Counselor Moms Need To Celebrate Mother’s Day Too
Counselor Moms help people feel deserving of a great Mother’s Day celebration year after year. But are you missing out on your tribute? Practitioners deserve their kudos too, so take your own advice and enjoy this day of merriment! Get Coverage For The Day As you advise others to do, plan ahead so you can…
Set Goals This New Year
Another good year in business without doing any planning? Great, but don’t push your luck. Goal setting is important, so give your practice a boost this New Year. Improve Your Technology You may be “old school” and still conduct business like a dinosaur, but your patients don’t. Most are up-to-date with technology and expect you…
Skip Phones In Session
Even highly seasoned practitioners can forget that they need to focus on their patients and not phone calls when they’re in session. Sure, people are contacting you all the time for both business and personal reasons. But when you’re in session, patients are paying you for your expertise and your time, so don’t give them…
Decrease Patient Drop-Outs
It happens to every practitioner — patients feel you’re not helping them and drop out of treatment. But this shouldn’t become a pattern. If it does, take prompt steps to stop it. • Analyze The Problem Find out why patients feel unhelped. What do they say? Some practitioners don’t ask because they really don’t want…
It’s Tough To Put Family First In Private Practice
Many practitioner parents experience great angst as holidays such as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day approach. They realize how tough it is to put their family first when the demands of their practice require immediate attention. Psychological crises can occur at all times of the day and night. While you may intend to spend time…
Set Session Schedule At Intake
Starting the New Year with a full schedule? Great! Keep that momentum going by setting sessions for the weeks ahead. Doing this helps you plan your time and commits you to an organized schedule of treatment for your patients. It helps your patients commit to their treatment too. Get in the habit of starting this…