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Handling Conference Stress with Confidence

Uncategorized / By Nadene van der Linden

Conferences are a great place for networking and staying up to date with research. They are also a prime time to have your schema patterns fire up. Being surrounded by other therapists at various stages of development can activate feelings of inadequacy and failure. Mixing with many people you don’t know can be challenging, especially if you have social anxiety or memories of not fitting in. As someone who works solo, I find it a lot of people and the noise levels take some getting used to.

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Sell More, Stress Less: Online Offer Tips for Therapists

Uncategorized / By Nadene van der Linden

One of the common struggles for therapists who want to develop additional income streams is confusion about what to offer. No one wants to create an offer that doesn’t sell. Here’s what worked for me. I thought about what I liked as well as what I didn’t like about other trainings. For example, I prefer

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Frustrated by marketing that doesn’t work? Read this

marketing / By Nadene van der Linden

When you put marketing out there and it doesn’t convert into clients and customers, it’s super frustrating. You may find yourself thinking:* I’m wasting my time* No one wants this* These people just don’t know what they need* Maybe I should start a new instagram account because I’ve built the wrong audience There’s a common

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This can rattle a therapist’s confidence

Uncategorized / By Nadene van der Linden

Here’s something I’ve noticed that can rattle a therapist’s confidence. Taking on clients that are handed over from another therapist. It feels different when we take on a client who has seen other therapists before and is choosing to see us, than when we take on a client who is brand new to therapy. It’s

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Doing this one thing has reaped rewards for me

Authentic Therapist / By Nadene van der Linden

Do you ever have moments when it feels like a lot of your efforts suddenly reward you? This is what the last month has felt like for me, as I am rewarded for my consistent efforts towards creating empowering training for therapists. It’s been a whirlwind few weeks, with my mini mind Thrive Amplified: Amplify Your

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This is what successful therapists have in common

Authentic Therapist / By Nadene van der Linden

A couple of weeks ago I attended an event for a colleague’s very successful group private practice with 3 locations. We studied our Masters together and stayed in touch supporting each other over the years. This therapist who had no intention of becoming a businesswoman when I met her. Like me, she worked in the Health Department

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What I’d do differently if I started private practice now.

Uncategorized / By Nadene van der Linden

2024 is my 12th year in sole private practice and it’s got me reflecting a little about what I’d do differently if I was starting now. Although I did a lot of great things like learning about business principles and marketing for private practice, nicheing and understanding the funding models before I started, there are

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Could this uncover the secret to your success?

Authentic Therapist / By Nadene van der Linden

What is my number one secret of success as a therapist? I discovered it through feedback from one of my best referrers. He would tell his patients, “Nadene is great because she is genuinely interested.” I remember thinking “But aren’t all therapists genuinely interested?” And the truth is, I think many are. They are just not as good

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I don’t need to go to therapy : the lies therapists tell themselves

Uncategorized / By Nadene van der Linden

I make no secret of the fact that I’ve been in therapy, am in therapy now and probably will be again in the future. In fact one of my regrets is that I didn’t start this current round of therapy sooner. But did you know that not all Australian psychologists have had their own experience

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The “When I” trap

Becoming Good Enough, Uncategorized / By Nadene van der Linden

A Facebook friend proudly posted an image of her daughter’s first work placement badge that said “provisional psychologist”. “It’s a big achievement” I commented, and I meant it. It isn’t easy to get in to a Masters training program, the course work is heavy and placements are both exciting and daunting. I reflected later how

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