Contacting old clients – yes or no?
Contacting old clients, or to clients who may have canceed at the last minute and not rescheduled, really is a great idea, here’s why.
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3 Key Tips to Up Your Game as an Online Therapist
Being an online therapist can be a very rewarding career. With this freedom comes the responsibility of continually looking for ways to up our game.
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Joe Chapa on Moral Philosophy and Just War Theory in Military Trauma | PoP 395
Is war morally acceptable? How can we better prepare military people for war psychologically? How can therapists be of more value to their veteran clients?
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Ask the Expert Clay Cockrell on Online Counseling | PoP 393
In this podcast episode, Joe Sanok speaks to Clay Cockrel from onlineconseling.com about the opportunity of counseling online, how to start your online counseling practice, and some valuable tips on how to make it work.
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Starting Your Paperwork Off Right in Private Practice
Starting up a counseling practice isn’t actually that difficult- maybe you pick a name, get a business license and open a business bank account,…
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Star Wars Intergalactical Counseling Edition Featuring a Stormtrooper
Our YouTube series this month is a Star Wars Intergalactial Counseling Edition. We talk to different Star Wars characters and identify their inner turmoil…
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Star Wars Intergalactical Counseling Edition Featuring Darth Vader
Our YouTube series this month is a Star Wars Intergalactial Counseling Edition. We talk to different Star Wars characters and identify their inner turmoil…
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Star Wars Intergalactical Counseling Edition Featuring Chewbacca
Our YouTube series this month is a Star Wars Intergalactial Counseling Edition. We talk to different Star Wars characters and identify their inner turmoil…
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Star Wars Intergalactical Counseling Edition Featuring Luke Skywalker
Our YouTube series this month is a Star Wars Intergalactial Counseling Edition. We talk to different Star Wars characters and identify their inner turmoil…
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Boundaries With Clients Through EMDR
Sometimes we struggle to have good boundaries with clients and can be at risk for compassion-fatigue. In such cases it becomes all the more…
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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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Anna Lindberg Cedar has Dealt with Some Trauma Series 2 of 5 Five Fierce Females | PoP 279
Are you on the verge of burnout? Do you know what steps you can take to avoid burnout? Do you suffer from ‘survivor’s guilt’?…
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6 Must-Haves for a Child and Family Therapist
As a therapist who works with kids, teens, and parents, having a bag of tricks is essential. Clients come to a stranger and, almost immediately,…
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Counseling Website and Getting Clients with Perry Rosenbloom | PoP 271
What are the most common website trends within the counseling field? How can you grow your email lists? And, how can you successfully transition…
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Get Doctor Referrals: Three Tips
Mental Health Counseling is one of the most important, yet possibly one of the most underutilized, resources in primary care patient treatment. As a…
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My Experience(s) With Burnout
Note: This is a personal account, and should not be seen as reflective of each individual in the field. The first things conjured when…
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4 Misconceptions People Have When Going To a Therapist
The majority of people in our society have several misconceptions about therapy and the benefits that it can offer. These can potentially lead to…
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How Can Career Counseling Help?
So, what do you want to do after school? What do you want to become? This is a question many of us dread to…
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Counseling Profession Pathways – Begin, Change, Or Refresh Your Career
When people first hear the term “counseling”, they may think professional counselor, addiction counselor, or even school counselor. However, many counseling careers are sometimes…
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Three Reasons You Never Want a Waitlist In Your Practice
I actually got the idea for this post after listening to one of the Practice of the Practice podcasts several weeks ago. Joe told a story…
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PoP 176 | Adding Supervision with Michigan LLPC Supervisor Joe Sanok
Today we’re talking about adding supervision with Michigan LLPC Supervisor Joe Sanok. Podcast Sponsor We’ve created a conference where introverts can get energized and overachieving…
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Are You Breaking Up with Me?
I had been working with a client for several months on a weekly basis. They (singular pronoun for a person that doesn’t identify as…
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15 Free Ways to Grow a Counseling Practice
When you are first starting a private practice, it’s best to focus on low cost and free ways to promote a practice. With student…
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Swearing, Cursing, Cussing, Profanity: Is It Ok To Swear With Your Clients In Therapy?
I remember working in a substance abuse facility early in my career and my male counterpart was vehemently against the idea of swearing. His…
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PoP 160 | Trauma Counseling with Guy Macpherson
Today we’re talking about trauma counseling with Guy Macpherson. Mentioned in this podcast: The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Meet Guy Macpherson Guy Macpherson, PhD, is a…
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Three Marketing Tips I Learned from Comic-Con International
Comic-Con International is a yearly convention that has taken place in San Diego since 1970 and has more than 130,000 attendees each year. This…
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How to Work Through the Fear of Starting a Private Practice
Fear and starting a counseling private practice is like The Wizard of Oz. How to make it, work through the fear and avoid the…
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Do I need a unified voicemail system for my group practice?
My chiropractor also has a few massage therapists that rent from him. He recommended massage and i also thought it was time for a…
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PoP Culture Meet Evan Center, MS, LCPC
I sent an email out to folks on my email list (click here to join or learn about it). I said to them that…
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PoP 113 | Killing Atari and Becoming a Counselor an interview with Howard Scott Warshaw
In this podcast session, I talk with Howard Scott Warshaw all about his time at Atari, how he is said to have created the worst…
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Podcast 109 | Hollywood Therapist David Silverman
In this session, I interview Hollywood Therapist, David Silverman. His counseling and coaching helps those in Hollywood to get more out of life. David…
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Podcast 102 | Counseling Trauma with Reading and Writing, an interview with Israeli Counselor Yoav Cohen-Manor
Yoav Cohen-Manor uses writing and reading to process trauma and other issues within his Israeli counseling practice. Today’s Private Practice Resource Grasshopper is…
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Podcast 101 | Sliding Fee Scales and Brain Evolution an interview with Paul Fugelsang
Paul Fugelsang is the founder of OpenPathCollective.org. Open Path is a collective of therapists who have generously agreed to provide in-office treatment for $30 to…
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Podcast 94: Get more out of life, an interview with Shenandoah Chefalo
For Shenandoah Chefalo, life started really rough. She called CPS on her own family and now if a speaker, author, and advocate for foster…
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Podcast 90: How to defeat apartheid. An interview with Anthea Rossouw
How to defeat apartheid. What’s that have to do with running a private practice? You’ll see. Today’s Private Practice Sponsor Brighter Vision is the worldwide…
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Podcast 81 | Namche, Adventure, and Social Justice
In 2001, I spent some time in Nepal and specifically Namche. In this podcast, I discuss this experience and give a clear call to…
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Podcast 79 | Self Image, Eating Issues, and Cancer an Interview with Tamara Duarte
Today’s Private Practice Podcast Sponsor If you want to build your strength and endurance, you can do repetitive physical exercises like running or walking. Similarly,…
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Podcast 78 | How to Get More Clients | An interview with Private Practice Consultant Evan Center
Today’s Private Practice Podcast Sponsor If you want to build your strength and endurance, you can do repetitive physical exercises like running or walking. Similarly,…
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Podcast 75 | Marketer Turned Counselor, an interview with Shannon Stonebrook, MS, LPC
MOST AWESOME CONFERENCE Today’s Private Practice Podcast Resource Use promo code “joe” for $225 off, and I’ll throw in a Lifetime Membership to my Member’s…
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Making Money in Private Practice | February 2015 Monthly Income Report
After almost 5 years, I left my full time job! It’s been a total mindset shift that I wrote a whole article about: why I…
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Podcast: How to Leave Your Full Time Counseling Job
Today’s Private Practice Podcast Sponsor: What you’ll discover in this podcast 2:52 What happened with the girl I used to snowboard with 4:47…
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5 Ways to Grow a Private Practice Today
It was awesome to be on Kelvin Johnson’s The Counsel-preneur Podcast. Welcome all of you Counsel-preneurs that have never been here. I’m Joe Sanok….
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How to start a private practice | Podcast interview with Tres Adames
Today’s Private Practice Podcast resource: Our Facebook Page. Have a question for the show? Leave me a message on Speakpipe Practice Nation, Meet…
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How to Become a Couples Expert | Podcast 61 an interview with Stuart Fensterheim, LCSW
Today’s Private Practice Podcast resource: Hosting to launch your website: Bluehost Have a question for the show? Leave me a message on Speakpipe …
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How to run a private practice | November 2014 Monthly Income Report
Before I start telling you about how I made money in counseling, I just want to say that running a private practice is awesome!…
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Podcast 60 | Pat Flynn business guru interview
Today’s Private Practice Podcast resource: Legendary Lion Traverse City website design is sponsoring this podcast interview Have a question for the show? Leave me…
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Podcast 58: Listener Questions about private practice, my love life, and how to rank higher in Google
Today’s Private Practice Podcast resource: Mental Wellness Counseling’s new Intensive Recovery Program, a 12 hour, 20 hour, or 36 hour intensive outpatient treatment program….
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Podcast 56: How to rank higher in Google an interview with Andy Crestodina
Today’s Private Practice Podcast resource: Canva: A super cool way to make promo materials that will help with social media and growing your private…
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Counselor wages: October 2014 Monthly Income Report
In a minute I will talk about the question: counselor wages and how much a counselor in part-time private practice can make. What happened…
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PoP52: How to write a book, make more money, and rock out in private practice, an interview with Mari A. Lee, LMFT, CSAT
Today’s Private Practice Marketing resource (and sponsor): Legendary Lion What does the podcast mean to you? Leave me a message on Speakpipe Interview with…
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Private Practice Marketing: How to find your first counseling private practice client
Today’s Private Practice Marketing resource (and sponsor): Legendary Lion What does the podcast mean to you? Leave me a message on Speakpipe Read the…
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Increase Revenue: August 2014 Monthly Income Report
August was a crazy month! We were able to move into our new counseling private practice, we were preparing the house for the new…
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Podcast: The Baby is here! Plus 5 musts for private practice
Today’s resource: Start a Private Practice How to Start a Private Practice In this podcast, Private Practice consultant, Joe Sanok, discusses the essentials for…
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Marketing Basics for Your Private Practice
Although it is associated with advertising and promotions, marketing is a very large part of opening and running a private practice. If a counselor…
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Increase Revenue: July 2014 Monthly Income Report
Yesterday I got keys to my new counseling office. I’m going from a one office unit where we squeeze 4 counselors in and highly…
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Attention Deficit Disorder Treatment / ADHD Treatment: An interview with Dr. David Keevil
Today there were two resources mentioned: Trello, free software to plan projects How to Become a Consultant Newsletter Attention Deficit Disorder Treatment/ ADHD…
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Starting in private practice: 10 tips you can start today
As I patiently awaited my actual counseling license approval, I decided to be proactive and ensure all was in place to be able jump…
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How to Grow a Business: An interview with Anna Osborn, LMFT
Today’s Private Practice Resource is the course you should have had in grad school, Business School Bootcamp. Check out the great webinar on storytelling…
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Becoming an Autism Expert: An interview with Janeen Herskovitz, LMHC
Today’s Private Practice Resource is the brand new project I’m working on, sign up for the newsletter for exclusive content, chapters, and checklists to…
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Digital HIPAA Compliance | An interview with Roy Huggins, digital security expert
This week’s Tool: Roy’s Digital Confidentiality According to Professional Ethics and HIPAA: A Heart-Centered Approach LEVELS I & II (Webinar) use promo code POPUP…
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Increase Revenue: June 2014 Monthly Income Report
I always love doing my monthly income report about how to increase revenue, grow a client base, and have more fun! It’s a great…
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How to Become a Consultant on Sugar Daddies | An interview with Dr. Harrison Davis
Today’s Private Practice Resource: This is such a great interview from the American Counseling Association Conference. Dr. Harrison Davis took time out for this…
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Increase Revenue: May 2014 Monthly Income Report
May was an amazing month for me. I feel like I did a great job with being fully present at home. As some of…
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Sex and Counseling: An interview with Monica Lieser
When I first met Monica, is was in Kalamazoo. She gave me my very first client. She now does couples therapy in St. Loius,…
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Super Sized Private Practice: An interview with Dr. Larry Beer
When I first met Larry in his private practice, I had graduated less than two years prior. I had extensive experience with youth and…
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Veterans and Marketing an interview with Natosha Monroe Podcast 32
I arrived at 7:00 am to hear Natosha Monroe speak. I was not let down, it was one of my favorite sessions of the…
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Transitioning to full-time private practice Podcast 30
You know those people that just reek of awesomeness? I just had to interview Bob Jackman, MS, LCPC! We met at the American Counseling…
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Business Accelerators | 5 ideas that will shift your private practice
I’m usually not that into the newest business jargon. Saying “pivot” instead of “changing directions” just kind of sounds dumb. With that said, finding…
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How to Get on the Radio | Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 29
How to Get On the Radio Getting on the radio, TV, or writing for the newspaper scares the crap out of most people. That…
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How to Get More Done | Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 28
How to Get More Done I’m often asked, “How do you get so much done?” In this episode, I walkthrough exactly how to get…
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How to make extra money | February 2014 Monthly Income Report
February 2014 | How to make extra money Over the past few months I discussed how I was really evaluating finding a…
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How to Stay Busy | Non-stop customer flow in 4 steps
From Joe: Debra knows how to stay busy with clients! She’s so busy with clients, that she doesn’t know what to do….
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5 Essentials for Websites in 2014
Did you miss the webinar? Ever wonder what it takes to have an amazing website? Find out now: Watch it now! The Best Private…
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Business Development | 10 things to help your business development
What is “business development”? There are very few scholarly works that specifically target “business development”. However, it tends to focus on discrete projects, specific…
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What is collaboration? | How to develop genuine online collaboration
What is collaboration and how do we use it? Dictionary.com says: col·lab·o·ra·tion [kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuhn] noun 1.the act or process of collaborating. 2. a product resulting…
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How to make extra money | January 2014 Monthly Income Report
January 2014 | How to make extra money Last month I discussed how I was really evaluating how I can find a balance…
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How to Change Your Life an Interview with Kathy Angerer | Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok
How to Change Your Life Kathy Angerer went from being a stay-at-home mom to the majority leader in Michigan’s House of Representatives in Michigan….
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How to Rank Higher in Google an interview with marketing and website expert Sarah Barnes | Podcast 26
This is part 2, check out part 1 first Part 1 Summary In this podcast I talk with Sarah Barnes, SEO and website guru….
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How to File Taxes in Private Practice | Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 24
How to File Taxes in Private Practice | Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 24 by Joseph R. Sanok Summary Everything you…
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How much does a counselor make? December 2013 Monthly Income Report
www.PracticeofthePractice.com/december-2013-cash December | Projects and Presents In December I started to try to pace myself. In past months, I have talked about how I…
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How to talk about money with clients
How to talk about money with clients I recently was emailed a question, “I do have one question for you that has nothing to…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 023 | Caller Questions about SEO, Passive Income, and Raising Counseling Rates
www.PracticeofthePractice.com/episode23 Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 023 | Caller Questions about SEO, Passive Income, and Raising Counseling Rates by Joseph R….
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November 2013 Monthly Income Report
www.PracticeofthePractice.com/november-2013-cash November | What I’ve been up to and what I’ve learned I’m so close to breaking the $50k mark for my part time…
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You’re not going to believe what this infographic says about parenting!
With so much parenting advice, here’s a parenting infographic that should get you started. www.MentalWellnessParenting.com/book …
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Practice of the Practice with Joe Sanok episode 022 | An interview with Michael Wiles how to make $4-$5k in three days of speaking
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 022 | An interview with Michael Wiles how to make $4-$5k…
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Streamlining Private Practice | A Guest Post from Erin M. Ruston
Note from Joe: I invited Erin Ruston to do a guest blog post about her process. Erin is a long-time reader and supporter of…
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What a Facebook Ad Taught Me About Email Lists
You may have noticed that every 7 days or so, you’re getting a pop up on my website asking if you want my 5…
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October 2013 Monthly Income Report
October | What I’ve been up to and what I’ve learned This month I broke the $40,000 mark for my part-time business! I’ve…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 021 | An interview with Tim Marema from Daily Yonder about Rural America and Counselors
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 021 | An interview with Tim Marema from Daily Yonder about…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 020 | An interview with Candace Gingrich-Jones from the Human Rights Campaign
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice with Joe Sanok episode 020 | An interview with Candace Gingrich-Jones from the Human Rights Campaign…
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Smidgen and Tonic with Joe
Smidgens are quick, short, inspiring thoughts done in a podcast format, without all the fluff. They’re a way for me to quickly express thoughts,…
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Smid to the Gen with Joe
Smidgens are quick, short, inspiring thoughts done in a podcast format, without all the fluff. They’re a way for me to quickly express thoughts,…
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Join me for Novembeard! No shave = Help college students and Oklahoma!
Novembeard Donation from MentalWellnessCounseling on Square Market The system for donating is can be fairly clunky, but if you want to donate directly to…
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Smidgen with Joe Comin’ at ya!
Smidgens are quick, short, inspiring thoughts done in a podcast format, without all the fluff. They’re a way for me to quickly express thoughts,…
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Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok 019 | Living your dream through travel and counseling, an interview with Tracee Persiko counselor, niche expert, and brilliant woman
by Joseph R. Sanok Practice of the Practice with Joe Sanok 019 | Living your dream through travel and counseling, an interview with Tracee…
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Here Comes Another Smidgen
Smidgens are quick, short, inspiring thoughts done in a podcast format, without all the fluff. They’re a way for me to quickly express thoughts,…
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How to Launch a Website in 10 days
Launching a counseling private practice website can be time-consuming and an energy drain, but it does not have to be that way! It can…
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September 2013 Monthly Income Report
September | What I’ve been up to and what I’ve learned So am about to break the $40,000 mark for my part-time business…
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16 Things You Must Have in Your Paperwork (hint: three you wouldn’t expect)
When I first launched my private practice in 2006 under an established private practice I didn’t understand just how important it is to steam-line…
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10 Things Counselors Need to Learn from Chipotle and a Scarecrow
Chipotle recently launched a hauntingly awesome video about a scarecrow that is part of the factory farm establishment and chooses to launch his…
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