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In this episode, we dive into practical ways to integrate your therapy treatment plan into your sessions in a way that feels human and strengthens the therapeutic alliance. Today's sponsors: Get 15 percent off annual plans with Heard using code "MARIE15":https://affiliate.joinheard.com/ofjq2w Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" Prior Episode: "How I Approach Treatment Planning as a Therapist” https://youtu.be/U6AwQiw68A8 LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

There's just one long, chatty version of the episode this week :) Today's sponsors: Free catch up bookkeeping for 2026 if you sign up by October 31st, plus 15 percent off annual plans with Heard using code "MARIE15": https://affiliate.joinheard.com/dqidz Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Today's sponsors: Free catch up bookkeeping for 2026 if you sign up by October 31st, plus 15 percent off annual plans with Heard using code "MARIE15": https://affiliate.joinheard.com/dqidz Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" Related Episodes: Video: "Top Therapist Marketing Tip: Be Yourself” https://youtu.be/0sUMUThVcXA Video: "The Biggest Mistakes I Made Starting a Private Practice” https://youtu.be/RSkus4Ucxbc LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

In this episode, we cover the importance of your therapist photo, and I also offer a practical tutorial for how to take professional looking photos using your smartphone. We Cover: -Why Your Therapist Photo Matters -How to DIY Great Photos -iPhone Camera Tech Tutorial And more! LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

What Private Practice Therapists Wish they Knew Before Starting I posted to Instagram asking therapists: “What’s one thing you wish you’d known before going into private practice?" Thank you to all of you who participated :) I share related resources to the topics discussed below. Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" Resources: Free Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 Video: "How to Launch a Successful Private Practice in 2026” https://youtu.be/tydi5vXa0JM Video: "How do I Set my Fee as a New Private Practice Owner?” https://youtu.be/0iMbrdIzI5s Video: "Startup Costs of Part Time Private Practice | Start Private Practice on a Budget” https://youtu.be/02GbDAyBWUw (This is an old one but the concepts hold up!) Video: "What you Need to Know About Quarterly Taxes for Your Practice” https://youtu.be/Eo3f2VIrbMI Video: "Why are Therapists so Isolated?” https://youtu.be/19lcjfra0DE Video: "How to Avoid Isolation in Private Practice” https://youtu.be/u-p7H36UK44 Playlist: "Ask the Tax Expert about Private Practice Accounting" https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4iw1FZZYrCeMCOvYxz1zfYqtNxFFnZz Playlist: “Private Practice Marketing Strategy” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4iw1FZZYrAaqD-YMZm_Hc5WSZMq5WSB LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

In this episode, I cover some of the most common questions that pop up around how to do private practice when you have young kids, like: How do you arrange your schedule? How do you account for sickness? How do you manage the reduced hours and childcare costs? And more questions that I wondered before having kids and a private practice. Links Mentioned: FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 Video: "How do I Set my Fee as a New Private Practice Owner?” https://youtu.be/0iMbrdIzI5s Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

At a time when there's no shortage of private practice marketing advice, it can still feel overwhelming to know how to market your practice. In this episode, I go back to the basics of private practice marketing: be yourself! I share practical tips to translate your unique, individual self into your marketing materials so that your ideal clients can find you and build trust with you. Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

There are so many ways therapists are qualified to advocate for our clients, but we're often not taught about them until our clients request documentation from us. This episode highlights important ways we can advocate for our clients outside of session. More info about these topics: "Information for Health Care Providers to Complete a Certification under the FMLA" https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/certification-of-a-serious-health-condition "Short-Term Disability Letter from a Therapist: Template & Guide" https://clinicaldocslibrary.com/clinical-letters/short-term-disability-letter/ "The Mental Health Provider's Role in a Client's Request for a Reasonable Accommodation at Work" https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/mental-health-providers-role-clients-request-reasonable-accommodation-work LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com

In this episode, we debunk some of the top myths about being a good therapist. Myth 1: A good therapist always knows what to say Myth 2: You have to have your own life completely figured out to help others Myth 3: Burnout means you're not cut out for this work Myth 4: Real therapists don't Google client symptoms or consult with colleagues mid-week What are some of the myths about good therapists that you still hear floating around? Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

In this week's episode, we look at responses to a Reddit post that asks, "Therapists, what are the common patterns you've noticed in your clients that simultaneously tell you what's going on in society as a collective?" This piqued my interest! What are some of the patterns you've seen in your therapy work that reflects societal shifts? View the post on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/askatherapist/comments/1pc9ewu/therapists_what_are_the_common_patterns_youve/ Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" Link to Dopamine Nation: https://amzn.to/4xplsSr (this is an affiliate link) LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Sharing some of my favorite therapy tools to help break unhealthy patterns. What are some of your favorites? Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://get.paubox.com/solutions/private-practice *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Just a fun episode of "would you rather...?" therapist edition. I hope you have fun listening! Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: ⁠https://hubs.la/Q04k58tL0⁠ *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" *Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year :) LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Though our clinical skills are clearly the meat and potatoes of our work, private practice also involves a number of important non-clinical skills as well. In this episode, I share my most-used non-clinical skills in private practice. Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: ⁠https://hubs.la/Q04k58tL0⁠ *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" *Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year :) Check out my playlist “Private Practice Marketing Strategy”https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4iw1FZZYrAaqD-YMZm_Hc5WSZMq5WSB&si=qZzl_JKQ5R-9-B1O LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

We’re continuing our “fundamentals of therapy” series today and taking a closer look at empathy. We all know how central empathy is to the therapeutic process, but we don’t always talk about how to practice becoming more empathic. In this episode, we explore the facets of empathy, and name some practices to help us become more empathic therapists. Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: ⁠https://hubs.la/Q04k58tL0⁠ *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" *Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year :) Watch the previous episode in this series on Active Listening: https://youtu.be/8bZFqdxUrF4 Links Mentioned: Carl Rogers: “Empathic: An Unappreciated Way of Being" http://www.sageofasheville.com/pub_downloads/EMPATHIC_AN_UNAPPRECIATED_WAY_OF_BEING.pdf Article: "A transdisciplinary framework for empathy research" https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2026.1703147/full APA’s Dictionary of Psychology Definition of Empathy: https://dictionary.apa.org/empathy Psychepedia Article: “Empathy: Affective vs Cognitive Types Explained" https://psychepedia.arabpsychology.com/trm/empathy-affective-vs-cognitive-types-explained/ Article: "Therapist Empathy and Client Outcome: An Updated Meta-Analysis" https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpst0000175 Article: “Cultivating Empathy" https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/11/feature-cultivating-empathy Previous Episode on the importance of staying curious with therapy clients: https://youtu.be/SSNG7iHEar8 LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

Many of us can get caught up on figuring out how to set our rate in private practice. Do we just make up a random number? Do we charge whatever other people seem to be charging? In this episode, I share the same rate calculator I’ve been using for years. Rather than guessing, you can use this formula to be empowered to name your desired income and work backwards to charge a rate that will earn the income you want. Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email and forms easy and streamlined. Check them out here: ⁠https://hubs.la/Q04k58tL0⁠ *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" *Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year :) Links Mentioned: Easy Rate Calculator: https://mailchi.mp/f8d5d4be782e/hourly-rate-private-practice *Don’t forget to make a copy of it, otherwise it won’t work :) Video: "Should You Offer a Sliding Scale in Private Practice?” https://youtu.be/YH1-L7olgGo Heard Article: "Therapist Income Benchmarks: What to Expect in Private Practice" https://www.joinheard.com/articles/therapist-income-benchmarks-what-to-expect-in-private-practice LINKS: *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear This podcast is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privatepracticeskills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This podcast is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.