Do you want the financial freedom and professional satisfaction of working with private pay clients, but find it challenging to do business and form empathic personal bonds at the same time? Marketing your practice is only the beginning. It's also essential to navigate finances within therapeutic relationships, in consistent, respectful ways that honor your business needs as well as the needs of your clients.
In a safe, non-judgmental environment, we will discuss ways to:
1) assess your private practice income needs,
2) value your time and talents,
3) use low cost niche marketing to attract clients who can and will to pay for your services,
4) maximize your income by setting clear, consistent policies and fees, and
5) talk meaningfully with clients about the business aspects of therapy.
This interactive workshop is for you, if you want to make a living seeing private pay clients, value your work, and collect the income you need and deserve. The workshop will include concrete suggestions, vignettes, and role-plays to help you with the nuts and bolts of handling money and the feelings you and your clients have about it, starting with the moment a prospective client calls for an appointment. Our discussion will draw on concepts from the clinical anthology, For Love or Money: The Fee in Feminist Therapy; Jerrold Mundis's Earn What You Deserve: How to Stop Underearning & Start Thriving, and Lynn Grodzki's Building Your Ideal Private Practice.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Jeanne Courtney, MFT, has maintained a private practice since 1992 without managed care, and developed ways to think and communicate about money that have helped her business prosper, while keeping dealings with clients fair and respectful.
CEUs
This course meets the qualifications for 4 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
TIME & PLACE
12:00 - 4:00 pm
11:30 am Networking and refreshments
The seminar is held in the El Cerrito office, a comfortable cottage in a tranquil garden setting near all transportation. See the complete CEU Seminar Calendar for upcoming dates. Custom seminar dates can be arranged for a minimum 3 people. Individual training sessions, CEU's included, are available as well.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Jeanne Courtney at 510-527-5662, ext. 2, or BJCourtney@earthlink.net.
