Audio Home Study Courses
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Audio courses from Psychotherapy Networker
A503 The Future of Private Practice
Discover how you can continue to do the work you love and earn a decent living by finding out about changing trends, what the future opportunities are, and how you can get in on the ground floor.
Lynn Grodzki, L.C.S.W., M.C.C.
CE Credits: 6
Fee: Regular Price:$139
Online Member Discount: $129
Course Contents
Session 1: Charting Your Future in Private Practice •Overview: The changing economic market and how it’s affecting private practice • Rethinking entrepreneurial skills for today’s market • Trouble in paradise: how to know whether your practice is in danger today • Basic action plan to reengineer your practice • Download: Current Challenges Checklist
Session 2: Asserting Autonomy • Cutting unhealthy dependencies • Strategies for getting off of managed care • Basic business positioning for viability • Developing an entrepreneurial mindset • Download: Hobby to Business Checklist
Session 3: Taking Leadership • Becoming the CEO of your private practice • How to analyze your practice • Taking an honest inventory of business strengths and weaknesses • Strategic focus for a small business • Download: Good to Great Exercise
Session 4: The 21st-Century Practice • Bringing technology into your practice • Fees, billing, and cutting expenses • Website do’s and don’ts, Internet marketing, and optimization • Download: Profit Gains and Drains Checklist
Session 5: Risk Management • Determining risk vs. reward in private practice • What to spend on and what to save on • The best business models for the future of your private practice, Part 1 • Download: Ansoff Growth Matrix
Session 6: Survival of the Fittest • Small business evolution • Overcoming fear, disappointment, and anxiety as you go forward • The best business models for the future of your private practice, Part 2 • Download: Helpful Resources
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A110 Coaching: The Art of Action-Oriented Change
Judge the challenges and benefits of adding coaching to your “product line,” and learn the specific skills you’ll need to become an effective coach.
Lynn Grodzki, L.C.S.W., M.C.C.
CE Credits: 6
Fee: Regular Price $139
Online Member Discount: $129
Course Contents
Session 1: The Distinctions of Between Coaching and Therapy • How therapists define the difference between therapy and coaching • A continuum approach to personal growth • Action-oriented coaching and readiness for change • Who is “coachable” and who isn’t • A 3-point model of client assessment for coaching
Session 2: Shifting Your Identity to Become a Coach • The challenges and benefits of coaching for the therapist • When coaching matters most to your clients • Which therapy skills transfer and which don’t • The role of intention and the importance of language • Achieving a partnership position
Session 3: Making the Transition • Setting up a coaching framework, Part 1 • Basic coaching methods and skill-sets • Empowerment versus neutrality • A coaching conversation demonstration • “Wanting for” your clients
Session 4: Coaching Conversations • Setting up a coaching framework, Part 2 • Basic coaching methods and skill sets • Strategizing versus insight • A coaching conversation demonstration • Call to action
Session 5: Risk Management • The problem areas of coaching • Boundaries • Diffusing transference/countertransference • Dual relationships and shifting hierarchies • Confidentiality and insurance issues
Session 6: Building Your Ideal Coaching Practice • Positioning your business for success • How coaches market, network, and bill for services • To niche or not • The role of training and accreditation • Becoming part of the larger coaching community










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