Private Practice
6 articles about private practice.
Moving Your Practice to a New City
A composite story about relocating a private practice: closing a caseload you spent years building, telling clients you are leaving, and starting the slow work of becoming known somewhere new.
Coming Back to the Room After a Baby
A composite story about returning to private practice after parental leave. What changes in the room, what changes in you, and the small permissions that make the first months back survivable.
Caring for a Parent While Holding Your Practice
A composite story about the season when an aging parent needs you and your caseload does too. What it asks of a practitioner, and the small permissions that make it survivable.
When a Client Gives You a Gift
A small box, a card, a tin of cookies handed over at the end of a session. It is a real moment with real weight. Here is how to handle it well, in the second you have to respond and in the days after.
What Private Practice Teaches You That School Didn't
Training prepares you to do the work. It does not prepare you to run the place where the work happens. Here are the lessons practitioners tend to learn slowly, over years, once the clinical part is no longer the hard part.
How to Set Your Rates as a New Therapist in Private Practice
Setting your therapy rates for the first time is uncomfortable. Here is a practical framework for researching your market, calculating your costs, and communicating your fees with confidence.
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