This presentation will teach participants the basics of how to develop, market, and sustain a thriving fee-for-service private practice outside managed care. This crash course will provide details of how to market and manage a successful private practice, information on how to use modern technologies to serve and attract clients, and ways to intermittently work with current clients throughout their life cycles.



The 21st century has presented psychotherapists in private practice with multiple challenges and an equal number of opportunities. On the one hand, the recent economic crisis has affected most current and potential clients. On the other hand, Internet technologies have opened new opportunities to expand therapists’ services and marketing efforts.



More specifically, this web conference will cover issues such as:





This introductory webinar is designed to help mental health clinicians:




  1. Describe considerations for setting private practice fees.

  2. List the essentials for a practice website.

  3. List at least three marketing strategies for your private practice.

  4. Explain at least two digital complexities private practice therapists may face.

  5. Identify and describe one's attitude toward money and wealth.



If you have questions about this course or accommodations for a disability, please contact us here.


How the Web Conference Works

In short, participants will join the teleconference by calling into the teleconference center and entering an access code. The teleconference will include lecture, interaction, and question and answer periods.


Continuing Education (CE) Information

1.5 CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.

GoodTherapy.org is also an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within counseling services.

Registration Information

This event is available at no cost to GoodTherapy.org members.

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Meet the Presenter

Ofer Zur, PhD

Ofer Zur, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and forensic consultant practicing in Sonoma, CA, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), Div. 42. He is the director of the Zur Institute, which offers over 100 online courses and is one of the most extensive online CE programs for psychologists, counselors, social workers, MFTs, and nurses. His teaching, consultations, and writings focus on private practice outside managed care, ethics, standard of care, boundaries, dual relationships, and Internet addiction. His books include Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy (Springer, 2002, co-edited with A. Lazarus), HIPPA Friendly (Norton, 2005), Private Practice Handbook, (ZI, 2007), and Boundaries in Psychotherapy (APA Books, 2007).

Dr. Zur is deeply concerned about the harm inflicted by dogmatic, inflexible, and ideologically rigid psychotherapeutic practices, and his website provides dozens of free articles and guidelines, for psychotherapists and the public.