Teach What You Know

Teaching is a great way to establish yourself as an expert . . . so what do you know?

"Teacher" by Ben Russell / ben110

What body of information or skill set comes naturally to you?  What is so common sensical that you marvel that others don’t know it?  That’s what you need to be teaching! Teach clients; teach children; teach physicians; teach teens; teach teachers; teach therapists; just teach.

If you are reading this blog, my assumption is that you are a mental health professional with a minimum of a master’s degree.  Don’t tell me, and more importantly, don’t tell yourself that you don’t know enough to teach.  You have more formal education than 98% of the population in the United States so you know something and I choose to believe you know something of value.

So what is it you know right now that you can teach?  And, more importantly, why aren’t you teaching it?  What do you need in order to leverage that natural skill set or body of knowledge to boost your image and name recognition?

What keeps you from inviting more clients into your practice?