It can be hard for someone to understand your situation when they have never experienced what you have gone or are going through.  With that being said, explaining addiction to someone is a wildly complicated task. When family members confront you about your alcohol addiction it can be difficult to find the right words to say and it is hard to prepare yourself for this part of your journey. This article is going to guide you in answering those tough questions asked by your loved ones. It is hard to avoiding talking about your addiction because it is often the best way to repair relationships t ..read more

Therapist directories are slowly becoming a thing of the past. We look into detail why they might not be worth your money in 2019. You’re a therapist, not a marketer. You’ve specialized in helping your clients and changing their lives for the better, but it’s not so easy to find them in the first place. You laboriously built a website but have no idea what to do with it. You find yourself wasting a lot of time on social media trying to shuttle people in through your front door when you could be doing your true work: improving lives one day at a time. Traditional wisdom says that the main and m ..read more

Learning how to market yourself as a therapist, and mainly how to market yourself online wasn’t a huge priority of your graduate program. But, now that you’re stepping into the professional world and building up your private practice, it’s inevitable you become familiar with the basics of online marketing. Advertising yourself as a therapist doesn’t necessarily have to be as complicated as you’d think. There are three basics channels you need to cover. First, you need to establish your online presence with a website. Then, reach out to your potential clients (and employers) through social medi ..read more

Marketing a private practice can be the most daunting task if you are not sure where to start and which options you have. To get you started, we look into marketing channels and strategies you can start using today to get a consistent inflow of clients. Being a therapist in private practice can be challenging when you are just starting out. Once you run out of your first few clients, then what? In any business plan, it is extremely important to have the right target audience while marketing your business. Marketing a private practice would, initially, involve the following: Create a Database ..read more

Starting or growing a private practice means taking on the role of a business owner. And, your business, like most others, depends on how consistently can you get new clients. This is where marketing for therapists and marketing-related activities like building your online presence come in. When asked about what is the one burning problem in their private practice, finding new routes of referral always comes up on a number one spot on the practitioner’s list. While it is completely understandable you want to focus on what you do best, i.e. helping your clients live a happier and healthier life ..read more