Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Today we’re tackling an age-old chicken or egg question: do you hire first and hope the new clinician gets busy, or do you build out a lengthy waitlist before hiring? As usual, the answer is “it depends”! We’ll talk about when it makes sense to choose one strategy over the other, and when to forget about hiring altogether. Cool Things Mentioned The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting Featured Resources I am honored to p...
Aug 01, 2024•17 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Today is another business episode focusing on finances. The longer I do this, the more convinced I am that having a good handle on finances drives literally everything in your practice. Unless you’re running a practice as a hobby with no regard for profit or financial sustainability, you have to know your numbers. The trouble is that many people don’t know how to start getting a handle on finances. Today, we’ll talk about the financial model that...
Jul 25, 2024•19 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. For most of us, leadership is the most challenging aspect of growing a practice. Not only we were we not taught how to run a business in graduate school, but we certainly weren’t taught how to be an actual LEADER of said business. My guest today, Nicole McCance, figured out the leadership formula and scaled to a multi-seven figure practice before selling it and retiring. During our conversation, we focus on Nicole’s idea of “positive leadership,”...
Jul 18, 2024•49 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Finances are scary for me. I’ve told the story of how I completed avoided money in my practice for several years after starting, then discovered that clients owed me almost $100,000! Since then, I’ve been on a mission to dive as deep as possible into business finances to make sure that the businesses are sustainable. Today, I’m discussing my personal process for setting, planning for, and (hopefully) reaching financial goals. Cool Things Mentione...
Jul 11, 2024•18 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. We’ve all heard about “strengths-based” assessment, and some of us have applied these principles to our work in private practice. But what does it look like in the school setting? My guest today, April Rehrig, used the lessons she learned from over 20 years as a teacher and school psychologist to create a student-focused, collaborative educational advocacy firm. These are just a few areas that we talk about: The similarities and differences betwe...
Jul 08, 2024•49 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I’ve gotten a lot of questions over the years about how my practice established an APA-accredited internship program through the High Plains Psychology Internship Consortium . Today, we’ll be talking all about training programs with Dr. Erin Foley and Dr. Juliana Rosa from Clover Educational Consulting Group. Clover assisted us with setting up our internship several years ago, and I’m fortunate to be able to get back in touch with them to share s...
Jul 01, 2024
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Who likes profit? We all do, right?! Profit is the lifeblood of your business. Without it, you’ve got no freedom and no flexibility. It’s unfortunate that many of us struggle with running a truly profitable business, but there are definitely some ways to increase profits with relatively little effort or change on your part. Listen in for a few straightforward ways to increase profits without drastically changing your business model or processes! ...
Jun 27, 2024•18 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. In a previous podcast conversation, we discussed gender-affirming care primarily through the lens of writing support letters for gender-affirming surgeries. Today, we’re coming at it from more of a neuropsychological perspective. I’m fortunate to have Dr. Emily Trittschuh and Dr. Jae Purnell here to talk through the ins and outs of gender-diverse neuropsychological assessment. We cover topics such as… What the literature really says about brain-b...
Jun 17, 2024
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Over the last several months, I’ve chronicled my practice’s journey as we try to move away from insurance panels. After having taken all of the major insurance panels for nearly 15 years, we’ve decided that enough is enough. The administrative burden and poor reimbursement are no longer sustainable. Listen in through the good, the bad, and the terrifying as we go through this process! Today is the sixth episode in the series, where I’m providing ...
Jun 13, 2024•19 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. We have a diversity problem in neuropsychology. The field is about 85% white in a country that, according to the 2020 census, is only about 58% white. What’s happening here? My guest today, Dr. Lynette Abrams-Silva, has some thoughts. In addition to being a prolific educator in the field of neuropsychology, she has focused on recruiting and mentoring diverse trainees for years. These are just a few topics that we chat about today: The diversity p...
Jun 10, 2024
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I know, I know – another episode on marketing, right? But hear me out…today’s episode with Racheal Cook is different than other marketing episodes. Yes, we touch on traditional marketing, but Racheal brings a fresh perspective that really emphasizes the importance of honoring your own strengths rather than trying to do whatever everyone else might be doing. She brings years of consulting experience and a personal bout with burnout to deepen her k...
Jun 06, 2024
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. The title says it all, folks. Of all the topics discussed in the Testing Psychologist Community, continuous performance tests are one of the most popular, and most opaque. My guest today, Dr. Chris Mulchay, is as close to a CPT connoisseur as you can possibly be. If you’re one of the many of us who question the use of CPT’s, their role in testing, and the research behind them, this episode is for you. These are a few topics that we discuss: The h...
Jun 03, 2024
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Most of the time on the podcast, my guests and I have discussions that are valuable, if a little theoretical. Today is different. My guest, Scott Robson, is a double-certified coach who specializes in helping entrepreneurs work through the inherent risk and vulnerability of owning a business. To that end, he graciously engaged me in a live coaching session to explore my “adaptotype” as an entrepreneur. Scott developed these adaptotypes to help us...
May 23, 2024
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Sometimes I look back and reflect on little moments over the years that made a big impact on our practice. One of those moments was a relatively brief conversation a few years ago with my friend, Uriah Guilford from the Productive Therapist, about scheduling intakes. He mentioned that his practice moved to a booking system for scheduling intake calls rather than trying to catch people on the phone via organic callbacks. We started experimenting w...
May 16, 2024•14 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Our country’s population of older adults is growing by the day, with the percentage of individuals over 65 increasing from about 18% today to about 23% over the next 20-30 years. Working with older adults can be incredibly gratifying, and, there are some nuances to specializing with this population. Dr. Seda Terzyan is my guest today, and we’re talking all about working with older adults. While we spend some of our time on the clinical aspects of...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Everybody makes mistakes, right? Well, today I’m sharing what I consider to be the WORST mistakes over my 15 years in private practice. Cool Things Mentioned The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting Featured Resources I am honored to partner with two AMAZING companies to help improve your testing practice! PAR is a long time supporter of the Testing Psychologist podcast, and I will continue to bring you featured items fr...
May 09, 2024•21 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Pediatric genetic disorders are more common than you may think. The most prevalent genetic disorder, Down syndrome, occurs in approximately one of every 700 live births. Our topic for today, 22q deletion syndrome, is a genetic disorder that occurs in roughly one of every 1200 live births. Even in a relatively small school district, we could run into a handful of kids with 22q. While many of us aren’t experts in this area, Dr. Ed Moss definitely i...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. If you’ve listened to the podcast for any length of time, you know that I’m a big fan of blocking time on your schedule to work “on” the business instead of “in” the business. I’ve also talked frequently about the role of “think weeks” in my own practice development journey. But what if you don’t have the bandwidth or ability to take an entire week? Or even an entire day? Enter the “think morning.” In this episode, I’m talking through a sample sc...
May 02, 2024•24 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. It’s not often that I get so inspired by interview content that I actually have trouble focusing on the next question or have trouble staying present, but today was one of those days! My guest, Shelli Warren, brings decades of experience to this conversation about leadership and business development, and I had to work HARD to keep myself present because she was offering so many insights that could apply to my own practice and development as a lea...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. With two kids who play competitive sports, the topic of concussion is both personally and professionally relevant for me. My guest today, Dr. Josefine Combs, is here to talk through the ins and outs of concussion. We primarily approach concussion through the lens of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s “profile” model of concussion symptoms and trajectory of recovery. These are just a few topics that we cover: Basics and definitions: con...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. How often have you heard the advice to start a business that solves your own problem? My guests today did exactly that. Tory Krone and Madeline Larsen are two of the co-founders from Practice Vital, a software company that specializes in creating beautiful, data-driven dashboards for mental health practices that want to track key metrics. In this episode, you’ll hear how their idea went from helping Tory build a simple dashboard for her own pract...
Apr 18, 2024•49 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Anyone else out there noticing that a few measures are getting long in the tooth (what does that even mean)? Or that you’ve settled into administering the same thing for years now? During our testing team retreat back in February, we made a couple of big changes to our battery that I thought I would share for anyone else considering these options. This is a quick and pointed episode that also serves as a mini-review of a couple different measures...
Apr 15, 2024•16 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Today’s episode tackles another question that frequently comes up in my consulting: what do I mean by SOP’s, and what are the most important SOP’s to have in your practice? If you don’t know what an SOP is, don’t worry! I’ll define it and share why they’re important. We’ll also dig into common SOP’s and how to craft even a simple version of an SOP to get you started. Cool Things Mentioned The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business co...
Apr 11, 2024•20 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. For the past few years, I’ve been out of the conference game. COVID certainly played a role, but I admittedly just struggle with conferences. Most of them are too big, too crowded, too packed full of sessions, and honestly too theoretical, with less applied information than I would like. So much so that I created my own anti-conference, the Crafted Practice business retreat for testing folks. That said, something is calling to me this spring to c...
Apr 08, 2024•19 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Compensation is a hot topic among practice owners and employees alike, yet also one of the most misunderstood. We’ve all wrestled with the question of an appropriate “split,” often basing our decision off of what our peers do, what we’ve seen in Facebook groups, or what we “feel” is the right thing to do. This episode approaches compensation using simple math, working backward from industry standards for budgeting in private practice. Cool Things...
Apr 04, 2024•20 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Today, I’m summarizing three articles from the field of pediatric neuropsychology. If you have trouble keeping up on research like I do, this will hopefully provide a little glimpse into some fairly recent topics that caught my interest. These are the articles that I focus on during the episode (all are available for free at this point): Best Practices and Methodological Strategies for Addressing Generalizability in Neuropsychological Assessment ...
Apr 01, 2024•24 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. We have a special guest today, Dr. Sondra Marshall, a licensed psychologist and the U.S. National Eligibility Officer for Athletes Without Limits. Dr. Marshall is based in Bend, Oregon, and her work at PEDL is inspiring. She advocates for athletes with IDD, ASD, and Down syndrome, promoting diversity and representation in athletics. In this episode, we explore the crucial role of psychological assessment in ensuring inclusivity in sports, includi...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Over the next several months, I’m going to chronicle my practice’s journey as we try to move away from insurance panels. After having taken all of the major insurance panels for nearly 15 years, we’ve decided that enough is enough. The administrative burden and poor reimbursement are no longer sustainable. Listen in through the good, the bad, and the terrifying as we go through this process! Today is the fifth episode in the series, where I’m pro...
Mar 21, 2024•19 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. We have to take care of many things as small business owners. One of those things is retirement planning. For better or worse, you are in charge of your own retirement once you move into private practice. And if you have employees, you’re also in charge of THEIR retirement options. Sound like a lot of pressure? Today’s guest, Courtenay Shipley, is here to demystify retirement planning for those of us in private practice. These are just a few thin...
Mar 14, 2024•53 min
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Many of the topics I tackle on the podcast come from questions during my individual and group consulting sessions, and today is no different – I’m diving into pay rates and structure for psychometrists. For many of us, hiring a psychometrist is the first baby step into growing our practices or offloading some of the less desirable aspects of our jobs. Figuring out what to pay them is surprisingly challenging for a number of reasons. Listen in to ...
Mar 07, 2024•25 min
