Where Making Money and Making a Difference Come Together

I have a confession to make: I don’t like to follow rules. I challenge authority. I love new ideas and ways of doing things.  One of my colleagues once called me a “maverick.” Oh, sure, I wear my seat belt and stop at red lights. I teach my son to have good manners. I vote [...]

I’m frustrated with mental health as a profession. There have been a few articles and info bites I have seen in the last few weeks that lead me to believe we seem to be stuck in at the developmental level of middle schoolers trying to navigate separation-individuation (Though I’m not sure what or who we [...]

Do you worry about annoying people when you market or promote your services? Worse, do you feel you will be seen as “salesy” or sleazy if you promote yourself too much or too often? These are important considerations when you are selling a service that helps others.  No one wants to work with the “used [...]

Do you want to work less and  make more money? Are you looking for ways to help more people, but spend less time providing services one-on-one? Do you have a full practice and wondering how to give yourself a raise? If your answer is “yes” to any of the questions above, you are ready to [...]

Here is a 10 minute video I put together on hot trends in mental health. The times are changing and people need your expertise. Take a look. Am I on track? Do you have other ideas of what our profession will look like in the very near future? Was this video helpful? If you are [...]

My readers are the best!  I know  you want to give me the benefit of the doubt that a practice specialty is the best way to build a successful practice, but you are letting me know loud and clear that you are unsure and anxious by the idea of developing a specialty. I hear you!  [...]

Whether you are a health care provider, or have ever been a client/patient, I hope you continue to read my story because it will influence what you know,how you feel and maybe how you behave toward health care and the people who pay for it. Here is my story [Deep breath.] I’m sitting in my [...]

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~ Dorothy Parker When I talk to colleagues about building a specialty practice, many are resistant and use the idea that they will become “bored” as their reason for keeping a generalist business orientation. When I hear this (and I hear it a [...]

Thanks to this lovely post by my friend, Philippa Kenneally of the EntrepreneurialMD, I’m going to wax eloquent (semi-coherently) about how our emotions guide our business success.  This comes at a time when we are all talking about specialty practices and the fear, anxiety and trepidation that arise when we think that we must specialize. [...]

I just found out that the Online Therapy Institute is offering the following courses: Introduction to Cyberspace: A Primer for Helping Professionals Relationships in Cyberspace: An Introduction for Helping Professionals The Online Therapeutic Relationship: Theoretical Considerations Ethical Considerations of Online Therapy Working Therapeutically Using Asynchronous Email Working Therapeutically Using Synchronous Chat WOOT!  This may be [...]