Preface |
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Our Personal Journeys |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 Creating a Practice That Matches You, Your Values, and Your Vision |
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2 Creating a Realistic Business Plan |
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3 Finding the Right Attorney |
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4 Finding the Right Professional Liability Insurance |
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5 Finding the Right Office |
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6 Finding the Right Accountant |
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47 | (4) |
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7 Finding the Right Software and System for Scheduling, Billing, Forms, Client Communication, and Documentation |
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51 | (8) |
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II FINDING CLIENTS AND HELPING CLIENTS FIND YOU |
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59 | (24) |
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8 Creating a Website, Business Cards, and Stationery |
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9 Advertising Ethically, Efficiently, Effectively, and Economically |
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10 Getting Onto Insurance Panels---But Do You Want to Do That? |
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11 Building and Maintaining a Presence on Social Media |
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79 | (4) |
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12 Creating a Thoughtful and Useful Client Record |
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13 Privacy, Confidentiality, and Privilege |
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14 Responding to a Subpoena and Dealing With Law Enforcement |
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IV PREPARING FOR URGENT AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS |
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15 Office Safety Measures and Precautions |
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107 | (6) |
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17 Clients Who Pose a Risk of Danger to a Third Party |
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113 | (6) |
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18 Assessing and Responding to Interpersonal Violence |
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119 | (8) |
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19 Reporting Child Abuse and Reasonable Suspicions of Child Abuse |
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127 | (8) |
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20 Assessing and Responding to Possible Abuse of Older, Vulnerable, and Dependent Adults and Adults With Disabilities |
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21 When the Therapist Is Stalked, Targeted, or Threatened by a Client or Someone in the Client's Life |
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V TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR PRACTICE |
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22 Keys to Thinking Clearly and Making Good Decisions About Your Practice |
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23 Eight Common Missteps That Can Lead to Disaster |
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25 Addressing the Hazards of Loneliness |
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26 Addressing the Hazards of Vicarious Trauma |
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27 Navigating and Nourishing Personal Relationships |
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181 | (4) |
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28 Asking for Help When We Need It |
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185 | (4) |
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29 Creating a Practice Grounded in Human Rights |
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30 Creating, Embracing, and Serving Communities |
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31 Applying for American Board of Professional Psychology Certification |
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VI MANAGING THE (SOMETIMES) UNEXPECTED |
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32 When the Therapist Becomes Pregnant |
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33 When the Therapist Becomes Ill |
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219 | (6) |
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34 What to Do When You've Made an Error |
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225 | (6) |
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35 What to Do (and Not Do) When Facing an Ethics, Licensing, or Malpractice Complaint |
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VII ENDINGS-PLANNED AND UNPLANNED |
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36 Successful, Unsuccessful, and Incomplete Terminations |
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37 Closing or Selling a Practice |
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243 | (4) |
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38 Creating a Useful Professional Will |
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Afterword: Creating Our Dream Practice in a Changing World |
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Resource A Professional Guidelines Relevant to Practitioners |
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Resource B The Clinical Interview With Immigrants |
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Resource C Strategies for Private Practitioners Coping With Subpoenas or Compelled Testimony for Client/Patient Records or Test Data or Test Materials |
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Resource D Sample Professional Will Published by the American Psychological Association |
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Resource E Information for Professional Executors: Files, Passwords, and Contacts List |
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Resource F The No Surprises Act: Frequently Asked Questions and Responses |
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References |
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Index |
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About the Authors |
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