Resources for Therapists Looking to Build a Private Practice

WEB SITES & ORGANIZATIONS:

CounsellingResource.com - "With open access to information about counseling and psychotherapy, this site helps clients to make more informed choices and helps practitioners to develop the services they provide." Includes section on building a practice at http://counsellingresource.com/practice/ .

American Psychotherapy Association - http://www.americanpsychotherapy.com/ - Supports members in practice building with advice and tools of an unspecified nature.

The Private Practice Marketing Roundtable - http://www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com/ - Web site put together by a business coach with a number of free resources to help therapists in marketing their practice.

"The Therapist as Entrepreneur" - interesting interview article - http://www.irislipnerlcsw.com/practice/entrepreneur.html

"Building a Private Practice in a New Locale" - interesting article by Dr. Lynn Friedman at http://www.drlynnfriedman.com/buildingprivatepracticeworklife.html

BOOKS:

Building Your Ideal Private Practice: A Guide for Therapists and Other Healing Professionals, by Lynn Grodzki - http://tinyurl.com/q38mh

Twelve Months to Your Ideal Private Practice: A Workbook, by Lynn Grodzki - http://tinyurl.com/s2u5b

The Therapist's Advertising and Marketing Kit, by Laurie Cope Grand - http://tinyurl.com/lznug

Independent Practice for the Mental Health Professional, by Dorothy Barnes, Ralph H. Earle - http://tinyurl.com/npm42

Saying Goodbye to Managed Care: Building Your Independent Psychotherapy Practice and other useful articles & resources in Practice Building section of web site by Iris Lipner, C.S.W. - http://www.irislipnercsw.com/