If you’re like most, when you start a private counseling practice, you’re a bit nervous about whether you’ll get enough clients in the door. Whether you’ll be able to stay in business—perhaps whether you’ll be able to buy groceries—depends on whether or not there are clients sitting on your couch….
Being in my position, I regularly get practice and employment questions from mental health professionals. Questions related to the issue of non-compete agreements are some of the most common. Here’s one: Hi Anthony, I’m newly licensed and was offered a position at a local counseling center. I feel I should…
You might be wondering, “What are the advantages of online counseling?” This is a valid question. To answer, I’m going to begin with a question of my own: Did you know that only a limited number of people who are recommended by a physician to seek mental health services actually…
We all make mistakes, but when it comes to mistakes in marketing and advertising, they can literally cost you. In this two-part column, we’ll review 18 of the most common marketing and advertising mistakes made by mental health professionals. 18) The “If Just One Percent” Fallacy Whether it’s online or…
We are living in an Internet-driven age. Most people read the news, do their shopping, and even watch movies and TV online. As a result of this thriving trend, no one searches in newspapers or phone books when they’re looking for a product or service; instead, they turn to search…
Selling a practice. It might be the largest single financial transaction of your life. And it could go very well, or it might not happen at all. Depending on the choices you make, your practice could fund your retirement…or it might be worth close to nothing. While it’s a much…
Our culture has a strong bias toward growth; “go big or go home” has been the proverb of choice since the phrase first caught on sometime in the early 90s. Case and point, the popular business magazine “Inc.” every year releases the Inc. 500 and 5000 lists, which rank privately…
Hi Anthony, I loved your video setting up a practice in 7 days!! thank you. My question is, I am newly licensed and was offered a position at the site that i completed my intern hours at. As an intern, the owner paid $15/client while he was making $72, but…
Some people will read this title and immediately decide that this column doesn’t apply to them. They’ll think, “I’m just getting started, I’m not in a place where I can consider selling.” If this is you, and you’ve made it this far—hang on. This is for you. In fact, this…
As Thriveworks practices have grown–now to about 70 locations–we’ve had to overhaul the way we do some things. For example, ten years ago if a counselor wanted to talk with me he/she could holler my name from their office, and I’d pop my head in. Today, they’d need to send…
Hello Anthony, I recently purchased “How to Thrive in Counseling Private Practice” and enjoyed reading it, thank you. I had a question about insurance credentialing. I would like to start a private practice but don’t imagine I will be ready for clients for at least 6 months from now. I…
I am opening a chiropractic practice in Fort Collins, CO this spring. I will be graduating from school in about 7 weeks. I understand that I need to be licensed before any work can be done to get on insurance panels. I will have my license at the middle to…