Welcome to The
Bad Therapist blog.
SCRIPTS INCLUDED! How to Keep Your Intake Calls Under 10 Minutes, Reliably Book Clients, and Handle Objections without Falling into the Trap of Trying to Prove Yourself
Let’s get clear on the purpose of the initial call you have with a potential client. Too often that first call is something like a mini therapy session—it does not need to be this way. You can keep your initial calls under ten minutes every time and get “yes’s” more reliably. SCRIPTS INCLUDED!
Confessions of a Codependent Therapist: How to clean up codependency in your practice
I learned how to be codependent in part due to the presence of addiction in my family. But codependency is everywhere. You don’t have to have grown up with addiction to have these tendencies. Regardless of how you developed these tendencies, they have a pretty common pattern. Do you identify with any of these?
Three Different Ways To Set Your Fee (spoiler, do all three!)
As therapists, we’ve all got a money story that we live by. One that has been ingrained in us throughout our lives and it becomes especially prominent when we look at setting fees for our services. But what happens when that no longer serves us in our business? Here’s three ways you can move past your money story when setting your fees!
What is a healthy number of clients per week?
What’s your “ideal” number of clients? How did you arrive at that number? If you’re like me, it was probably because that’s the way you think you’re going to make the maximum amount of money without burning yourself out. But what if there was another way to look at it?
Nothing New to Say
Do you ever feel like you have nothing new or original to say? Maybe you started writing a blog or Instagram caption only to realize someone else already talked about your topic. So why should you speak up? Because of THIS. Check it out here.
Creating an authentic website that works
If you speak to everyone, you will work with no one. It’s important to know that when you marketing your business through your website, you need to be talking to someone specific. Listen, you can’t be everyone’s cup of tea, and you shouldn’t want to be. Focus on bringing in your dream clients, and not attracting just anyone.