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Do you run your private practice differently today than you did at the beginning of the year? From shutdowns to masks to social distancing restrictions, everyone needed to make some big changes in 2020. Thanks to the pandemic, small businesses like private mental health practices were forced to close their doors early in the year, and it took a lot ...

Do you plan on making some changes in the upcoming new year? New Year’s Resolutions and their failure rates have become a bit of a joke in recent years, but that hasn’t stopped people from making resolutions—in fact, some people take their resolutions very seriously! But what happens if those goals and expectations aren’t met? It can result in a ...

Do you lock the doors of your private practice every night when you head home? We bet you do! Believe it or not, some private practices don’t take the same precautions when it comes to the digital side of things. By having insecure passwords, using poor encryption, and by lacking data backup, they’re essentially leaving their digital door wide open. ...

How many new clients have you taken on this year? 2020 has been a terrible year for mental health. With workplace closures, rolling lockdowns, and limits on gatherings, almost every in-person social outlet is unavailable, leaving people feeling lonely and trapped. All of this is a recipe for a mental health pandemic, alongside the coronavirus pandemic. Thankfully, many people are ...

Is there any worse feeling than realizing that you forgot an important appointment? Every time you get hit with a wave of guilt and shame, worried that you just wasted someone’s time. Often, that’s what happens when a client forgets about an appointment with their mental health professional. Depression and other mental health conditions can dramatically impact memory, sometimes resulting ...