In today's episode, I answer your questions related to having a side hustle as a therapist.

We cover a wide range of topics such as what a side hustle is, why someone might want to have a side hustle, examples of side hustles for therapists, and tips for success if you'd like to earn a little extra income on the side of your primary source of income.

And as always, you'll hear my own anecdotes sprinkled throughout as well.

Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here:

https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_spotify

DEAL ALERT: the first 100 listeners who mention "Marie Fang" at signup will get $250 off their first year! Just type "Marie Fang" in the box asking how you heard about them and they will honor the discount when your free trial is up.

*Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals!

Find the shorter version of the episode on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/WN0X4Hn_hiY

Heard’s Article on Alternative Income Streams:

https://www.joinheard.com/articles/the-complete-list-of-income-streams-for-therapists

Past Livestream about Starting a Side Hustle:

https://youtube.com/live/7NuATqpwkik

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

If you're allergic to those stuffy therapist networking mixers and meet and greets, this episode is for you!

In this episode, I offer some practical tools you can use to utilize effective networking skills to not only fill your therapy practice but to establish genuine, healthy relationships with therapists and other professionals. Sounds pretty nice right?

Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here:

https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_spotify

DEAL ALERT: the first 100 listeners who mention "Marie Fang" at signup will get $250 off their first year! Just type "Marie Fang" in the box asking how you heard about them and they will honor the discount when your free trial is up.

*Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals!

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I often hear common themes come up amongst therapists before starting a private practice into the early months after their doors are officially "open." I thought I'd share them here to help you feel validated and empowered to navigate similar concerns.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Here are some videos addressing some of the potential roadblocks I touch on in today's episode:

"How to Start a Private Practice Completely from Scratch"

https://youtu.be/RkcBxm0IacI

"How to Plan for Private Practice Before Getting Started"

https://youtu.be/QvzLulUs26s

"What if I Don't Get Enough Clients?"

https://youtu.be/j3KAHmxX_C8

"What if I Don't Make Enough Money in Private Practice?"

https://youtu.be/goK3Y4QmZls

"How to Avoid Isolation in Private Practice"

https://youtu.be/u-p7H36UK44

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I invited you all to share some of the biggest misconceptions people have about your career as a therapist, and there were definitely some themes! In this video, I share the results and help debunk some of these common misconceptions about the therapy career.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today we're diving in to the topic of productivity. I've been through phases where I embraced a hustle mindset, and other phases where I've done everything I can to slow down. Today I'm asking: which of these approaches is healthier? And, is it possible that we're approaching productivity in the wrong way?

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Prior videos about slowing down: "Why I Choose not to Hustle (while still growing my business)"

https://youtu.be/VqSIvjH-xbI "How I Get More Stuff Done by Working Fewer Hours"

https://youtu.be/Quf0B_AdAuo

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today we're diving into everything you need to know to design your office, from things you need to consider when laying out your office all the way to how to plan out your entire design before spending a dime.

You can find the extended cut version of this video here:

https://youtu.be/BM-Ft8lEakE

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Article: "What’s Your Interior Design Style: A List Of All the Styles"

https://bobbyberk.com/whats-your-interior-design-style-a-breakdown-of-all-the-styles/

RoomSketcher:

https://www.roomsketcher.com/

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

The folks at Heard conducted a survey assessing the state of finances for therapists in private practice. I got to sit down with Michael Fulwiler to go over the results. Some of them may surprise you!

The report covers topics such as: how much do private practice therapists earn, what are average insurance reimbursement rates, did therapists raise their rates? And so much more.

A huge THANK you to Heard for conducting this survey and to Michael for taking the time to share the results. We touched on lots of stuff, but you can find links to everything we referenced below to follow along:

Download the Heard 2024 Financial Report:

https://www.joinheard.com/resources/downloads/the-heard-2024-financial-state-of-private-practice-report

Free Heard webinar on June 14th at 9:00 am Pacific:

"How to Set Your Therapy Practice Up for Year-Round Financial Success"

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5817162929427/WN_RuXf0_gyS8-3z0rNSBO4qg

If you can’t make that time, you’ll be sent a replay afterwards

Check out Heard for a free 15-minute consultation:

https://bit.ly/3rNmDJx

(this is an affiliate link)

Quarterly Taxes Interview with Andrew Riesen from Heard:

https://youtu.be/Eo3f2VIrbMI

S Corp Interview with Andrew Riesen from Heard:

https://youtu.be/XYlFgkHl8yA

Playlist of Prior Videos with Heard:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4iw1FZZYrCeMCOvYxz1zfYqtNxFFnZz&feature=shared

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today we're going to dive into the question of whether it's appropriate to specialize in topics you have a personal connection with. Whether you're considering specializing in treating something your loved one has dealt with, something you've dealt with in the past, or even your current experiences, in this episode we discuss things to consider before specializing in something you're personally connected to.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today we're diving into how to respond when clients give you constructive feedback. No matter how you slice it, it's always hard! But it's also a wonderful opportunity to lean into the therapeutic process and potentially have a healing experience. In this episode I share some of the do's and don'ts of how to respond when clients give critical feedback.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

An article in the APA's Monitor on Psychology showcasing stress and burnout levels updated with 2023 data show that therapist burnout is very much still prevalent. In this video, I take a look at the available data on therapist burnout and offer some practical tools to help us move towards health as a profession.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 Links Mentioned: APA Monitor Article: "When are psychologists most at risk of burnout?"

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/04/psychologists-career-burnout

APA Definition of "Burnout"

https://dictionary.apa.org/burnout APA Article: "Practitioners are overworked and burned out, and they need our support"

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/04/psychologists-covid-burnout

NIH Systematic Review: "Burnout and Psychological Wellbeing Among Psychotherapists: A Systematic Review"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9423708/

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

In this episode, I share those "wolf in sheep's clothing" signs that you're in an unhealthy work environment, which leave us feeling disoriented and wondering if we're the problem, because our bosses and employers *seem* super supportive but something still doesn't feel right.

I hope this video helps you feel empowered to catch those unhealthy signs more accurately so you can be equipped to navigate them well.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Links Mentioned:

Original Video: "Signs You're in an Unhealthy Work Environment"

https://youtu.be/wLGOHzY_r7E

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Is blogging still worth it in 2024?? (spoiler: yes!) In this episode, I share some of the ways blogging looks different for therapists in private practice in 2024, and offer a few tools to simplify the blogging process. I believe in you! :)

Links mentioned:

Marketing School Podcast Episode Mentioned:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-school-digital-marketing-and-online/id1138869817?i=1000640311651

You can also watch the video version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bw_GiH2QUw

Neil Patel's tweet of stats about blogs:

https://twitter.com/neilpatel/status/1737132479075725579

Answer the Public:

https://answerthepublic.com/

Sample conversation with chatGPT:

https://chat.openai.com/share/1bb1818f-3562-4f6f-a9bc-abefb0dbc2a4

Transcript service I use:

https://www.temi.com/

(to convert audio to text - there is a fee! There may be other options out there I just haven't looked into it)

Prior blogging-related videos:

How to Start a Therapy Blog:

https://youtu.be/wXNW_oWcBQc

How to Write a Blog Post for Private Practice - Step by Step!

https://youtu.be/sshFmCue3hc

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

When I made my first therapist website in 2016, I slapped it together without really knowing what I was doing.

I've learned a thing or two about creating effective private practice websites since then, so I thought it would be fun to go back and take a look at my first website. I offer some critiques, there's a definite cringe moment, but I also felt really proud of what I built given where I was at.

If you're just starting out with your website or you're feeling stuck in the process of creating your website, I hope this encourages you knowing we all go through the scary and awkward experience of building a website for the first time. You got this!

Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here:

https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_spotify

DEAL ALERT: the first 100 listeners who mention "Marie Fang" at signup will get $250 off their first year! Just type "Marie Fang" in the box asking how you heard about them and they will honor the discount when your free trial is up.

*Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals!

Check out my course on how to DIY your Therapist Website:

https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/p/diy-therapist-website

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

If you keep getting stuck trying to get started in private practice, this video explores some common snags I hear from folks and offers a few tools to help you get unstuck and move forward.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I often find myself wanting to hear personal, human stories from fellow therapists. And I'm also curious what the experience of being a therapist is like when we're sometimes going through tough times ourselves.

Today I'm sharing my story of growing up in a narcissistic household and the experience of unpacking that as a 30-year-old while seeing clients in my therapy practice. Thank you for listening to my story.

Links referenced:

Video: "Why I Chose the Counseling Profession"

https://youtu.be/eFsSWfMnUG4

Documentary about Barry Minkow (my former pastor): "King of the Con"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16452470/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

(It might be on Apple tv or Discovery+? I couldn't find where it's streaming but you can see the trailer in the link above)

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

In this video, I’ll share some of the tools I try to utilize in my initial phone call with potential clients to emphasize a therapeutic frame, so that folks feel supported and cared for, regardless of whether they book with me or not.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

This episode is an unscripted and rambly take on the cultural emphasis on finding meaning and identity in our career, and some ways I see this potentially affecting us negatively as we pursue fulfillment in our careers and lives. I hope you find this perspective freeing and encouraging.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Links Mentioned:The Ezra Klein Show: "Birthrates are Plummeting Worldwide. Why?"

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/birthrates-are-plummeting-worldwide-why/id1548604447?i=1000649683423

The Ezra Klein Show: "The Deep Conflict Between Our Work and Parenting Ideals

"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-conflict-between-our-work-and-parenting-ideals/id1548604447?i=1000650100198

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

This episode takes a look at the importance of building trust with potential clients before they've ever had a conversation with you. I take a look at three of your submitted websites to see where you're doing an awesome job building trust with potential clients and offer some gentle feedback.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Links Mentioned:

Dr. Vanessa Vitiello Williams:

https://drvvitiello.com/

Dr. Jenna Brownfield:

https://www.drjennabrownfield.com/

Ananda Tree Therapy:

https://anandatreetherapy.ca/

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I've found it challenging to find resources on how to navigate angry outbursts from clients in therapy, so I thought I would share a list of tools I've compiled from various resources over the years into a general routine I utilize to help clients through angry outbursts. Of course, if you are concerned you may be in danger, or if your client's behavior is escalating, I encourage you to seek consultation straight away to make sure you're safe and also to support the best care for your client(s).

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Links Mentioned: Gottman Institute Article: "Manage Conflict – Part 4" https://www.gottman.com/blog/manage-conflict-part-4/ Article: "The Science of Fight or Flight" https://www.priohealth.com/blog/blog-category/the-science-of-fight-or-flight/ Office "fire drill" cold open (watch it you won't regret it!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO8N3L_aERg Headspace mindfulness practice for Panic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bibn6Y7vCk

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

I've been intrigued lately by how frequently I see various business experts and commentators dissuade people from being a solopreneur. So as an entrepreneur with no employees, I thought I'd share some of my thoughts about why I'm a solopreneur. Because frankly, it's been a great fit for me (even if it's not the best fit for everyone). Article mentioned: "Why You Should Not Be a Solopreneur" https://cleverism.com/why-you-should-not-be-a-solopreneur/

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Lately I've been curious about how satisfied therapists are with their jobs, and whether they would choose this career if they could start over. Today we tackle this question by taking a look at how you answered my Instagram poll.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Links Mentioned

Article: "Are Counselors Happy?"

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/counselor/satisfaction/

Article: "Suicides of psychologists and other health professionals"

https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Famp0001000

Video: "Why I Wouldn't Get a Doctorate if I Could Start Over"

https://youtu.be/wzAIf-ON1sY

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

This episode is inspired by a question from last week's video when someone asked about what differences I experienced as a new therapist compared to now. I thought I'd list out all the changes I've noticed here! What changes have you noticed as you've progressed in your career?
FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Last week's video: "Advice for Early Career Therapists Q&A"

https://youtu.be/UOzRKxyi7Bc

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today we're diving into the topic of therapist isolation. Rather than offer some peppy tips to make friends, I take a deeper dive into some of the reasons (in my opinion) that our field has become so isolating overall. I do have hope that we can make some radical shifts in time that make this a much more supportive, communal, and welcoming field to work in!

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

As therapists, we're unfortunately quite capable of shaming our fellow therapists about money.

A therapist advocating for higher pay gets labeled as “greedy” and uncaring whereas a therapist working a thanklessly low-paying job gets called out for practicing poor self-care or not prioritizing their household finances.

This happens for a variety of reasons - far too many to tackle in a single episode. But I thought we could look at one variable: how a dollar amount equals different amounts based on an individual's financial situation.

A dollar means different things in different contexts, and I think that's important to consider before we go judging each other about what we charge or how much we make. I do a deep dive into what I mean in today's episode.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

I thought it would be fun to explore building a fulfilling career using tips that I pulled from ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) as well as compiling my personal anecdotes in the mix. I hope you find this helpful!

Access the ACT Bullseye worksheet:

https://www.actmindfully.com.au/upimages/2016_Complete_Worksheets_for_Russ_Harris_ACT_Books.pdf

(you can find the bullseye on page 3)

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today I thought it would be fun to take a look at how to navigate client resistance in therapy using four therapeutic approaches. I hope you enjoy this format!

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Links to citations and related information:

Book Section: Essay and Review: Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/009318530203000106?journalCode=plxa

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioral

Deliberate Practice in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/deliberate-practice-cognitive-behavioral-therapy

Managing resistance in cognitive behavioural therapy: the application of motivational interviewing in mixed anxiety and depression

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15625790/

Practice Time! Ep. 6 - CBT Responding to Client Resistance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUlSDZjxaVE

How to Approach Resistance in Therapy with Marsha Linehan, PhD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqhzvyjJGcM

IFS Institute Website:

https://ifs-institute.com/

How to Work with a Client’s Resistance (IFS)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/nicabm-stealthseminar/Resistance2017/confirmed/Resistance-Video5.1.pdf

APA Definition of Psychodynamic Therapy

https://dictionary.apa.org/psychodynamic-psychotherapy

A psychodynamic perspective on resistance in psychotherapy: vive la résistance

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11793328/

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I thought it would be fun to take a look at the wins and flops of 2023 (spoiler: a bunch of stuff I'd planned didn't happen!) and look ahead towards my plans for 2024. I hope you have fun joining me!

Books Mentioned (these are affiliate links, but you can also try your local library or Thriftbooks - I LOVE Thriftbooks!):

Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan:

https://amzn.to/3vPzp15

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook:

https://amzn.to/490XVuu

Decolonizing Therapy by Dr. Jennifer Mullan:

https://amzn.to/3RX1KtW

Better Results: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Therapeutic Effectiveness:

https://amzn.to/3S17xid

LINKS*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

We're tackling a big one in this week's episode! There's a misconception that early career therapists and new private practice owners are "supposed" to charge less than those later in their career.

In this episode we tackle some of the common misconceptions I hear about setting our rate in private practice and I offer some of my semi-ranty thoughts about setting fees in the context of our broken healthcare system. Super fun stuff amiright? ;) I hope you find this helpful!

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

In my opinion, the biggest marketing mistake therapists make is being inauthentic. In this episode, I share how I think inauthenticity negatively impacts our marketing and offer some tools for how to be more authentic across your marketing channels.

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I’ve always been so curious to know what the most ideal, perfect therapist schedule is. Not only do I wonder how many clients per week should we see to maximize happiness, but also, how many clients per day? And how many back-to-back? Do we need to contain them during regular business hours or do we need to be open to seeing clients during nights and weekends?

In today’s episode, I set out to answer this question through an informal survey of my email list, which received 125 responses (!!). THANK you for responding, it’s so helpful!

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I couldn't find too many places out there where therapists talk about the experience of judging our clients. So, I guess I'm giving it a go! Hopefully, we can normalize how human it is to judge while inserting some compassion and curiosity into our experience so that we can benefit while also best supporting our clients.

Related Videos: "How to Find a Peer Consultation Group in Private Practice" https://youtu.be/qpMUDxPvcqo "How to Refer Out in Private Practice" https://youtu.be/emU_A1f9C8Y

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Based on my poll on Instagram, 1 in 5 of folks with a full practice are still unhappy with their practice. In this video, I name a few reasons why I see folks feeling unhappy with their full practice and I offer a few potential solutions for them.

Related Links: Video: "Find Your Ideal Private Practice Schedule" https://youtu.be/juVihwzaSSk Video: "Are you Overdue to Raise your Rate in Private Practice?" https://youtu.be/waVTsrQlIbE Video: "Setting Your Rate in Private Practice" https://youtu.be/k-ZLSQNk1C8 Video: "How to Avoid Isolation in Private Practice" https://youtu.be/u-p7H36UK44 Video: "Early Signs of Therapist Burnout and how to Cope" https://youtu.be/ZFeZJ2hC-Rg Video: "How to Find a Peer Consultation Group in Private Practice" https://youtu.be/qpMUDxPvcqo Maelisa McCaffrey's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MaelisaMcCaffrey

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Let's briefly explore a few small changes that can make your initial intake assessment feel warm and conversational while still remaining clinically-focused on the assessment.

Video: "Preparing for Your First Intake Session in Private Practice" https://youtu.be/pzBMWQH-8wQ

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

How Much Work it Actually Takes to Make Passive Income

Let's talk more about "passive income" (or what most people intend to refer to as "leveraged income"). What's involved in getting a business that generates passive income off the ground? We're diving into it in this video. Links Mentioned: NYT article: "What’s Passive Income? It’s Not What Influencers Say It Is." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/business/passive-income-job-retirement.html Video: "Tips to Build Wealth as a Therapist (for beginners)": https://youtu.be/WrCjZ-OChdc

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

It's not uncommon for our family and loved ones to not know how to best support us as therapists. Some truly care and try their best, only to inadvertently offer unhelpful remarks in an attempt to support us. Others are blatantly unsupportive - overtly verbalizing their lack of support.

In today's episode, I share some of the ways family and loved ones can be unsupportive (whether they realize it or not), and offer some tools to help you access the support you need as a therapist.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

LINKS *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

This episode is a follow-up to my video about how to start a therapy session. You can find that video here: https://youtu.be/EM7r6RWo-z0 Video: How to end therapy sessions on time: https://youtu.be/yQpJ14uMKGU Video: Accept Credit Cards in Private Practice Using Square: https://youtu.be/d46d-fxvBRU

LINKS *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/ 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear 👉 Music I use: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/c7m5mj/ This video is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ Music from Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/YyZZD5KjMd/ This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Burnout resource: I'm not sure why I forgot to bring up one of my favorite assessment tools for compassion fatigue and burnout, the ProQOL. You can do the self-assessment for free here: https://proqol.org/proqol-measure LINKS *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help immensely! 👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/ 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This video is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Facebook: www.facebook.com/PrivatePracticeSkills/ Insta: PrivatePracticeSkills This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Given how many folks leave the profession early on or who wind up regretting their career choice along the way, I thought it would be helpful to share some valuable questions to ask before diving into the therapy career. I also think some of these questions can be quite helpful to ask for those of us who are already therapists.

In the second half of the episode, I share some of the questions you suggest folks ask before becoming a therapist and share some of my reactions to those.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

When I was taught about what it looked like for therapy to end with our clients, it was always a graduation-like, kumbaya moment where were had a full session or two to process things ending, reminisce on our clients' growth, and help them plan for a successful future without therapy. There would be a beautiful send-off. Tears might be shed.

In reality, most of my clients don't end therapy this way. It's actually relatively rare (in my practice at least). So in this video, I thought I'd shed light on some of the more common ways that therapy ends. I also go on a rant about why I have a deep dislike of the word "termination" and I hope we can change our vocabulary regarding the close of the therapeutic relationship.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I thought it would be fun to take a look at what I believe were some of my best and worst decisions in my career as a therapist so far. Please note that these are just some of my reflections on my own decisions, and what might have been great advice for me might not be a great fit for someone else. Take it in with a grain of salt.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Video Mentioned: "Why Embracing Failure Leads to Success"

https://youtu.be/WUt1xQTQf9s

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I love this user-friendly hack to get your therapist blog off the ground. I have been using Ubersuggest ever since I started blogging, and I still love it as a tool. This blogging hack was featured in Neil Patel's email newsletter.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Links Mentioned: Ubersuggest:

https://neilpateldigital.sjv.io/Kj1Axx

*This is an affiliate link. I highly recommend using the free version and it's the only version I've ever used. If you decide to upgrade to a paid version, I receive a commission from folks who sign up with this link. Thanks!

You can sign up for Neil Patel's email newsletter here. I always find the SEO tips incredibly helpful:

https://neilpatel.com/newsletter/

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I'm always curious to hear from fellow therapists about what it's like to be a therapist. Today, I dive into responses to a Reddit post that asked what the hardest thing about being a therapist is and share some of my thoughts and reactions.

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Original Reddit Thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/therapists/comments/1clxmxz/hardest_thing_about_being_a_therapist/

If you need support and you aren't sure where to go, MentallyFitPro shares some options:

https://www.mentallyfitpro.com/c/share-a-resource/the-big-list-of-burnout-resources-for-therapists

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Let's dive into treatment planning, shall we? ;)

Somehow I haven't made an episode about treatment planning in the 6+ years of making private practice content. It's time!

In this episode, I share some more nuanced thoughts beyond the typical assessment tools and SMART goals that we usually learn about when talking about treatment planning.

I hope some of you find this useful. Keep in mind that I'm just sharing how I approach treatment planning. There are many valid approaches out there, this is just how I do it :)

Links Mentioned:

Video: "Preparing for Your First Intake Session in Private Practice"

https://youtu.be/pzBMWQH-8wQ

Video: "How to Make Your Initial Therapy Assessment More Conversational"

https://youtu.be/NXzMvxhvnAk

Maelisa McCaffrey's YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@MaelisaMcCaffrey

Maelisa's "Treatment Planning" Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCy5QoU3dsbF80ZJahkz5piQ8mhKhOyOk&feature=shared

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I got the itch to tackle “academese” today and advocate for more plain speak in our professional interactions. I share reasons why I’m advocating moving away from overly academic language in this episode and also offer some tools to help you shift your language to be more accessible to folks.

Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here:

https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_spotify

*Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS"

*Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals!

FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling:

https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

Links mentioned:

Definition of Plain Speak:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/plain-speaking

Video by the Francophile Reader: "On Academese (Rant)”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2XSzXVYxLM

SEO for Therapists Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4iw1FZZYrAv84q347_diL19QpIIEDYB

CoGrader (AI Reading Level Conversion Tool):

https://cograder.com/reading-level-conversion

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I thought it would be fun to make an episode sharing my most go-to therapy tools. They're not the "main show" of treatment approaches I use when building a treatment plan, but they show up frequently as a supporting role.

I hope you find this helpful. What are some of your go-to therapeutic tools that you find yourself pulling off the shelf time and again? I was a little surprised by what I realized are some of my most used tools!

Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here:

https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_spotify

DEAL ALERT: the first 100 listeners who mention "Marie Fang" at signup will get $250 off their first year! Just type "Marie Fang" in the box asking how you heard about them and they will honor the discount when your free trial is up.

*Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals!

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

The election is affecting all of us in different ways, and I was curious to ask how supporting our clients during the election has affected us uniquely. In this episode, I share your responses to three questions I asked on Instagram:

1. What’s been the hardest part of supporting your therapy clients post-election?

2. What’s been the most positive part about supporting your therapy clients post-election?

3. How has it affected you to support your therapy clients while doing your own processing?

I know it's been a roller coaster ride for many of us. However you might be experiencing this time, I hope you are taking care of yourself.

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today we're diving back into the land of private practice marketing for therapists. It's been a while! In this episode, I share the exact questions I'd run through if a therapist friend asked me for advice when their practice isn't filling up. It's definitely not hopeless and there is a lot you can do!

I hope this is a helpful springboard for you to build off of so you can start filling your practice soon!

Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here:

https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_spotify

DEAL ALERT: the first 100 listeners who mention "Marie Fang" at signup will get $250 off their first year! Just type "Marie Fang" in the box asking how you heard about them and they will honor the discount when your free trial is up.

*Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals!

Relevant Links:

Video: "Are you Making these Mistakes on Your Psychology Today Profile?"

https://youtu.be/CzRTgWPp6Jo

SEO for Therapists Series:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4iw1FZZYrAv84q347_diL19QpIIEDYB&feature=shared

Video: "Critiquing my First Therapist Website

"https://youtu.be/HgcgGutCvAs

Course: The Client Attraction System:

https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/p/client-attraction-system

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

I wanted to create an episode normalizing the anxiety most of us carry early in our therapy careers.

I used to think that I wasn't supposed to feel anxious, so when the anxiety showed up I made every effort to eliminate it. I interpreted my anxiety as a sign that maybe I wasn't ready to be a therapist, or maybe that my anxiety disorder was returning.

But now, looking back, some anxiety while we're practicing therapy with real therapy clients makes absolute sense. If we focus on normalizing the anxiety rather than fighting it, it might help the anxiety stay at a manageable level.

Of course, this is just my perspective and opinion. I'd love to hear your perspective in the comments!

Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here:

https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_spotify

DEAL ALERT: the first 100 listeners who mention "Marie Fang" at signup will get $250 off their first year! Just type "Marie Fang" in the box asking how you heard about them and they will honor the discount when your free trial is up.

*Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals!

Link to Angela Lee Duckworth's TED talk "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8

Book: "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" By Angela Duckworth

https://amzn.to/4f5Xa6T

(this is an affiliate link)

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today’s episode is a chatty interview with Dr. Therese Mascardo of Exploring Therapy. Not only is Dr. Therese a dear friend of mine, she spent the last five years living in Lisbon, Portugal while seeing therapy clients living in California (yes, her workday starts at 2:00pm to accommodate the time difference!).

We kept our conversation pretty informal, and meandered through a few different topics:

-What inspired Dr. Therese to go fully remote in 2015

-Why she decided to move to Lisbon full time in 2019

-How she overcame pushback to pursue her dreams

-What she’s learned about our profession now that she’s lived abroad

-What our hopes are for the therapy profession going forward

We share lots of giggles along the way (we’re friends, we can’t help it!), and we let our conversation go on a few side quests as we chat.

Links Mentioned:

Check out Dr. Therese’s book! Love the Journey (workbook and journal):

https://www.bando.com/products/love-the-journey-wellness-workbook

https://www.bando.com/products/love-the-journey-wellness-journal

Follow Dr. Therese on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/exploring.therapy/

Follow Dr. Therese on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@DrThereseMascardo

Visit the Exploring Therapy Website:

https://www.exploringtherapy.com/

Therese’s book references: “Reasons to Stay Alive” by Matt Haig

https://amzn.to/40cDlGy
*this is an affiliate link

“The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig

https://amzn.to/4hganLZ

*this is an affiliate link

2012 Psychotherapy Notes Piece: "It’s time for national licensure laws in mental health”

https://www.psychotherapynotes.com/its-time-for-national-licensure-laws-in-mental-health/
(Therapists have been talking about this for a long time!)

LINKS

*Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely!

👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8

👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/

👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear

This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to.

Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/

This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.