The systems running quietly behind every session, your EHR, scheduling, intake forms, and payment processing, decide whether your practice runs while you're not looking at it or stalls every time you step away. Here's what I use, what I skip, and why summer is the right time to fix it.

Did you know your private practice is running eight departments right now, even if it's just you? We're kicking off a new series breaking down each one, starting with marketing, the one everyone asks about first. Inside: what your marketing department actually covers in a child therapy practice, why the discomfort around self-promotion isn't a flaw, and why consistency matters more than volume.

Eighteen years! Since kindergarten I had always wanted to be a teacher... I was, and I LOVED it! Then I noticed I wanted nothing to do with teaching math, and wanted everything to do with students' social emotional learning. And I LOVED that! So why did I leave after 18 years??? I didn't leave because I was burned out by the kids; I left education because I knew I wanted to have a bigger impact than the system would allow. And honestly... I wasn't being paid what that work wa