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Aug 8, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Practice-Building, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Jane Carter, Joe Sanok, Marketing, Private Practice, private practice niche, psychologist, psychology, social work, therapists & therapy

4 min read

Two Days To Build Your Practice

I haven’t written for the sake of promotion since last August when I went on my launch/promotional blitz and hated it. Those of you who hung in there with me through that, thanks!

Last week I talked about how one of the company values is that we are ambitious and not afraid to sell. Then I sat down to write this post and found that I was, in fact, stupidly squeamish about telling you about what I truly consider an opportunity.

If we were having coffee I wouldn’t feel that way. Like if you said, …

Aug 8, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Practice-Building, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Jane Carter, Joe Sanok, Marketing, Private Practice, private practice niche, psychologist, psychology, social work, therapists & therapy

4 min read

Jul 25, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Work-Life Balance, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, how long to build, husband, jeff hardesty, partners, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, spouse, therapists, therapy & wife

16 min read

A Partner's Perspective

After publishing When Partners Have Concerns, a counselor requested a post from the perspective of a partner to share with his wife. I thought this was a pretty brilliant suggestion and immediately knew who I wanted to ask.

I'd like to introduce you guys to my good friend, Jeff Hardesty. When my husband and I moved to Seattle, Jeff and his wife Allison were among the first people we met (you first met Allison in my maternity leave blog post). They invited us to a party a couple days later that …

Jul 25, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, Work-Life Balance, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, how long to build, husband, jeff hardesty, partners, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, spouse, therapists, therapy & wife

16 min read

Jul 18, 2016 02:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Marketing, Practice-Building, Private Practice, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Jane Carter, Joe Sanok, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, therapists & therapy

2 min read

9 Tips for Private Practice Marketing

You know how I preach stockpiling your blog posts so you never have one breathing down your neck? Here’s a confession: I used my blogging time to house hunt for all of June and July. Totally one of those “do as I say, not as I do” things. Eek! The good news is that we’re under contract on a house we love (or rather, whose potential we love… helloooooo renovations) so my blogging time will be restored. The other good news is that I happened to do a webinar on 9 Tips for Private Practice Marketing…

Jul 18, 2016 02:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Marketing, Practice-Building, Private Practice, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Jane Carter, Joe Sanok, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, therapists & therapy

2 min read

Jun 27, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Business, Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, entrepreneur, money mistakes, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, Self-care, social work, social workers, therapists & therapy

12 min read

10 Myths to Bust About Using an Online Business Manager

Our common friend Jo Muirhead suggested Frances and I meet. On Skype, across the country, I was floored by her experience and what Frances is up to. If you’re one of those clinicians that really struggles to get your business shit together, Frances is your woman. She’s was the director for a big counseling practice, managing the business side for the company. As the owner of My Solution Services, she is passionate about making our jobs, and thus our lives, easier so we can do what we do best. I…

Jun 27, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Business, Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, entrepreneur, money mistakes, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, Self-care, social work, social workers, therapists & therapy

12 min read

Jun 20, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, balance, counseling, entrepreneur, Private Practice, psychologist, Self-care & therapy

4 min read

Tell Me What To Do

The Mastermind Group I’m in is comprised of 4 entrepreneurial women. We’ve all started two or more businesses. We’re fairly strong personalities. We would all identify as feminist and tend to have a healthy amount of confidence. I say this so the following sentiment is kept in context.

We want to be told what to do. Keep your mind out of the Fifty Shades gutter… not like that. There are parts of each of our businesses that we genuinely just want some expert to tell us what to do because we reall…

Jun 20, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, balance, counseling, entrepreneur, Private Practice, psychologist, Self-care & therapy

4 min read

May 23, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Client-related Trauma, Mindset, client trauma, counseling, counselor, counselors, healing, past experiences, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, therapists, therapy & victims

5 min read

Healing From Client-Related Trauma

*Trigger warning: description of violence follows*

I have a scar from a client, a man twice my weight, who locked his jaw on me and wouldn’t let go. I was once restrained by a young but strong girl and didn’t know how I was going to get out of it. As a house parent at 19 years old, I was placed alone with two men in their mid-30’s who had sexually assaulted a young woman and I wasn’t told about it, nor did I have access to their chart, until months in. A co-worker I traded shifts with was once pu…

May 23, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Client-related Trauma, Mindset, client trauma, counseling, counselor, counselors, healing, past experiences, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, therapists, therapy & victims

5 min read

May 16, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Business, Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, hustle, jeff walker, Marketing, multiple streams of income, passive income, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, therapists, therapy & therapy niche

8 min read

Business Half-Truths

I have a new pet peeve! It’s people who spout off business advice half-truths. (And before you worry, it’s no one in the Abundance Facebook Group; those folks will tell you the full truth). These half-truthers know it’s more complicated than they say it is, but they don’t just fess up that a part of their brilliant idea/system sucks. Having bought into some of these, I want to tell you some pitfalls of these options so you can make a better informed decision. I want to stress that these strateg…

May 16, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Business, Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, hustle, jeff walker, Marketing, multiple streams of income, passive income, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, therapists, therapy & therapy niche

8 min read

May 9, 2016 06:05am

By Allison Puryear

Under Business, Mindset, Money, Nuts & Bolts, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, husband, Marketing, partners, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, spouse, therapists, therapy & wife

15 min read

When Partners Have Concerns

This suggestion came up in the Facebook Group (which you should join!) as a blog topic and it was the first one I wrote about because it’s something I see a lot. I’ve had several conversations with partners of therapists who wanted to join the Abundance Practice-Building Groups but their loved one had some reticence around private practice (and thus the investment in the group). I think our partners' unfamiliarity with the private practice possibilities, in tandem with the risk, makes for some …

May 9, 2016 06:05am

By Allison Puryear

Under Business, Mindset, Money, Nuts & Bolts, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, husband, Marketing, partners, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, spouse, therapists, therapy & wife

15 min read

May 2, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Getting Referrals, Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, counseling, counselor, hustle, jeff walker, launch, launching, Marketing, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology & social work

6 min read

Lessons Learned Launching

So here I am, back from maternity leave and getting all my ducks in a row with both businesses so the content of this post is what’s on my mind. Balance is big for me right now and as you’ll see in this post, I was feeling like a train wreck for part of last year. Here's the story:

Let’s start with a guy named Jeff Walker; he’s a brilliant, likable, extremely successful entrepreneur who a bunch of multimillionaire entrepreneurs listen to about how to “launch” their products or services. Being a m…

May 2, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Getting Referrals, Mindset, Nuts & Bolts, counseling, counselor, hustle, jeff walker, launch, launching, Marketing, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology & social work

6 min read

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Tell Me What To Do

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When Partners Have Concerns

Lessons Learned Launching

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