Main description:

The Resilient Mental Health Practice: Nourishing Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself is a fundamental resource for mental health professionals, designed to serve as a comprehensive yet parsimonious handbook to inspire and inform novice, developing, and experienced mental health professionals. Replete with case studies, The Resilient Mental Health Practice gives readers a big-picture view of private practice, including detailed explorations of various topics related to therapist self-care and preventing burnout. Chapters provide a range of ways in which clinicians can build a resilient and sustainable practice while also taking care of their clients and themselves.

Contents:

Acknowledgements About the Editors About the Contributors Introduction Jennifer M. Ossege, PsyD and Richard W. Sears, PsyD Section 1: Practice Management: Nourishing Your Business 1. Independent Practice and Consultation Services as a Solo Practitioner Richard W. Sears, PsyD 2. Establishing, Maintaining, and Growing a Group Private Practice Ted Ossege, MSW, LCSW and Jennifer M. Ossege, PsyD 3. Creating and Sustaining an Assessment/Forensic-Based Practice Steve Sparks, PhD, ABPP 4. Therapist as Manager: Supervising Non-Clinical Staff and Tasks Jennifer M. Ossege, PsyD and Ted Ossege, MSW, LCSW 5. Navigating the Digital Landscape: A Practitioner's Guide to Moving through the Rough Terrain of the Internet and Social Media Jami Wilder, PsyD and Heather Wilder, PsyD 6. Integration of Clinical Healthcare Strategies: Preparing Clinicians for Shifting Roles Kristy Fritz-Bosse, PsyD and Jennifer M. Ossege, PsyD Section 2: Caring for the Caregiver: Nourishing Yourself 7. Isolation, Disconnection, and Burnout: The Importance of Staying Connected in Private Practice Joy McGhee, PsyD 8. Work-Life Demands: Practical Tips for Finding the Balance Emily Sander, PsyD 9. 25 Strategies for Engaging in Self Care Laura Hensley, MA, LPCC and Andrea Schultz-Duncan, PsyD