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I just got a very nice email from Paul Evans of Nicheology.com.  He called is “Simple Saturday,” and I really like that idea so I am going to “borrow” it from him. I’m hope he doesn’t mind J. Simple Saturday Business starting and building can be complicated and overwhelming.  Any honest coach or marketing expert [...]

This post is a follow up to a conversation on a psychologist list serve. We were discussing the complicated mess of getting credentialed and accepting onto insurance panels. The hoops we must jump through, the time invested in phone calls, letters, paperwork.  I find this process biz-stupid, ridiculous and insulting. I'm a professional, good at [...]

When you started graduate school to  become a psychotherapist, you had a vision of your life after graduate school.  Otherwise, you would not have embarked on such a time-consuming, expensive training. As the years go by, our the reality of our work shifts our expectations and often the work we do after graduate school is [...]

Today I received two professional publications, one the focuses on issues for the psychology profession and one that focuses on building information marketing businesses. I read each this evening one after the other and noticed some stark contrasts. Psychologists write a lot about thinking and talking.  I suppose that is what most of us do [...]

I just read a fascinating article in teh Boston Globe about the concept of "Grit" (The Truth About Grit).  Grit is a psycholigical concept that refers to one's ability to persevere, set and stay focused on goals, and do whatever it takes to achieve a specific outcome. Researchers have found that grit is more important [...]

If you utilize a medical model for your therapeutic work, treat anxiety, depression, ADHD, or other diagnoses with a physiological basis your practice will be full to brimming if you make a connection with a few local physicians who refer to you regularly. I have a wonderful referral relationship with several well known neurologists in [...]