Piece 3 in the the 4-Piece Practice Building System is to “collect leads”. Another way to say that is that you should have an email opt-in form on your site and you should be collecting email addresses of people interested in your services.
How Can You Incent People to Opt-in to Your Email List?
It used to be that we…

If you’re a therapist just starting a private practice, or even re-focusing your existing private practice, you may be planning on creating a website to market yourself.

Here’s a great tool that will save you time in looking for a domain name for your new website.

Let me know what you think of Bust-a-name! P…

Here is the replay of this month’s free coaching call which focused on:
3 Reasons Your Potential Client Are Ignoring You…  and What To Do About It
Before you listen to the call, download this Exercise, as I will guide you through the exercise during the call.

Dig Deep Exercise (click to download the exerci…

Do you relate to these sentiments about Facebook. I’ve always considered myself to be Facebook-challenged. I do occasionally get sucked it, but for the most part, I’m not drawn to it.

Check out this infographic and then share your feelings about Facebook with the rest of us in the comments below. Are you a Facebook…

Are you thinking of adding video to your private practice website?
Adding video to your site is a great idea for several reasons.

Your potential clients can get a better feel for you if they see you and hear you.
Video tends to increase the time that visitors spend on your site.  Once they start watching, it’s…

Everybody likes to share experiences. When something positive or negative happens in someone’s life, they share their news with those closest to them. However, according to recent research conducted by Saint Joseph’s University in Pennsylvania, dwelling on negative experiences by repeatedly revisiting problems and discussing them with others can be detrimental to one’s mental health. This process of rumination…

When we are growing up, we learn from everybody around us. Ideally, we would be taught to form our own opinions and respect other people’s opinions, but not necessarily subscribe to them. However, if we aren’t encouraged to question things, if we are told lies by adults we look up to and trust, we’ll probably learn to follow what we are told without questioning its validity. The lie became the truth. This type…

Some researchers have expressed concern that the proliferation of technology and social networking is decreasing people’s attention spans. The need to respond quickly to texts, emails, and social networking statuses makes it difficult to focus on a single task for a long period of time. People may also have fewer opportunities to practice focusing for long periods, and may crave more distractions and stimulation, b…

The findings of a long-term study regarding children with ADHD and whether it persists during adulthood were published in the April 2013 issue of Pediatrics. One third of those in the study with childhood ADHD also had adult ADHD.  They also found that those who had childhood ADHD were more likely to have other psychiatric disorders, and higher rates of suicide when compared to the control group. According to other…