Expert advice for building your private practice The "business" of practice as a mental health professional is a skill that is seldom taught in school and requires thoughtful guidance and professional mentorship from those who have already succeeded. Containing the collective wisdom and secrets of many expert practitioners, this helpful resource provides useful insights for setting up, managing, and marketing your practice, including timely advice on being a successful provider in the digital age--from Internet marketing to building your online presence. Designed for private practices of any…mehr
Expert advice for building your private practice The "business" of practice as a mental health professional is a skill that is seldom taught in school and requires thoughtful guidance and professional mentorship from those who have already succeeded. Containing the collective wisdom and secrets of many expert practitioners, this helpful resource provides useful insights for setting up, managing, and marketing your practice, including timely advice on being a successful provider in the digital age--from Internet marketing to building your online presence. Designed for private practices of any size and at any stage of development, this practical guide looks at: * Creating your dream niche practice * Choosing the right technological tools and resources to simplify and streamline your job * Leveraging the Internet to market your practice * Developing a practice outside of managed care * Transitioning to executive coaching * Ethical and legal aspects of private practice Full of action-oriented ideas, tips, and techniques, Getting Better at Private Practice provides both early career and seasoned mental health professionals with the knowledge and tools they need to establish, develop, and position their practice so that it is financially successful and life-enriching over the long term.
CHRIS E. STOUT, PsyD, MBA, is a licensed clinical psychologist; founding director of the Center for Global Initiatives; Clinical Professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine; and Director of Research at the Athletic and Therapy Institute. He has published over thirty books including two bestsellers on practice management. Dr. Stout was invited to Davos by the World Economic Forum. He is a Fellow in three divisions of the American Psychological Association; past-president of the Illinois Psychological Association; and a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. He has been interviewed broadly by CNBC, CNN, NBC, PBS, NPR, Oprah, Time, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Times. He has won four Humanitarian Awards for his work on behalf of the not-for-profit organization Center for Global Initiatives.
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SECTION ONE: SETTING UP, MANAGING, AND MARKETING YOURPRACTICE
Chapter 1: Differences in Business Structures and Protections inHuman Service Private Practice: Which Suits Your Practice Best?
By Jonathan D. Nye
Chapter 2: Making Ends Meet: Financial Management in PrivatePractice
By David W. Ballard
Chapter 3: Managed Care Contracting: Strategies forNegotiating and Maintaining Relationships
By Bridget Morehouse
Chapter 4: Ethical and Legal Aspects of Private Practice
By Scott Hammer and Kenneth H. Kessler
Chapter 5: How Writing a Column for your Local Newspaper CanEnhance Your Private Practice
By Linda Sapadin
Chapter 6: How Self-Publishing Can Enhance Your PrivatePractice
By Linda Sapadin and John E. Mayer
Chapter 7: Working with the Media
By Pauline Wallin
Chapter 8: The Power of Community Networking
By Melhim W. Restum and Joe Bavonese
Chapter 9: The Benefits of Joining ProfessionalOrganizations
By Lisa R. Grossman
Chapter 10: From Vision to Mission: Building a Practice that isPersonally Satisfying and Professionally Successful
By Heather M. Hale
SECTION TWO: BUILDING, MARKETING, AND PRACTICING IN THEDIGITAL AGE
Chapter 11: Websites and Internet Marketing
By Joe Bavonese
Chapter 12: Building Your Online Presence as an Expert
By Pauline Wallin
Chapter 13: Ethics and Social Networking Sites
By Laura A. Taylor
Chapter 14: The Google Factor: Ethical Considerations forTherapists Practicing in the Digital Age
By Ofer Zur
Chapter 15: Technological Tools for Therapists: A List ofHelpful Software and Websites
By William E. Benet and Chris E. Stout
SECTION THREE: THE DREAM NICHE PRACTICE: SUCCESSFUL STORIESOF SPECIALIZATION
Chapter 16: Starting and Growing Concierge Psychotherapyand Psychiatric Practices
By William R. Lynch
Chapter 17: Developing a Practice Outside of Managed Care
By Steven Walfish
Chapter 18: Using Feedback-Informed Treatment (FIT) to Build aPremium-Service Private-Pay Practice
By Jason A. Seidel
Chapter 19: The One-Stop Shop - Collaboration BeyondPsychology
By Brian K. Sullivan
Chapter 20: Psychologists in Dispute Resolution: Being Part of aRevolution!
By Amy L. Robinson
Chapter 21: Why Wait?: Building a Stellar Practice in WeightManagement
By Brad Saks
Chapter 22: Becoming an Educational Consultant
By Heather M. Hale
Chapter 23: Building a Successful Education Business
By Jack Krasuski
Chapter 24: Blending Treatment Innovation and Economic Successfor Working with Troubled Emerging Adults: The YellowbrickModel
By Jesse Viner, Laura Viner, Chris E. Stout
Chapter 25: Transitioning to Executive Coaching
By Jeffrey E. Auerbach
Chapter 26: A Psychologist's Career in SportsAdministration
By John E. Mayer
Chapter 27: Working in Sport Psychology
By Kate F. Hays
SECTION FOUR: FINAL THOUGHTS
Chapter 28: "You're Fired! Hooray!" Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and FallBack-in-Love with Working in Psychology
By Michael Aisenberg
Chapter 29: Why all the Enlightenment, Empowerment andEdification Embedded in this Book May Mean Nothing toYou