Private Practice Essentials

by Howard Baumgarten (Author)

Private Practice Essentials is an innovative, practical guide and workbook for creating business and clinical success in your counseling and therapy practice. You'll be guided through numerous exercises that provide a solid and personalized plan with realistic and attainable goals. It's like having a professional business consultant right at your fingertips.

75+ reproducible worksheets, forms and exercises:
- Networking & Marketing Strategies
- Tips to Improve Financial Success
- Budgeting Tools
- Clinical Intake and Business Forms
- Business Plan Templates
- Diversification Strategies

Review
Howard s work in this book serves as a virtual Swiss Army knife of tools and techniques that are clearly explained and critical to one s success. This book is a great single resource for the private practitioner. –Chris E. Stout, PsyD, Originator of the book series Getting Started in and Getting Better at Private Practice

Within an ever-changing healthcare environment, Private Practice Essentials: Business Tools For Mental Health Professionals offers those in private practice just what they need today: a steady, smart business path that they can easily follow with good results. The book presents a complete business plan and answers the many questions that overwhelm new therapists. Howard Baumgarten writes a clear guide filled with examples, information, options and exercises to help readers set up a safe and profitable practice." –Lynn Grodzki, LCSW, MCC, Master Certified Coach, Author of Building Your Ideal Private Practice,

"Private Practice Essentials is an excellent resource for any clinician venturing into or already in the world of private practice. As a former student of Howard's graduate school course, his mentoring helped me start and grow my practice into a successful business with a full caseload for the past 7 years. If you want a thriving practice and are having difficulty seeing yourself as a business person, the time-tested and proven methods in this guidebook are a must read." –Joel Bruns, LMHC, NCC, The Green Room Counseling LLC

About the Author
Howard Baumgarten, LPC has over 25 years of clinical experience and is an expert on how to successfully merge high standards in mental health care with solid business principles. He has served the Denver area with a successful private practice for over 15 years, consults with business owners in the field of mental health practice, and provides training programs across the country.