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  • Practice notes
  • Personal writing
  • Candidate resources
  • How to be a therapist
  • Institutes (DRAFT)
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    How to be a therapist - Practice notes

    Handling referrals when they come

    September 2, 2024

    When I get a referral, I handle it quickly. I almost NEVER make anyone wait more than 24 hours. Usually, I get back much more quickly than that.

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    How to be a therapist - Practice notes

    Making referrals, getting referrals

    September 2, 2024

    Making referrals is the best way to get referrals.

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    Therapist letters

    November 5, 2023

    Should therapists write support letters for their patients? I don't do so, generally.

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    Freud, Solms, and the psyche

    October 20, 2023

    In which I try, differently, to summarize my takeaways from - and my struggle with - Solms.

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    Mark Solms and drive theory

    October 18, 2023

    I watched Mark Solms present on his "revision of drive theory." It was powerful, and compelling.

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    A monthly fee (part 1)

    August 25, 2023

    I have an unusual preference, when it comes to payment by my patients: I prefer to be paid a flat fee, monthly, regardless of how many sessions take place.

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    How come you don’t like “informed consent” forms?

    August 8, 2023

    I don't like informed consent forms.

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    Cancellation

    March 17, 2023

    My cancellation policy is simple: regardless of whether we meet or not, my patients pay for every scheduled session.

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    Masking

    September 9, 2022

    I don't wear a mask in session.

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    Cancellation, delinquency, collections, and more

    June 12, 2022

    I don't have a lot of delinquency, and don't struggle much to collect what I'm owed. I'm lucky that way.

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