The Business of Practice: Building an Optimal Private Practice For Mental Health Professionals [Second Edition]

The Business of Practice is a series of 32 short, practical essays to challenge and inspire mental health professionals to expand and refine their opportunities for a private practice that is personally fulfilling. The content emphasizes pragmatic, real-world information and action-oriented steps to offering mental health services, while respecting both established business concepts and ethical principles of professional practice. The reader will gather innovative ideas and tested experience about how to promote the delivery of mental health services that are high-quality, in demand, profitable, and professionally rewarding.

The author is a licensed Psychologist in the state of California who has been in private practice for 20 years. Half of that time, he has facilitated workshops and offered individual coaching to mental health professionals on marketing. He offers talks to groups on practice development.