Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Editor xv
About the Contributors xix
Section I Setting Up, Managing, and Marketing Your Practice
1. Differences in Business Structures and Protections in Human Service Private Practice: Which Suits Your Practice Best? 3Jonathan D. Nye
2. Making Ends Meet: Financial Management in Private Practice 13David W. Ballard
3. Managed Care Contracting: Strategies for Negotiating and Maintaining Relationships 33Bridget Morehouse
4. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Private Practice 52Scott Hammer and Kenneth H. Kessler
5. How Writing a Column for Your Local Newspaper Can Enhance Your Private Practice 69Linda Sapadin
6. How Self-Publishing Can Enhance Your Private Practice 83Linda Sapadin and John E. Mayer
7. Working With the Media 95Pauline Wallin
8. The Power of Community Networking 107Melhim W. Restum and Joe Bavonese
9. The Benefits of Joining Professional Organizations 150Lisa R. Grossman
10. From Vision to Mission: Building a Practice That Is Personally Satisfying and Professionally Successful 164Heather M. Hale
Section II Building, Marketing, and Practicing In the Digital Age
11. Web Sites and Internet Marketing 179Joe Bavonese
12. Building Your Online Presence as an Expert 196Pauline Wallin
13. Ethics and Social Networking Sites 214Laura A. Taylor
14. The Google Factor: Ethical Considerations for Therapists Practicing in the Digital Age 230Ofer Zur
15. Technological Tools for Therapists: A List of Helpful Software and Web Sites 239William E. Benet and Chris E. Stout
Section III The Dream Niche Practice: Successful Stories of Specialization
16. Starting and Growing Concierge Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Practices 253William R. Lynch
17. Developing a Practice Outside of Managed Care 266Steven Walfish
18. Using Feedback-Informed Treatment (FIT) to Build a Premium-Service, Private-Pay Practice 279Jason A. Seidel
19. The One-Stop Shop: Collaboration Beyond Psychology 292Brian K. Sullivan
20. Psychologists in Dispute Resolution: Being Part of a Revolution! 304Amy L. Robinson
21. Why Wait?: Building a Stellar Practice in Weight Management 317Brad Saks
22. Becoming an Educational Consultant 335Heather M. Hale
23. Building a Successful Education Business 348Jack Krasuski
24. Blending Treatment Innovation and Economic Success for Working With Troubled Emerging Adults: The Yellowbrick Model 364Jesse Viner, Laura Viner, and Chris E. Stout
25. Transitioning to Executive Coaching 376Jeffrey E. Auerbach
26. A Psychologist’s Career in Sports Administration 394John E. Mayer
27. Working in Sport Psychology 412Kate F. Hays
Section IV Final Thoughts
28. “You’re Fired! Hooray!” Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Fall Back in Love With Working in Psychology 429Michael Aisenberg
29. Why All the Enlightenment, Empowerment, and Edification Embedded in This Book May Mean Nothing to You 441Linda Sapadin
Index 445