The counseling field has changed a lot over the last 10 years. However, the changes we’ve seen are nothing compared to what’s about to come. This month, I’ll give a brief “state of the union,” and then my predictions on where our field will be in 5 and then 10…
A Focus on Counseling Client Education Expectations are everything; and getting buy-in for how things work at your practice is an important part of facilitating happy, satisfied, clients. However, too often client education and informed consent resembles the oft-ignored “terms of use” contract in iTunes. Clients are handed a sheet…
Maintaining Brand Consistency for your Counseling Practice A Counseling center in Nashville, Tennessee — called Healthy Mind* — is struggling to fill their clinicians’ caseloads. Management looks are their data and notices three alarming trends: Not enough people are calling Of those who call, not enough schedule Of those who…
The Entrepreneur’s Nerves are not Made of Steel Building and sustaining a business is a day-in, day-out war between uncertainty and perseverance. Make few bad decisions or take your “eye off the ball” for just a minute, and it could be “game over.” As an entrepreneur, your ability to persist…
Introverts and extroverts misunderstand each other. They’re oil and water. They can be downright derisive to one another. The extrovert sees the introvert as frigid and snotty; the introvert sees the extrovert as loud, pushy, and off-putting.” It’s a paradox that for all the time we counselors spend communicating with…