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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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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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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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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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 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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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
There is little better for confidence, technique development and practice marketing than the decision to niche. Yet so many therapists are resistant to nicheing. Whenever I talk about it, this is what I hear: But Nadene, All of these objections can be broken down into categories of misinformation, fear, inflexible thinking and scarcity mindset issues.
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Lately I’ve had some interesting conversations about not knowing what to do and vulnerability. It seems some senior psychologists don’t like people to know what they don’t know. They hide from their employees where they get their business ideas from, believing that as leaders they can’t demonstrate any kind of not knowing. That admitting they
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I received the following question via my group entry question to my group Authentic Confidence for Therapists. Hi Nadene, how does experience impact authenticity as a therapist – does it evolve over time? I’d be interested to know. I love this question so much because it allows me to talk about why I started my
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