The Abundant Practice Podcast & Blog Spot!

Y’all know I’m a private practice proselytizer. I believe private practice is an excellent fit for the vast majority of the people it appeals to, but you can get stuck in a huge loop of private practice-free resource overload and not realize private practice may not be a good fit for you. 

Let’s talk about what would make private practice a bad fit for someone.  

If you have no job or a job you have to get out of ASAP and no savings, and no way to pay your bills, now may not be the best time…

Getting started on building your private practice is like learning to ride a bike; you have to have the confidence, the excitement, & the willingness to scrape a knee, maybe. So check out this week’s Ask Allison for tips & tricks on how to get started building your private practice!

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Y’all, join me for an amazing podcast with Elizabeth Armstrong of PCOS Therapy as we talk about fatness, chronic illness, & therapy. Elizabeth shares with us the negative impact that comes from conflating weight with health, making health assumptions, & ignoring invisible illnesses can have on our clients.

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One of the questions I get most frequently is, Do I Have to Have a Niche? And I usually come down on the side of pro-niche. Here’s why:

Having a niche helps you:

• Define your marketing strategy.
• Know where to network.
• Gain clarity for your practice. 

I think of niches as necessary to build at a reasonable pace for anyone and necessary for private-pay practices. Non-specific niches that therapists feel they have that clients don’t see themselves in are “people in a life transition” or ‘…

Well, most therapists in the wilds of private practice create a trail of pebbles, leaves, & shiny stuff leading to their office door. Just kidding! We don’t do that. Anymore. How to attract more clients is a broad question that usually comes from private practice newbies (welcome!) & people feeling stalled in their business building (we’ve been there, & we’re here for you!) Check out this week’s Ask Allison & worksheet to take a thorough look at the four necessary to-do list items for all pr…

When we start our private practices, we tend to bring that antsy go-go-go agency energy to our new business. Your transition time is a great time to dig deep & take a look at the pace of your world - both personal & business. Join Abundance Party member Cassandra & me for today’s podcast as we talk about how fast we build around holidays & seasons & expectations for your practice as you get off the ground.

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Brighter Vision

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I get a lot of Ask Allison questions about how to navigate seeing your client in public, but I also see a high volume of questions about what to do if you happen to bump into a client online, especially dating apps - the internet’s both a big and small place at the same time so it can happen. If and when it does, how do you handle a client seeing you on a dating app? 

First of all, dating apps are how people meet these days. They’re a pretty common part of the dating and social scene these da…

If your practice is full & thriving & you’re ready to get off insurance panels, what steps should you take to ensure you stay full & thriving? Allison answers this in this week's Ask Allison.

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TherapyNotes™

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Let’s talk marketing the birds & the bees, fatphobia, & shame. All the cool kids are doing it. Join Abundance Party member Cassie & me as we break down the facets of what brings your ideal client to sex therapy & the language that sets out the welcome mat in an open & understanding way. We talk marketing magic, follower count, quality social media marketing time (because we all get caught up in the scroll), & how to get marketing & office management under your belt.

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TherapyNote…

In some ways, the internet broadens our world and helps us connect with clients, market, and create a supportive and awesome community. In other ways, it can create an unintentional fishbowl. If your client is in their 20s, 30s, or younger, without a doubt, social media is a part of their lives. Social media is so mainstream and normalized now. Do social workers have an ethical responsibility to restrict themselves from enjoying online hobbies that “regular” non-therapist folks can? Social med…