Last Monday, I finished up teaching BlogStart for Therapists. It was the inaugural 4-week series for therapists who are just beginning to blog. While the participants were learning the basics of blogging, I was learning humility. After a false start and a do-over, I thought I should just take a {...}
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Success Stories
Toxic Knowledge – When What You Know Can Kill Your Practice
I was chatting with one of my counseling clients about the stories we are told, the stories we tell ourselves, and the lies we come to believe when I had this sudden ah-ha!
That's because those same stories are often the lies that keep us stuck in not growing our businesses!
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Storytelling for Survival – Your Stories Matter
The stories you tell and the stories that are told about you and your counseling practice matter. As a health care professional in private practice, it's important that you make a conscious choice to take charge of your stories.
What are the stories that you tell about yourself?
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How Mental Health Professionals Can Justify Their Clinical Fees
In the last week, I've spoken (or emailed) with four new professionals who are each struggling to ask for their desired fees. If you know what the Usual and Customary Fee is for mental health professionals and are still struggling to ask for that fee, then you need to get better at justifying (to {...}
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