I first "met" Licensed Professional Counselor Camille McDaniel when I was hanging out on the Georgia Therapists' Network. The thing that first caught my eye is that her involvement there was thoughtful and supportive of her peers. I've been following Camille for a while now watching her build a {...}
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Archives for 2014
Informed Consent For Distance Counseling
Every day I speak to therapists who are interested in growing their practices. Many are exploring the possibility of providing distance counseling. I'm happy to have Lauren Ostrowski back with us again this week to share with you her thoughts about the informed consent process that is unique to {...}
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Next Steps And Words To Live By In Private Practice
The Journey
by Mary Oliver in Dream Work (1994)
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice –
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you {...}
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Single Stories In Private Practice
I'm really sick and tired . . . really heart-broken at the prevalance of single stories in private practice. You know the ones of . . .
There's too many therapists . . . ."
There's not enough clients . . . ."
(All) Therapists who work with insurance companies are . . . ."
(All) therapists who {...}
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