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The stories demystifying the business side of private practice.

A therapist is on her phone answering emergency messages from clients after-hours. Find out how to develop private practice emergency contact procedures in alignment with medical and legal guidelines.

Emergency Contact Procedures for Private Practice

Handling client or patient emergencies can be stressful for therapists, psychiatrists, and other mental health clinicians in private practice. In … Continued

best features for telehealth

What Are the Best Features for Telehealth?

Whether or not you’ve chosen to embrace it to provide therapy or other mental health services, telehealth is here to … Continued

A therapist sits down and opens up her laptop to manage her client waitlist. Find out how to build a client waitlist.

How to Build a Client Waitlist

Recognizing the growing need for mental health services, and in service of alleviating the administrative burdens of overflowing clinician caseloads, … Continued

A therapist uses a laptop and calculator to plan her budget and financial goals for the year ahead

How to Set Financial Goals for the New Year for Your Practice

For wellness clinicians in private practice, the final months of the year and the first months of the new year … Continued

A therapist makes edits to her no show cancellation policy template

Why a No-Show and Cancellation Policy Is Essential for Therapists

Wondering whether you need a no-show and cancellation policy with your therapy clients? You’re not alone. If I were to … Continued

A therapist sits at her desk with her laptop open as she creates her own therapist website, using the top 10 therapist website examples included here.

The Top 10 Therapist Websites

Therapist websites are often the first impression potential clients have of you and your practice when seeking a therapist.  Since … Continued

Wrapped holiday presents cause therapists to wonder whether it's ethical to exchange gifts with clients

Is It Ethical to Exchange Gifts With Clients?

Can therapists accept gifts from clients? Can clinicians give presents and gifts to clients? To avoid awkward moments in session, … Continued

A laptop has the latest SimplePractice group practice EHR features displayed on the screen.

SimplePractice Delivers Innovative Group Practice EHR Features

It can be demanding to wear all the hats necessary to run a successful private practice. And, for those who … Continued

A clinician uses the integrated measurement-based care feature in SimplePractice, on their computer.

What Is Measurement-Based Care and What Are Its Benefits to Practitioners?

I’m three sessions in with my new therapist, when she shares what looks like an intake form I’ve already completed.  … Continued

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