Practice Management
To provide high-quality psychological services in an increasingly competitive marketplace, practitioners must learn to apply basic business skills to their professional activities. Resources in this section focus on business strategies that can benefit both your clients and your practice.
General Business Strategy
- Have You Charted Your Mission?
- Putting Business into Practice
- Learn to Speak the Language of Business
- Your Business Plan: Steps to Success
- Is Your Practice Client-Friendly?
- Using Practice Consultants to Your Best Advantage
- Making Business Decisions Following a Disaster
Administrative Issues
- Are You Protected? Insuring Your Office Practice
- Are You Prepared for the Unexpected?
- Renting v. Buying Office Space: Pros, Cons, and Tips
- Avoiding Administrative Overload: Four Strategies
- Avoiding Contractual Pitfalls
- Strength in Numbers: Advantages of Group Practice
- Hiring Administrative Staff: A Basic Overview
- Putting Job Descriptions into Practice
- Important Issues in Supervision
- Streamlining Your Office Operations
- Put It in Writing: Your Office Policies and Procedures
Career Development
- Strategies for Finding Professional Opportunities
- Making the Best Use of Your CV
- Things I Wish I'd Learned in Grad School
- Employment Options: Practitioners Find Balance, Opportunities in Part-Time Jobs
- 'Spreading out what I do keeps things interesting'
- Are You Prepared for the Unexpected?
- Checklist for Closing Your Practice
- Get Ready Now to Sell Your Practice
- 10 Tips for Selling Your Practice
Market Trends and Opportunities
- Staying Ahead of the Curve: Four Environmental Trends to Watch
- A Framework for Evaluating New Practice Opportunities
- How to Expand a Psychosocial Program
- Serving and Protecting
- Market Opportunities: Creating Psychologically Healthy Workplaces
- Teaming Up: Pointers on Successful Collaboration With Physicians
- Paid in Full: Tapping Into the Self-Pay Market
- Practitioners Tap Into the Self-Pay Market
- Practice Management Tools
- Should You Consider Doing Independent Medical Examinations for Workers' Comp?