Truth Bomb: All great accomplishments start with checklists, and your career as a therapist will be no different.  As you learn, grow and find your voice as a therapist, there are other, non-clicical, details that are important to focus on that form the foundation for your private practice, and many of them are related to the business aspect of being in your own practice outside of an agency.  These details are all laid out here, and we will also be going over them in our supervision sessions.  As you progress through this semester, you will want to check these off individually. 

 

If you have any questions about any of them, please bring them up in supervision.  That is what this process is all about, after all.  Some of these will be part of what you are learning as we go along as well as already being a part of the EHR that you will be training on.  I am including some of the items on this list for you if you decide at the end of your internship to branch out entirely on your own in your private practice and handle all the billing, payment collection and other administrative tasks yourself.  We want your internship to be as comprehensive as possible so that there are as few surprises as possible when you get out on your own as either a solo practice or as part of a group.  

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Below you will find a printable version of this checklist.  This list, this all-important list, is just for you, for your future and for all the people you are going to be there for in your career.  

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I recommend that you print this checklist out in its entirety, place it in a ring binder and treat it like it is one of your most important packets.  Really?  I mean, if you want to rock this process out, you are going to need a checklist.  You will also be collecting important documents that are part of this checklist.  I recommend that you put these in this binder as well.  Your Clinical Binder will be with you for the rest of your career in one form or another, and this is designed to give you a strong foundation upon which to build said career.  

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From time to time, I will be adding sections to this checklist, and I will announce the new sections' availability in email and update it on this site as needed.  

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