Self-care

Dec 26, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Private Practice, Self-care, counseling, counselor, counselors, past experiences, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, suicide, therapists, therapy & victims

4 min read

Supporting Suicide Survivors With Nate Wagner

When Nate Wagner and I first spoke in 2015 I was struck by his passion for his practice and supporting those who have lost loved ones to suicide. His memoir, Sibling Suicide: Journey from Despair to Hope, tells his story from his perspective as a brother and as a clinician. He is very generously offering the first two chapters for free here (though I suggest you buy the whole thing).

Suicide is one of those issues that most of us therapists are very uncomfortable with. With the holiday season, i…

Dec 26, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Private Practice, Self-care, counseling, counselor, counselors, past experiences, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, suicide, therapists, therapy & victims

4 min read

Dec 19, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Private Practice, Self-care, Work-Life Balance, Abundance Practice Building, balance, Brew Your Practice, comparison, counseling, Marketing, past experiences, social workers, therapists & therapy

5 min read

You May Be Working Too Hard

I started out 2016 with a blog post called 2016: The Year of Not Hustling. At the time I wrote that I was in therapy and working really hard to divorce my self-worth from my “achievements”. Like my clients with Anorexia, every time I hit a goal I set another, more intense one. And because I was hitting my mark I was getting positively reinforced for it. Workaholism is real. Obsessive drive is about more than wanting to do what I love, provide for my family, fear of failure. Like most addictive b…

Dec 19, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Private Practice, Self-care, Work-Life Balance, Abundance Practice Building, balance, Brew Your Practice, comparison, counseling, Marketing, past experiences, social workers, therapists & therapy

5 min read

Dec 12, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Practice-Building, Private Practice, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, entrepreneur, launching, Marketing, past experiences, Self-care, therapists & therapy

4 min read

Why We're All Gryffindors

Harry Potter has been there for me in a way few fictional characters have. When life gets tough and I need a break from the toughness, I need something all consuming to distract me and Harry and crew provide that.

Also, in that whole “which 3 fictional characters are you” thing that went around social media a while back, I’m like 25% Hermione and 75% Leslie Knope. (I never posted that because is says “which THREE” and I’m a rule follower, obvi.) Anyway, that’s to say it’s not just Harry and what…

Dec 12, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Practice-Building, Private Practice, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, entrepreneur, launching, Marketing, past experiences, Self-care, therapists & therapy

4 min read

Oct 17, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Work-Life Balance, balance, counseling, entrepreneur, past experiences, Private Practice, Self-care, therapists, therapy & wife

6 min read

Work-Life Balance?

My tender-hearted, sweet, funny three year old doesn’t sleep. I mean she DOES, but it’s an all night struggle that involves 3 of the 4 humans in our house and sometime the dog. My 7 month old sleeps a little better; typical for a kid her age who has been sleep-crutched for her entire life. Like many parents of young kids, I haven’t slept through the night in over 8 months except one blissful night.

I have an amazing husband. He’s funny and smart and hot and will absolutely hate this paragraph if…

Oct 17, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Work-Life Balance, balance, counseling, entrepreneur, past experiences, Private Practice, Self-care, therapists, therapy & wife

6 min read

Oct 3, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Private Practice, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, entrepreneur, past experiences, Self-care & therapy

6 min read

How You Do Life Is How You Do Business

If you’ve been on my email list for more than 2 days, you’ve seen that on the first of every month there’s an opportunity for free consulting. Usually 30-40 spots open up and are claimed within minutes (which totally makes me feel like Bono, or whoever the kids are listening to these days).

Let me tell you about the hate-mail I get about this:

Every month, without fail, at least one person sends me an email along the lines of “there’s nothing available and you should have more open for people” …

Oct 3, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Private Practice, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, entrepreneur, past experiences, Self-care & therapy

6 min read

Sep 12, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Practice-Building, Private Practice, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, entrepreneur, past experiences, psychologist, Self-care & therapists

5 min read

What To Expect Your First Year: Part 2

Last week we talked about what to expect in your first year of practice. I left you hanging. Sorry about that! While I think it’s great to spend some time acknowledging that you aren’t a weirdo and that what you’re feeling is normal, sometimes it helps to have an answer to “Ok, so this is typical, now what?” Below are some suggestions for you that have helped me and those I’ve worked with along the way.

What To Do About Those First Year Experiences

Impostor Syndrome

Rest in what’s true. Even if…

Sep 12, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Practice-Building, Private Practice, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, entrepreneur, past experiences, psychologist, Self-care & therapists

5 min read

Sep 5, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Practice-Building, private pay, Private Practice, balance, Brew Your Practice, comparison, counseling, counselors, entrepreneur, grad school, how long to build, launching, psychology, Self-care & therapists

5 min read

What To Expect Your First Year, Part 1

When I first started working with folks who’d experienced trauma I used a handout. A you’re-not-crazy-these-reactions-are-normal-for-this-circumstance list of symptoms with brief descriptions of why. One of the members of the Abundance Facebook Group (jump in!) said it would be helpful to have a list of normative experiences in the early days of your practice. A brilliant suggestion and I’m happy to flesh it out like that list I used back in the day.

I’m not going to pretend like there’s ONE exp…

Sep 5, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Practice-Building, private pay, Private Practice, balance, Brew Your Practice, comparison, counseling, counselors, entrepreneur, grad school, how long to build, launching, psychology, Self-care & therapists

5 min read

Aug 29, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, private pay, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, client trauma, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, past experiences, Private Practice, Self-care, therapists, victims & Wendy Williams LCSW

6 min read

Safety in Your Private Practice: Wendy Williams Guest Post

A few months ago when I wrote Healing From Client-Related Trauma, Wendy Williams reached out and proposed a post about how to stay safe in private practice. As an avid fan of safety, I agreed that it would be really helpful to the Abundance community. Wendy breaks it down into what may seem like obvious steps to some, but I’m pretty sure I’ve personally broken at least half of these in the past week, lulled by my assumption that I’m safe. Interesting given that not long before I wrote that blog …

Aug 29, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, private pay, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, client trauma, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, past experiences, Private Practice, Self-care, therapists, victims & Wendy Williams LCSW

6 min read

Aug 22, 2016 02:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Money, Nuts & Bolts, Private Practice, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Marketing, psychologist, Self-care, therapists & therapy

6 min read

The Myth of the Saturated Market

Market Perspective

When my family moved to Seattle this phrase “saturated market” kept coming up. I worried that in a city with more than 1,200 therapists listed on Psychology Today, I wouldn’t have a place.

Because I didn’t really have the option to fail, I tried my best not to pay attention to it. I held on to my business mantra and did what I had to in order to build. I came at my business with the same plan I was using in my life: a smaller community within a much bigger system. It all worke…

Aug 22, 2016 02:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Money, Nuts & Bolts, Private Practice, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Marketing, psychologist, Self-care, therapists & therapy

6 min read

Aug 15, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Money, Nuts & Bolts, private pay, Uncategorized, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, entrepreneur, past experiences, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, Self-care, therapists & therapy

4 min read

Boundaries and Passing The Buck

Boundaries

So we’ve talked about saying no in our practice. We’ve talked about making sure you’re fitting your practice into your life (rather than vice versa), working when you want, marketing the right way for you, upholding your no show and late cancellation policy… I could go back over alllll the blogs and I’m guessing 90% of them mention at least something boundary-related.

It’s not that I’m obsessed with boundaries. Not really. It’s just that those boundaries are the difference between wor…

Aug 15, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Money, Nuts & Bolts, private pay, Uncategorized, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, entrepreneur, past experiences, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, Self-care, therapists & therapy

4 min read

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Supporting Suicide Survivors With Nate Wagner

You May Be Working Too Hard

Why We're All Gryffindors

Work-Life Balance?

How You Do Life Is How You Do Business

What To Expect Your First Year: Part 2

What To Do About Those First Year Experiences

Impostor Syndrome

What To Expect Your First Year, Part 1

Safety in Your Private Practice: Wendy Williams Guest Post

The Myth of the Saturated Market

Market Perspective

Boundaries and Passing The Buck

Boundaries

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