psychology

Jan 30, 2017 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Business, Group Practice, Marketing, Mindset, Practice-Building, Private Practice, Self-care, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, entrepreneur, past experiences, private practice niche, psychology, therapists, therapy & therapy niche

6 min read

Fear of Being Seen

I got to consult with Wesley Little in June. She’s a total go-getter. Even while talking about places that she needs help, she comes across as confident. Her website comes across as confident. So I was really excited that she pitched this fear of being seen blog post. We often don’t realize that the part of us that other people see isn’t always reflective of what we feel. Especially when we’re quaking in our boots. As I read the following post, I just kept nodding my head. I’ve sooooo been there…

Jan 30, 2017 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Business, Group Practice, Marketing, Mindset, Practice-Building, Private Practice, Self-care, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, balance, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, entrepreneur, past experiences, private practice niche, psychology, therapists, therapy & therapy niche

6 min read

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

Nov 21, 2016 01:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Money, counseling, counselor, counselors, money mistakes, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers & therapists

6 min read

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

I was having a conversation with one of my closest friends this week about spending money. She’s someone I lovingly teased when at craft night years ago she showed up with socks to darn and undies to mend instead of the thrift store frame + newly bought modge podge + various purchases for whatever later-unused and objectively ugly thing I probably created. Not that I judge my visually creative pursuits harshly or anything.

Anyway, my friend and I were talking about how thriftiness, a concept that…

Nov 21, 2016 01:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Money, counseling, counselor, counselors, money mistakes, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers & therapists

6 min read

Oct 31, 2016 02:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under SEO, Websites, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Jeff Guenther, Marketing, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, therapists & therapy

8 min read

SEO for Therapists using Squarespace

Jeff Guenther of The Practice Academy has been so helpful to many of you in the Abundance Practice Builders Facebook Group (Hop in!) so I was thrilled he agreed to write a post about increasing your Search Engine Optimization (SEO), especially when he wanted to make it specific to Squarespace.

If you’re like me, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by this stuff. My I-don’t-do-tech brain starts to freak out and tell me I can’t do it. Jeff makes it easy. He breaks it down into manageable steps and shows…

Oct 31, 2016 02:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under SEO, Websites, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Jeff Guenther, Marketing, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, social work, social workers, therapists & therapy

8 min read

Sep 26, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Getting Referrals, Nuts & Bolts, Websites, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, blog, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Marketing, Melvin Varghese, multiple streams of income, passive income, podcasting, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, Selling the Couch Podcast, social work, social workers, The Healthcasters, therapists & therapy

9 min read

7 Compelling Reasons to Launch a Podcast

You guys probably know today’s guest blogger, Melvin Varghese, as the founder and host of the Selling the Couch Podcast. Over the past year we’ve become friends and I can assure you he is just as kind, warm and genuine as you think. A few months ago, after playing with the idea of launching my own podcast, I turned to Melvin for a podcast consultation. I wanted to flesh out some ideas before taking the next step. Melvin blew my mind in that consultation. I knew he’d had huge success with Selling…

Sep 26, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Getting Referrals, Nuts & Bolts, Websites, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, blog, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counselor, counselors, entrepreneur, Marketing, Melvin Varghese, multiple streams of income, passive income, podcasting, Private Practice, psychologist, psychology, Selling the Couch Podcast, social work, social workers, The Healthcasters, therapists & therapy

9 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 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

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

Aug 1, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Mission Statements, Nuts & Bolts, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, counselor, entrepreneur, Jane Carter, Joe Sanok, Private Practice, psychology, Self-care & therapy

4 min read

Mission Statements are Hammer Pants

I was at a business conference not long ago when someone asked about Mission Statements. The facilitator said something about them being so 1990’s. Almost everyone in the room laughed a little and nodded. “Oops”, I thought. I’m less business-y in a lot of ways than these folks and thought they were a staple. Timeless like a nice white button down. Apparently, Mission Statements are Hammer Pants.

The New Mission Statements

So what can we use to guide us in business? The facilitators next words we…

Aug 1, 2016 06:00am

By Allison Puryear

Under Mindset, Mission Statements, Nuts & Bolts, Abundance Practice Building, Allison Puryear, Brew Your Practice, counseling, counseling niche, counselor, entrepreneur, Jane Carter, Joe Sanok, Private Practice, psychology, Self-care & 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

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Fear of Being Seen

Supporting Suicide Survivors With Nate Wagner

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

SEO for Therapists using Squarespace

7 Compelling Reasons to Launch a Podcast

What To Expect Your First Year, Part 1

Boundaries and Passing The Buck

Boundaries

Two Days To Build Your Practice

Mission Statements are Hammer Pants

The New Mission Statements

A Partner's Perspective

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