Therapist Tips by Therapy Practice Solutions

  Written by Kelsey Someliana-Lauer, Therapy Practice Solutions Virtual Assistant If you’ve been following the news, there’s been a LOT of big events happening lately. Violence in the form of mass shootings , hearings , Supreme Court making new precedents and overturning other ones - it’s a lot for any one person to take in. Likely, at least some of your clients at your mental health practice have brought up one or two events that impacted them. Some others may be overcome with anxiety, partially (or mostly!) due to current events. The question is: what, as a counselor, can you do about it? Check out just three tips below on how mental health counselors can coach clients through anxiety and upset about current events. Prep Yourself First! We so easily forget - even though we’re counselors, we’re people, too! You may have an opinion or even an intense reaction to current events - or you may not. Either way, check in with yourself. Do you need a self-care day? Do you need to talk a...

  Private Pay Versus Insurance: What Works For Your Mental Health Private Practice? Written by Kelsey Someliana-Lauer, Therapy Practice Solutions Virtual Assistant Opening up a private practice to perform mental health therapy is a big deal. There are so many details to sort out - many of them fun, like picking a name, designing a logo, browsing color palettes, and launching a website. Some other details, however, may be a little more anxiety-inducing. One big detail many mental health counselors starting their own practice struggle with is the decision to accept insurance or be an out-of-network, or private pay, practice only. Each therapist has their own reason for their choice to accept insurance or not. For example, many therapists choose to accept insurance to promote opportunities for those who could otherwise not afford to attend therapy. Other practices choose to only accept private pay clients because insurance needs major reform in their reimbursement for providers. If yo...