Unlike other solo entrepreneurs who can hang their shingle at any local Louisville coffee shop or out of their house, as counselors we don’t have that same luxury. In order to abide by HIPAA and/or maintain confidentiality for our clients we have to have a private, safe and neutral space to meet with them in. This barrier can add a lot of additional costs and stress onto our plates, which quite honestly turns away a lot of clinicians from getting into private practice in the first place. 

We provide our tenants with a variety of different amenities included in the price of their rent. One of the most useful extras provided to all renters is our clinical and practice building resources. These include digital information, printed books and in person consultation groups.

On top of the clinical consultation groups we host for licensed mental health professionals, we also host a monthly consultation group focused on private practice building. This group was designed to ensure we are all up to date on the best practices from the business side of running things and to share tips, tricks and advice in regard to networking, marketing, tracking finances, etc.

We all know that our chosen lines of work have extremely high burn out rates and that private practice life can often lead to isolation. Therefore, as professionals in the field that are wanting to remain in the field for years to come, we have to be hyper aware of ourselves and the ways to effectively combat the high rates of burn out and loneliness.

Unlike other solo entrepreneurs who can hang their shingle at any local Louisville coffee shop or out of their house, as socials workers we don’t have that same luxury. In order to abide by HIPAA and/or maintain confidentiality for our clients we have to have a private, safe and neutral space to meet with them in. This barrier can add a lot of additional costs and stress onto our plates, which quite honestly turns away a lot of clinicians from getting into private practice in the first place. 

Are you wanting to hang your own shingle for your mental health or wellness practice? Are you wanting to grow your current private practice? Are you looking for cost effective ways to market and scale your practice? Are you running into a brick wall every time you sit down at your desk to sketch out a plan of how to market yourself? Are you too busy working another job or caring for yourself and your family to sit down and do the research on “how to market yourself on a budget’? If you answered yes to any of those questions, keep reading because we have the help you are looking for!