Psychologists are increasingly dissatisfied with managed care companies. While many practitioners would prefer to develop a fee-for-service practice to improve clinical care and income, there is limited available information on how to establish one. This book illustrates 50 strategies for growing a practice that is not managed care or insurance dependent. Contributors describe how they successfully carved out a niche in areas as varied as family and divorce counseling, teaching and supervision, healthcare, product development, and organizational consulting. In each vignette, the author describes his or her practice arrangements, training experiences, primary activities, pros and cons of this career path, effective business approaches, and also recommends professional resources, including books, journals, web sites, and societies. This book provides plenty of ideas for early career psychologists and graduate students interested in starting a private practice as well as seasoned practitioners who want to develop alternative income sources to minimize dependence on insurance companies. Contents: Introduction Practice Possibilities Outside of Managed Care —Steven Walfish Seven Keys to Developing a Managed Care Free Practice —David Verhaagen Family Psychology Premarital Counseling —Susan Gamble Teaching Marriage Skills —Susan Heitler Conducting Family Interventions with Substance Abusers —Michaele P. Dunlap Roles for Psychologists in Collaborative Divorce Practice —Lauren Behrman Assessing Those Seeking To Adopt and Working with the Adoption Triad —Nancy M. Sidun and Debbie Daniels-Mohring CBT Stands for Canine Behavior Therapy: Helping Dog Owners Become Better Parents —Brad Rosenfield Psychoeducational Conducting Academic Readiness Evaluations —Myles L. Cooley Psychoeducational Testing —Gary M. Eisenberg Coaching for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder —Peter C. Thomas Career Counseling —Mary Gresham Improving Interviewing Skills —Jeff Jones Health Psychology A Fledgling Private Practice in Reproductive Medicine —Lucille Keenan Smoking Cessation: Cognitive Behavioral Strategies with Hypnosis —Marc B. Lipton Cognitive Therapy Groups for Weight Management —Nona L. Patterson Neurotherapy —Kirk D. Little Business Psychology Executive Leadership Coaching —Nicole A. Lipkin Responding to Trauma in the Workplace —Elizabeth K. Carll Employee Assistance Programs —David R. Starr Stress Management for Corporations —Daniela A. Schreier Consulting for Family Owned Businesses —Kathleen V. Shea Services to Government Vocational Rehabilitation Assessments —David Lutz Completing Social Security Disability Assessments —Molly C. McKenna Evaluating Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers —Douglas C. Haldeman Public Safety Services —Stephen F. Curran Psychological Evaluations for State Agencies —Marla W. Deibler Services to Organizations Working with Developmentally Disabled Adults —Frank Froman Assessment of Men and Women Entering Religious Life —Thomas G. Plante Consulting to Health Care Organizations —Edward A. Wise Finance Coaching Traders and Investors —Steven J. Hendlin Coaching with Financial Planners —Brad Klontz Teaching and Supervision Supervision of Psychotherapy Providers —T. J. Price Integrating University Teaching into Independent Clinical Practice —Valerie L. Shebroe Teaching Online —Mitchell W. Hicks Conducting Workshops for Teachers and Educators —Tish Taylor Combining Treatment and Professional Training Within a Private Practice Model. —Mark Gilson Specialty Groups Pregnancy Support Groups —Gina Hassan Assertiveness Skills Training Groups —Laurie Little Mind/Body Skills Training Groups —David O. Aspenson Forensic Psychology Serving as a Guardian Ad Litem —Steven N. Shapse High Conflict Divorce —Jeffrey Zimmerman Assessment of Competency —Eric G. Mart Serving as an Expert Witness —Marcia Knight The Role of the Assessment Psychologist in Immigration Evaluations —Ray Kamoo Evaluations of Professionals and Professional Practice —Lisa R. Grossman Products Developing Software for Social Service Agencies —Genie Skypek Developing a Brand Around a Theme: One's Own Enchanted Self —Barbara Holstein Positive Psychology Assessing and Counseling Gifted Children and Adults —Stuart Dansinger Developing a Sport Psychology Practice —Mitchell A. Greene Retreats for Personal Growth —Kathy Martone Tantric Sexuality Education —David Yarian Epilogue About the Editor: Steven Walfish, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in independent practice in Atlanta. He is the Associate Editor of the Independent Practitioner and has served on the Editorial Boards of several journals. He has published in the areas of substance abuse, weight loss surgery, and professional training and practice. He is recipient of the APA Division of Consulting Psychology Award for Outstanding Research in Consulting Psychology, the Walter Barton Award for Outstanding Research in Mental Health Administration from the American College of Mental Health Administration and The APA Division of Independent Practice Mentoring Award. His first book (co-edited with Allen Hess) was Succeeding in Graduate School: The Career Guide for Psychology Students. His second book (co-authored with Jeffrey Barnett) Financial Success in Mental Health Practice: Essential Tools and Strategies for Practitioners was published by APA Books in 2008. He received his PhD in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of South Florida and has been a Visiting Professor at Kennesaw State University and Georgia State University. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine. |