Marketing, setting fees, and attracting clients are crucial steps in your journey to become licensed. But how about the operational tools you need to be successful?

We’ll dive into topics that weren’t covered in graduate school, including:

• Personal vs professional social media strategies.

• Tips to avoid the serious legal and ethical pitfalls associated with email and text communication.

• How to increase your technological competence. HIPPA, PCI and encryption are mandatory and choosing the right solutions for email, texting and phone calls can be daunting.

• Do you need a personal website or simply a Psychology Today profile?

• Has anyone explain CPT’s and diagnosis codes to you? Did anyone tell you that you need a NPI? Chances are the answer in no.

Audience: Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate Marriage & Family Therapists, and Psychological Assistants

Duration: 60 minutes

Cost: $25.00

Location: Webinar

Does your social media expose your private life? Did you know a lot of your personal information is available on data collection websites? Recently, a Psychologist was faced with a former client at her boyfriends front door and had to file a restraining order. Don’t let this happen to you!

What you’ll learn:

• Discover potential exposure points, including social media, Breeze.ca.gov, and personal information disclosed to the public by data brokers

• How people search websites reveal your age, address, phone number, and assets

• How to minimize vulnerabilities to fraud for consumer credit, banking and personal real estate holdings

• Tips to increase your online security and privacy

Participants will receive a do it yourself (DIY) checklist of items to address. This is a popular session and relevant for everyone (including those outside of the mental health profession).

Audience: Everyone

Duration: 75 minutes

Cost: $35.00

Location: Online via Zoom

If you’re newly licensed or gearing up to launch a private practice, this session will familiarize you with the essentials to facilitate your independent success.

Some of the topics we’ll cover include:

• Health insurance - should you accept it? In Network vs. Out of Network, copays, deductibles, allowable amounts, SuperBills…..there are many terms to wrap your head around. We’ll also review various plans and reimbursement rates to help you decide.

• Billing and diagnosis codes.

• NPI, CAQH and other steps you need to complete to get started as a newly licensed practitioner.

• HIPAA compliance and technology. Discover the preferred choices for staying compliant and streamlining your practice, including options for email, texting, payment processing, practice management software, and electronic forms.

Audience: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, MFT’s, LSCW’s and Other Mental Health Professionals 

Duration: 75 minutes

Cost: $35.00

Location: Webinar