I always recommend you have some marketing strategies under your belt. One non-negotiable is that you have to have a website. Two: ya gotta network. Having clarity around your niche and the language your ideal client uses can help you take your website to the...

  Staying motivated while building your private practice is a struggle, especially if you need support keeping your positive and realistic mindset. What’s your marketing strategy looking like these days? Keeping a positive mindset while you stare at the phone...

  Being able to engage in hard, uncomfortable conversations is part of being a clinician. What allows you to empathize with one client but not another? LaToya C. Smith, LPC-S joins me today to talk with us about inclusion and anti-racism in your private practice....

    Have you DIY’d the heck out of your marketing with all the bootstrap free courses out there, & you’re still not satisfied with your practice numbers? We don’t know what we don’t know, & if you don’t know what’s not working, you can’t fix it. You...

  I’m so glad I’m getting more Ask Allison questions about supervision: how to get it, where to find it, how to offer it. We all benefit from supervision and I want to make sure great supervisors get great supervisees and vice versa. This week I cover group...

  You're a human, just like your clients, and you may run into a situation where you have to cancel your session. So how do you go about being fair in creating and enforcing a cancellation policy? Join me today to talk about fees, circumstances, and frequency...

  Think about future you: you’ve got a full practice, and things are pretty awesome. You’re proud of the work right now you put in. Is right now you feeling stalled? That happens, and it’s okay. Let’s get those gears unstuck for right now you and future you. This...

SEO can feel daunting, especially if the idea of sitting down to write more stuff after all the writing you did for your website copy makes you want to use your laptop as a $1000 frisbee. Join Jessica Tappana of Simplified SEO and me today to talk about SEO, your...

  Your development as a clinician is important and I will always advocate that you seek out great supervision at the start of your career. Just because something or someone seems "legitimate", the way an agency job seems legitimate, doesn't mean it's good or that...

Self-disclosure is a hard stop for us as therapists, right? Our training and agency time tell us even a family photo on your desk is too much disclosure.  But in truth, a lot of what happens in our lives is relatable. So what role does intentionality play? I’m so...

Congratulations! You’re starting your private practice! Now you’re just so excited to get all these new ideas out into the world. 💡 But what do you do now and what do you save for later? We tend to get caught up in the idea of doing all the things. Mostly because...

It’s essential to CYA when you're considering integrative practices.  Taking a look at how your practice might evolve or split into two businesses over time is the best route to take. These are the kinds of things that come up as your business mind and goals change...

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