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Explore expert insights on starting and growing a private practice as a therapist. From marketing and business planning to supervision, leadership development, and burnout prevention, this blog supports mental health professionals in building ethical, sustainable, and profitable practices.

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Networking: An Investment in Professional Relationships for Your Private Practice

When therapists think about marketing their private practice, networking is often one of the first things they say they "should" be doing and one of the first things that falls off the calendar when life gets busy.

Part of the challenge is that networking is frequently misunderstood. Many clinicians picture awkward mixers, forced small talk, or collecting business cards from strangers they may never see again. The assumption is that networking is the act of being at an event, when really it is about building the network that you will refer to, call upon, confer with, and build your business using in the future.

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