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A therapist sits with her laptop open and looks through all the new features added to her SimplePractice account in 2024. Read about all the features SimplePractice released in 2024 to help you manage, build, and improve your private practice.

A therapist sits with her laptop open and looks through all the new features added to her SimplePractice account in 2024. Read about all the features SimplePractice released in 2024 to help you manage, build, and improve your private practice.

SimplePractice’s 2024 product feature releases

In 2024, SimplePractice introduced many new product features to help you run your private practice, reduce your administrative burden, provide … Continued

Ruth Samson, Associate Editor

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Woman smiling while looking at her phone with a laptop on her lap.

SimplePractice 2024 impact and must-read content

Kristen Garafano, Managing Editor

An illustration of a book, open and bookmarked. Use this guide to understand psychiatrist abbreviations, their corresponding psychiatrist titles, degrees, training, and practices.

An illustration of a book, open and bookmarked. Use this guide to understand psychiatrist abbreviations, their corresponding psychiatrist titles, degrees, training, and practices.

Complete guide to psychiatrist abbreviations and psychiatrist titles

Bruce Bassi, MD

The Latest

Fire recovery resources for LA-based therapists and clients

Jess Barron, Editor-in-Chief

Using transference to inform therapy

Brittany McGeehan, Ph.D.

Emergency contact procedures for private practice

Ken Braslow, MD

Narrative therapy techniques

Kristin Trick, LPC-S, RPT

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A therapy client takes out there wallet to pay in cash as part of a pay what you can model of paying their therapist

A therapy client takes out there wallet to pay in cash as part of a pay what you can model of paying their therapist

Pay what you can: An alternative to a sliding fee scale

In an effort to make therapy more affordable and increase access to care, many health and wellness professionals use sliding … Continued

Ben Caldwell, PsyD, LMFT

A woman thinks about how it will be possible to navigate through trauma and PTSD

A woman thinks about how it will be possible to navigate through trauma and PTSD

How to navigate through trauma

Therapists, are you looking for tools to help a colleague or client navigate through trauma? At its core, human nature … Continued

Jacob Martinez, MA, LPC

A female therapist sits at her desk in front of her laptop and wonders whether EMDR therapy is right for her practice

A female therapist sits at her desk in front of her laptop and wonders whether EMDR therapy is right for her practice

Is EMDR therapy right for your practice?

Are you a clinician wondering whether EMDR therapy is a good fit for your private practice? Individuals who have experienced … Continued

Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD & Curt Rouanozoin, PhD

An illustration of a woman holding a flower sitting telling a story about how trauma narratives heal

An illustration of a woman holding a flower sitting telling a story about how trauma narratives heal

How trauma narratives can help clients heal

There are a lot of different ways trauma can manifest itself, and no two clients will experience trauma the same … Continued

Lauren Diethelm, Pollen Author

A child paints as he participates in art therapy activities pdf for anxiety and PTSD

A child paints as he participates in art therapy activities pdf for anxiety and PTSD

Art therapy activities for anxiety and PTSD

Art therapy can promote engagement in clients resistant to traditional therapy interventions. This art therapy activities PDF list includes art … Continued

Kristin Trick, LPC-S, RPT

An illustration of the figure running into a red door because they did not create a private practice emergency plan

An illustration of the figure running into a red door because they did not create a private practice emergency plan

How to create a private practice emergency plan

What would you do if you had an emergency and couldn’t run your practice? Do you have an emergency plan … Continued

Emily Neuman Bauerle, LCSW

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A client faces his therapist, hunched over with his had on his head, in distress. Learn about exposure therapy, who may be a good candidate for it, and how to administer it. Be able to answer What is exposure therapy?

A client faces his therapist, hunched over with his had on his head, in distress. Learn about exposure therapy, who may be a good candidate for it, and how to administer it. Be able to answer What is exposure therapy?

All about exposure therapy

Wondering about exposure therapy? Maybe a client or a colleague has asked you “What is exposure therapy?” and you’d like … Continued

Max Maisel, Ph.D.

A family, two adults and one child, are in a room, the two adults are engaged in an argument while the child faces away from them on the couch, hand covering his face. Family therapy interventions can strengthen a variety of relationships. This article shares family therapy techniques you can use with clients.

A family, two adults and one child, are in a room, the two adults are engaged in an argument while the child faces away from them on the couch, hand covering his face. Family therapy interventions can strengthen a variety of relationships. This article shares family therapy techniques you can use with clients.

Essential family therapy interventions

Heather Oglesby, M.A., MFTC, LPC, NCC

An illustration of a therapist, who is experiencing compassion fatigue, a low battery image is above their head. Across from them is another person, who has their corresponding battery charged, signifying that they're not experiencing compassion fatigue. In this article we discuss compassion fatigue therapists experience, how to manage these symptoms, and how to take measures to avoid therapist burnout.

An illustration of a therapist, who is experiencing compassion fatigue, a low battery image is above their head. Across from them is another person, who has their corresponding battery charged, signifying that they're not experiencing compassion fatigue. In this article we discuss compassion fatigue therapists experience, how to manage these symptoms, and how to take measures to avoid therapist burnout.

Compassion fatigue in therapists

Maggie Hollinbeck, MA, LMFT

A therapist works with a client and wonders how to avoid catching clients' anxiety

A therapist works with a client and wonders how to avoid catching clients' anxiety

How therapists can avoid catching clients’ anxiety

Elizabeth Cleary, PhD

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