoP 366
How much time should you spend working on your private practice? We might call this time “operational hours.” These are hours like networking, building…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: March 2019
What a great month March was! We launched our 8th cohort with Next Level Practice and we had some wonderful guests on the podcast…
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How to Name a Business | PoP 361
Are you struggling to name your business? Feeling overwhelmed by all the things it takes to start a private practice? Do you find yourself…
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Here’s Why Content Is King
In general, people are really overwhelmed and busy. Think about who you actually listen to, who do you follow on a regular consistent basis?…
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The Five Most Important Questions for Private Practice: An Authoritative Guide
How much time should I spend on my private practice? Should I take insurance in my private practice? How do I set my rates…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: February 2019
2019 is showing no sign of slowing down! February was jam-packed and we covered some great topics such as how to create recurring revenue…
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Easy Ways to Save Money and Boost Profits when Running a Private Practice
If you run a private practice, then you will understand how stressful it can be at times. After all, you need to look out…
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How to Rebuild a Practice When People Leave with Dr. Larry Beer | PoP 358
How do you bounce back from a set back that could potentially damage your business? Do you set time aside for those things that…
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5 Things I Learned After Adding My First Clinician
I’ve touched on before some of the more important lessons I learned in starting my own private practice. And I’ve been fortunate enough that…
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Becoming an Expert and Staying Relevant
I have a colleague with whom I consult regularly. One of the nice things about this trusting relationship is that I have the space…
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On Being a Therapist…and Mother and Business Owner
When I first started out on this journey of becoming who I am today, I had no idea what was ahead of me. If…
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Stop Asking People to be Your Mentor and Try This Instead
I never considered myself having a mentor until I graduated from high school; I was part of a growing non-profit and this person I…
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Building Your Billing Systems: Part 2
“In order for any business to succeed, it must first become a system so that the business functions exactly the same way every time…
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How to Slow Down to Spark Innovation
In this 4 part series we’re going to talk all about: How to slow down How to make it a priority Why it matters…
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Growth Tips For Office-less Private Practices
Most counseling practices invest a lot of time and energy in creating a safe and comforting environment in their workplace. For therapists based within…
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How To Run And Maintain Your Business Effectively
Running a business is no easy feat and maintaining the success and functionality of your business can be hard work. No matter how old…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: January 2019
And just like that January is wrapped up! 2019 certainly started off with a bang. Some phenomenal guests were featured on the podcast and…
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How I’ve Launched Big Ideas
Launching an idea or new business service in your private practice can be a little nerve-wracking. Simply because you’re challenging the norms of what…
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Dr. Larry Beer & Joe Sanok Discuss How to Rebuild When Employees Leave
Dr. Larry Beer is The President of Child and Family Psychological Services which will be celebrating 30 years in 2019. They currently have 43…
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6 Things I Learned After Hiring a Virtual Assistant
I’ve previously spoken about some of the most important lessons that I learned starting a private practice. And one of those things I mentioned…
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The Three E’s of Every Long-Lasting Business
In a previous blog post, I mentioned a formula for success that many successful companies use till this day to get the ball rolling—and…
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Is Online Counseling Effective?
As online counseling and telemental health becomes more and more popular, there is a growing body of clinical research that supports the effectiveness of…
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4 Benefits of Specificity in Business
There’s a whole array of different stuff to focus on in any given business. Never mind a startup or entrepreneurial venture. Especially, a startup…
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Create Systems to Help Grow Your Practice!
Who here has ever looked at other practice owners and wondered how in the world they are able to run such a smooth and…
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Public Speaking Topics Within Private Practice
How do you brainstorm topics to talk about in your keynote? The first techniques that I love coming up with in a keynote speech…
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Building Your Billing Systems: Part 1
“A bad system will beat a good person every time” – W. Edwards Deming The importance of building a rock-solid billing system is critical…
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Public Speaking Importance Within Private Practice
We’re covering exactly how you can use public speaking to get more referrals in your private practice or your business. So few people are…
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Five Things Prospective Counselors Look for When Joining a Private Practice
Hiring additional clinicians as 1099 independent contractors is a great way to add additional revenue to your private practice. Depending on your location there…
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6 Factors to Consider Before Deciding Your Digital Marketing
Digital marketing is super important since we’ve moved into a more digital world. This will create a much better situation for yourself, and for…
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Small Business Strategy Development
Nowadays, most people would agree that business growth is a necessity as opposed to an option. However, in order to take your company to…
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Marketing Strategies For Growing Your Practice
When it comes to growing your business online, there are so many different strategies and tactics out there being promoted as the right ones….
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: December 2018
In the month of December we looked at social media and blogging for your practice, how to handle sales negotiations and first steps to…
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Setting Up Systems For Your Practice – For Beginners
Something that has helped me in my practice is implementing a few systems for when a potential client calls or emails me for a…
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First Steps to Get a Website Up For Your Private Practice
Creating a well designed website for your private practice is very important in marketing your practice online. It is the business card and face…
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Allan Dib Has a One Page Marketing Plan for You | PoP 344
Struggling to identify your target market or craft the perfect marketing message? Maybe you’ve already done this but you’re not sure how to capture…
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Important But Overlooked Compliance Issues For Practices
It goes without saying that a counselling practice must place ethics at the forefront of its operations. When dealing with psychologically and emotionally vulnerable…
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A Formula for Success that Actually Works
You’ve heard the pitch before: “Do you want to be successful? Are you tired of living a mediocre life and are feeling stuck? Well,…
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How to Use Facebook to Get Involved with Your Local Community
When you have a private practice, marketing and networking is key, whether in-person or through social media. Either way, you are looking to get…
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Reflection and Growth
Where do you need to stretch? I was recently having a discussion with a group of people about what their “growth edge” was from…
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6 Secrets: Advice for Private Practices Seeking to Successfully Manage Remote Teams
Several tips for private practices to successfully manage remote teams. One definitely needs to see them all in order to select the one that…
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5 Ways to Market Your Online Counseling Practice
Once you establish your online counseling practice, your next step is to attract new clients through marketing. Fortunately, marketing your online practice is very…
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5 Reasons Why You Should Use Google Ads For Your Business
Google launched their online advertising platform nearly 18 years ago and up until recently, it was called Google Adwords. It has now been changed…
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Nick Usborne Will Teach You Conversational Copywriting | PoP 343
How familiar are you with conversational copywriting? Do you struggle to write in your own authentic voice? What if imperfection was the key to…
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How to Handle the “You’re Too Expensive” Sales Negotiation Objection
Sales negotiation can be a high-stress experience and many sellers feel daunted when they hear “you’re too expensive” from a potential client, afraid to…
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Does Your Practice Need A Blog?
For some medical professionals, it’s the ultimate dream to start your own private practice. All through medical school you could be waiting for the…
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Self Doubt and Starting a Private Practice
The decision to start a private practice can be an anxiety ridden one for most therapists. Many therapists come to me saying things like,…
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Juggling Family Time and Building a Practice
As I have begun to build my practice this past year, something that is clear, and I’m sure resonates with everyone here, is the…
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The 4 Most Important Things I Learned While Starting My Private Practice
Truth be told, I never really considered opening up my own private practice. It was always an interest of mine to work in a…
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So, You Want To Go Into Business With Your Spouse…
“What is it like being Jeremy’s assistant?”… is one of the most abhorrent questions Kathryn is asked on a regular basis. We tell people…
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Jaime Masters is an Eventual Millionaire [reverse podcast] | PoP 342
Are you starting, growing or scaling your practice? Are you a specialist or a generalist? Do you know how important it is to slow…
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Busting Myths About Starting in a Private Practice While Pre-Licensed
In talking with numerous pre- and provisionally-licensed clinicians, I’ve found there are several misconceptions about getting into a private practice while being pre-licensed. These…
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Stop Volunteering
You need to stop volunteering. I’m serious, it’s draining you. You think it’s making an impact, but it’s not. In fact, you might be…
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Monthly Round Up Of Posts: November 2018
In the month of November we tackled topics such as how to market yourself as a consultant, how to run an online counseling practice…
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The Counselor in the Room: Attending a Conference Outside Your Field
In my previous article“The Unplanned Day of Networking” I recounted a day I took advantage of random encounters as opposed to actively overextending myself…
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Richard Chapo is an Internet Lawyer and You’re Doing Some Things Wrong | PoP 340
Do you have an attorney who understands business law in your state? Do you have safeguards in place to protect yourself online? Have you…
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Get Exposure for Your Practice Through In-Person Networking Events
A great way to increase the visibility of your practice and increase your clients is by networking. This can be carried out either in-person…
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It’s All About Relationships: Networking Locally to Build a Client Referral Base
Starting a private practice is exciting! It can also be daunting, overwhelming and exhausting. The concept is simple: rent a space, hold therapy sessions…
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Cindy Nicholson is the Course Whisperer | PoP 339
Do you have something to teach your clients? Have your ever thought about creating an online course? What could you teach audience and how…
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How to Market Yourself As a Consultant
When you look at marketing yourself as a consultant you should look at: What you already have set up. Growing your specialty – this…
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How to Improve Your Google Ranking
Are you wanting to improve your Google ranking? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private…
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Loneliness in Private Practice is Real
This article could be a fear-based narrative about how important staying connected with other professionals is for you in private practice. We could look…
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Greg Higdon Used to Teach Latin and Now Knows A Lot About Money | PoP 338
Do you know the in’s and out’s of your income statement? Are you too afraid to look at the numbers because they don’t make…
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How To Promote Your Business On A Small Budget
One of the greatest challenges that startups and small business owners face is a low marketing budget. Even when you don’t have funds for…
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How to Get More Clients
Are you working full-time, but starting a private practice on the side? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for…
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5 Things to Accomplish Before Beginning Your Online Counseling Practice
Are you thinking about starting your own online private practice? Are you feeling nervous or uncertain about how best to get started? Not sure…
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A Step-by-Step Guide Through The Consulting Process
Assuming you have an email list, you have some sort of inbound marketing, you’ve grown a specialty and an audience, now it’s time to…
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What Manufacturing Companies Can Teach Private Practice Owners
I became accustomed to living in gray, both in my worldview and in my professional life. Then I was hired as an independent contractor…
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Katie Englert Started Practikat | PoP 337
Are you starting or growing your private practice? Struggling to find resources for your practice all over the web? Have you ever heard of…
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