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A therapist sits down on a wicker chair with her laptop to fill out a Wiley Treatment Planner.

How to Be Your Own Best Boss in Private Practice

As a business leader and boss in private practice, you’re a therapist, a business owner, and your own boss. When … Continued

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Setting Healthy Boundaries as a Therapist

I can’t imagine I’m the only therapist or mental health clinician who has let a boundary slip. In the interest … Continued

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How Keeping Secrets Can Help Couples Therapy Succeed

For years, my clinical specialty has been working with couples in couples therapy. When I started, I had a “no-secrets” … Continued

A therapist and her client are face to face, in a therapy session. The therapist is utilizing a technique found in this list of therapeutic interventions.

How to get counseling clients for your new practice

Wondering how to get counseling clients for your private practice? Here are our top tips to get started marketing your … Continued

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The benefits of embracing mindfulness in private practice

Wondering about the use of mindfulness in private practice? You’re in the right place. Many people have an incomplete picture … Continued

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How to Support Your Clients in Practicing Mindfulness

If you’re a therapist wondering how to support your clients in practicing mindfulness, read on. As a counselor who regularly … Continued

A couple sits in front of their therapist. The man speaks and gesticulates as the woman practices active listening, a couples therapy exercise that is helpful both in and out of session.

Couples Therapy Exercises

Looking for couples therapy exercises to use with clients?  This article provides an overview of couples therapy, couples therapy questions … Continued

3 Ways for Therapists to Save Time in Private Practice

As therapists, time is one thing that we never seem to have enough of. We’re often reminded to value our … Continued

A couple in an embrace practices closeness and intimacy, key factors to making relationships last. One partner kisses the other on the forehead while she holds his neck.

4 Signs of a Lasting Relationship

There are certain signs that indicate which relationships last. These markers can help steer the course of romantic relationships in … Continued

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