Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introducing the Presenters

    • Introducing the Presenters

    • Course Description
  • 2

    CHAPTER ONE: Thoughts on Starting a Practice

    • Here's the book

    • Table of Contents

    • Thinking About Starting a Business

    • Readiness to Start: A Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) Self-Analysis

    • Got it? Well, you are going to need details
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    CHAPTER TWO: Graduation to License

    • Now, it's time to make some real money

    • Get graduated

    • Uh? I can't remember what I was supposed to do. . .
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    CHAPTER THREE: Planning

    • Chapter Three: Planning and Timing

    • Try again

    • Timeline

    • 7 Considerations in Starting a Practice

    • Money: Start-Up Costs and Resources

    • Needs to be Solved

    • Planning a Business

    • Teletherapy

    • Maintaining a Practice
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    CHAPTER FOUR: Malpractice, Taxes (ugh), Paperwork

    • Paperwork and your medication are twin brothers

    • Better start stocking up on ramen

    • Malpractice

    • Tax Considerations

    • Practice Management System
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    CHAPTER FIVE: Maintaining a Practice

    • Chapter Five Content

    • Retirement is a long ways, away

    • Readiness to Start a Practice

    • Metrics of Success

    • When it's just too much

    • Preventing Burnout

    • Structure of Each Day
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    CHAPTER SIX: Marketing

    • Chapter Six Topics

    • Stray Thoughts About Marketing

    • Should I Pay to Create and Maintain a Personal Website?

    • Should I Use Social Media?

    • What Is My Niche?

    • Who Are My Clients and What Problems Will I Treat?

    • Getting Certificates as a Means of Marketing

    • How Popular Is My Specialty?

    • How Important Is It to Know Foreign Languages?

    • How About Teletherapy?

    • Marketing Never Ends
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    CHAPTER SEVEN: Afterthoughts

    • Thoughts
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    Thomas E. Smith, PhD, LCSW

    • So, this is my season