What You Need To Know About Starting Your Private Practice

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What You Need To Know About Starting Your Private Practice: An A-Z Guide

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Whether you're thinking about private practice, have just opened your doors, or have been in business for a while, you will find helpful tips.

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Episode 3: How To Create Your Cancellation Policy

Hello there, and welcome back to the Mountain Practice Journeys podcast! I’m your host, Cindy Norton. Here in Episode 3 I’ll be introducing you to the specific elements that should be included in your cancellation policy and I’ll be helping you to...

Episode 2: 3 Characteristics Therapists Need When Starting Their Private Practice

Hello there, and welcome back to the Mountain Practice Journeys podcast! I’m your host, Cindy Norton. Here in Episode 2 I’m going to share with you the three characteristics that you’ll need when starting your private practice. Let’s get started....

Episode 1: How Long Will It Take For Me To Get Full In My Private Practice?

Hello there, and welcome back to the Mountain Practice Journeys podcast! I’m your host, Cindy Norton. Here in Episode 1 I’m going to discuss the most popular question asked by new private practice therapists - “How long will it take for me to get...

Episode 0: A New Podcast for Private Practice Therapists

Hello there, and welcome to the Mountain Practice Journeys podcast! I’m your host, Cindy Norton. I’m sure you’re wondering what this podcast is all about. Well, that’s what you’ll find out here in episode 0. I’ll share with you who this podcast is...

Trailer For The Mountain Practice Journeys Podcast

Just in case you haven’t heard - I'm launching a podcast! And I’m very excited about it. It’s called Mountain Practice Journeys and it’s all about starting and growing your private practice. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, but have...

Seasonal Inspiration: Autumn

Autumn is here bringing in abundance and prosperity. Autumn is also a time to begin slowing down. As you are slowing down from the joyfulness of Summer, it’s a good time to begin looking at the year thus far and reflecting on the lessons you’ve...

Plagiarism Is Rampant

I get it. When you’re a brand new therapist and you’re trying to think of copy for your new website, you feel stuck. You don’t know what to write. You think that you’re not a good writer. That someone else can write it better than you. I know I...

Therapists Not Returning Calls Is A Real Problem

Therapists not returning phone calls from potential clients is a REAL PROBLEM. I understand why it happens, but that’s no excuse. We’ve got to do better as a profession. I've had colleagues to return a potential client call two days later only to...

The True Purpose of Open Path

First Of All, What Is Open Path? Open Path Psychotherapy Collective is a non-profit nationwide network of mental health professionals dedicated to providing in-office mental health care - at a steeply reduced rate - to individuals, couples,...

Do I Have To Offer A Sliding Scale?

The short answer is “no, you don’t have to.” The decisions that you face in your private practice are yours (and yours alone) to make. After all, you are the one who is left to work in your business, and you want your practice to work for you. You...

Should I Blog?

Do you like writing? Are you interested in having a blog on your website? Is blogging included in your marketing plan? Your answer to these questions will determine whether or not you should blog…If you answered “No,” then don’t blog.If you...

I Do What I Want, So You Should Too

It’s the end of the year and I’m feeling a little sassy, so this post is about doing what you want in the new year! There’s so much “noise” out there when it comes to building your practice. I get the term “noise” from John Clarke, as he stresses...

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