I hope you enjoy this issue of the International Therapist Institute Newsletter where you will find three juicy items to savor.
1. A timely and important report on trends in the future of psychotherapy.
2. An entertaining and inspirational no-charge teleseminar.
3. And an article on inviting opportunities into your life and business.
Total reading time? About 7 minutes.
As always, I strive to support and enrich your life and career so you can do what you do with more ease, joy and passion.
Please let me know if I am meeting that goal by commenting at the links below or hitting reply. Enjoy!
Love and blessings,
Casey
Casey Truffo, CEO, International Therapist Leadership Institute
http://www.TherapistLeadershipInstitute.com
New timely and important report:
The Future of Psychotherapy:
Don’t Let These Five Trends Catch You By Surprise
http://FutureofPsychotherapy.com
One of the great joys of my work at International Therapist Leadership Institute is to look at trends in the field of psychotherapy. As you know, there are someinteresting changes in our culture and with the way therapy is viewed and services delivered. I found five trends that I want you to be prepared for. Some may affect you directly and some may not. But all will affect us as a profession.
To get your copy of our complimentary five part report series, The Future of Psychotherapy: Don’t Let These Five Trends Catch You By Surprise please visit: http://FutureofPsychotherapy.com
Please share this five-part with your colleagues. I don’t want anyone to be surprised by these trends.
New no-charge teleseminar with Bill O’Hanlon:
How Change Happens
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4-5pm Pacific…7-8pm Eastern…11-midnight GMT/UTC
Join me as I interview Bill O’Hanlon, author of 29 books and well-known psychotherapy presenter. Based on his book Change 101 (W.W. Norton), an excerpt of which was featured in O Magazine, Bill will summarize the seven primary ways in which people change in therapy and life. As a bonus, he will throw in a list of 11 ways to stay stuck (for all of you who are averse to change). Seriously, you may recognize yourself and your clients in this list and then realize how to jump start the change process if it has stalled. We can count on Bill to be lively and deliver a fun, content-filled hour. Join us for this no-charge call.
Can’t make it? No worries. Sign up for the recording replay. Registration: http://www.TherapistLeadershipInstitute.com/change
Feature Article:
“Opportunity doesn’t knock; it waits to be invited in.”
You’ve probably seen this in action. While some private practitioners are comfortable in the status-quo, others are ready to stretch a bit. They are quite open to new ideas and actually looking for them.
Here are four stories of private practitioners who were ready for new opportunities and they took a simple idea and ran with it.
Lisa told me that no client ever asked if she accepted credit cards. She took this to mean that no one would really want to use their card to pay for their sessions. But she heard me talk about the advantages of accepting credit cards and she decided to try it. While it maybe not typical, she told me a few months later that her income had tripled. People came more often due to the convenience of payment options.
Sandra’s daughter was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes. She called the local diabetes resource center and ask for a referral to a therapist as this diagnosis had really impacted the whole family. The diabetes center in her town reported “We have no referral list for therapists specializing in diabetes or any childhood illnesses.” Sandra contracted with them to create a hot line for newly diagnosed families. She personally answered that hot line (it was a cell phone.) She was able to offer support to families and build quite a name for herself in the area. Her practice grew quickly.
Mark was not comfortable with public speaking but he felt called to share his message about how good dads can become great dads. He followed his calling, got over his stage fright and now is a sought after speaker by churches and schools in his area.
Vondie was a self-declared techno-phobe but knew that technology was the way of the future. She now has a successful website and blog. She also writes an online newsletter that appeals to her ideal clients.
All four of these clinicians tuned in to what their market needed. They listened to their inspirations. They did this in a light, easy way. It wasn’t “I can’t do this but I know I should so I will grit my teeth and figure it out.” It was “I see this opportunity right in front of me. What will I make of it?”
It is easy to get comfortable where we are. After all, it probably took a lot of stretching to get to this place.
Every day, dozens of opportunities for greatness are available. Sometimes they are just a glimpse or a whisper. But those who are actively looking and inviting them in, hear them and see them.
And now I ask you…
* Where do you want to be? Personally and professionally?
* Where might you be playing it safer than you need to?
* What are you tolerating in your personal life because it seems easier than confronting it?
* Where in your business are there untapped possibilities?
* What opportunity is just waiting to be invited in by you?
I’d love to hear what you think. Feel free to share your comments in the comment box below.
Until next time…and as always, I am holding the vision for you!
Casey
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i would like to know what the most economical professional
business software for billing insurance companies, scheduling, making electronic submissions are available.
Great to read these stories. They give me the boost I need to remember all I’ve got going for me.
Great inspiring stories. I am an immigrant and live in Washington DC. I always think that market can be a great potential for a group or something similar. My other interest is tapping into the emotional health of mothers to be in hospitals and mothers groups but because I am pre-licensed I feel that I don’t have the enough authority to market myself. Any thoughts?
Isabel
Thank thank you Casey for not only the wealth of knowledge that you share with all of us but for your persistancy and patience of remind me what I need to learn and keep me focus in the future. I am a pre-licensed therapist and what I am doing is start to put all these concepts in place, some of them are even applicable now and some of them I will be able to use in the near future but you are the one that is helping me to build the foundation that I need to make myself belief that I can get myself into private practice and achieve my dreams.
Isabel Kirk
As always, your writing is uplifting and inspirational! You are doing such a ministry by giving voice to the changing trends and reminding us of the opportunities out there. Since I began working with you over a year ago, I have been invited to write an advice column for a pre-teen website, as well as be the Editor at Large of a Teen Magazine directed at Urban Youth. By posting my writing on my blog, I have started getting referrals from local counselors who are seeking a specialist in the understanding and treatment of adolescent issues. Thank you, Casey, for the gift that you have given, and continue to give to our profession.
Hi Casey,
As a newly licensed therapist, and \"newbie\" in private practice, I have appreciated your experience and encouragement. I have so many ideas and questions about this new adventure, and find all the information you send very helpful.
Thank you,
Dayna Tevis