Comments on: Stepping Up Into Leadership. http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/1268/stepping-up-into-leadership/ Supporting and enriching the lives and careers of therapists worldwide. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/1268/stepping-up-into-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:36:43 +0000 http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/?p=1268#comment-754 Yes! !! I love the encouraging and "go-get-em" attitude you have. I have to tell you, it was something you said in a book of yours a few years ago about setting fees that busted me out of my fear, "Should I be charging this much?" I'm happy to say I surged ahead charging the fee I wanted to - and I've gotten it pretty consistently. The confidence I have gained has also allowed me to further develop and pursue the online business I have alongside of my practice. I wrote the first of my Therapy-At-Home Workbooks (The Premarital Counseling Workbook for Couples) over three years ago as an experiment. A few years later I added "The Marriage Refresher Course for Couples" and it's been going great! I'm able to live my passion in my psychotherapy practice - and my writing! Again, your energy, enthusiasm, insight and resources for people like me is invaluable. Keep up the good work! Regards, Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT Yes! !! I love the encouraging and “go-get-em” attitude you have. I have to tell you, it was something you said in a book of yours a few years ago about setting fees that busted me out of my fear, “Should I be charging this much?”

I’m happy to say I surged ahead charging the fee I wanted to – and I’ve gotten it pretty consistently.

The confidence I have gained has also allowed me to further develop and pursue the online business I have alongside of my practice. I wrote the first of my Therapy-At-Home Workbooks (The Premarital Counseling Workbook for Couples) over three years ago as an experiment. A few years later I added “The Marriage Refresher Course for Couples” and it’s been going great! I’m able to live my passion in my psychotherapy practice – and my writing!

Again, your energy, enthusiasm, insight and resources for people like me is invaluable. Keep up the good work!

Regards,
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT

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During my client sessions I honor the rule under which I was trained – the therapist should never do more than 10-20% of the talking. Yet after witnessing person after person, couple after couple, all struggling with the same issues, I needed more space than 10-20% to offer proven solutions to others. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one.

]]> By: Tina Chase, MFT http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/1268/stepping-up-into-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Tina Chase, MFT Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:39:14 +0000 http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/?p=1268#comment-724 Yes, I completely agree with the premise you presented, Casey, re the development of passion and interest and how they lay the groundwork for leadership in our chosen niches. I remember back in the early 90s when before CEUs were mandatory, the importance of continuing education in the field of psychotherapy. I took the program chairmanship of my CAMFT chapter and created monthly programs that slowly but surely invited our membership to gather, learn, and network. I did this for three years until the meetings began to top at 50-75 attendees. It was fun to do something I deeply believed in and others came to value. It gave me much visibility in an over-saturated therapy milieu. I took this premise to a new area I had relocated to and brought the concept of Collaborative Law to Albany, NY. I became a founding director (now on exec. board) and we are now over 30 members, with attorneys and mental health professionals working together to help navigate couples through a different model of divorce which incorporates the future healthy well-being of children. It is an exciting time in my life as a therapist where I can make my passion a reality through my leadership. Yes, I completely agree with the premise you presented, Casey, re the development of passion and interest and how they lay the groundwork for leadership in our chosen niches. I remember back in the early 90s when before CEUs were mandatory, the importance of continuing education in the field of psychotherapy. I took the program chairmanship of my CAMFT chapter and created monthly programs that slowly but surely invited our membership to gather, learn, and network. I did this for three years until the meetings began to top at 50-75 attendees. It was fun to do something I deeply believed in and others came to value. It gave me much visibility in an over-saturated therapy milieu. I took this premise to a new area I had relocated to and brought the concept of Collaborative Law to Albany, NY. I became a founding director (now on exec. board) and we are now over 30 members, with attorneys and mental health professionals working together to help navigate couples through a different model of divorce which incorporates the future healthy well-being of children. It is an exciting time in my life as a therapist where I can make my passion a reality through my leadership.

]]> By: Miranda Palmer, LMFT http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/1268/stepping-up-into-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Miranda Palmer, LMFT Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:41:46 +0000 http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/?p=1268#comment-714 Casey, Words can not describe how much I resonated with this post. The biggest struggle for me has been that I feel so called to do this work for free, but knowing that I can't sustain that! I wish I could write a grant so that I could give pre-licensed persons free consultation on an unlimited basis. Wouldn't that be great?! Thanks so much for your words, that help to describe part of the path that I have taken. Casey,

Words can not describe how much I resonated with this post. The biggest struggle for me has been that I feel so called to do this work for free, but knowing that I can’t sustain that!

I wish I could write a grant so that I could give pre-licensed persons free consultation on an unlimited basis. Wouldn’t that be great?!

Thanks so much for your words, that help to describe part of the path that I have taken.

]]> By: Miranda Palmer, LMFT http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/1268/stepping-up-into-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Miranda Palmer, LMFT Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:32:26 +0000 http://therapistleadershipinstitute.com/blog/?p=1268#comment-712 Casey, I cannot begin to tell you how much I resonated with your post. Failing the written clinical vignette exam by 1 point had such a huge impact on me. I needed support, couldn't find it, and created it. Although my test results were overturned and I never actually had to start studying again, I found that so many pre-licensed persons had the same struggles that I did. Most of them lacked information that they needed to make informed, intelligent choices about their career. The study group and the resulting consultation business were really just about supporting others and passing along the knowledge that I had gained. I only started charging when I realized there wasn't enough hours in the day to answer all the questions that everyone had! The last two weeks I have had two people (you being one of them) that I felt like contacted me "out of the blue" to present. It was surprising and validating. Thank you so much for this spot on post. Miranda Palmer, MFT http://mftguide.com Casey,

I cannot begin to tell you how much I resonated with your post. Failing the written clinical vignette exam by 1 point had such a huge impact on me. I needed support, couldn’t find it, and created it.

Although my test results were overturned and I never actually had to start studying again, I found that so many pre-licensed persons had the same struggles that I did. Most of them lacked information that they needed to make informed, intelligent choices about their career.

The study group and the resulting consultation business were really just about supporting others and passing along the knowledge that I had gained.

I only started charging when I realized there wasn’t enough hours in the day to answer all the questions that everyone had!

The last two weeks I have had two people (you being one of them) that I felt like contacted me “out of the blue” to present. It was surprising and validating.

Thank you so much for this spot on post.

Miranda Palmer, MFT
http://mftguide.com

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