DIYing Your Private Practice from the Ground Up - HPP 37

04/24/18 • 26 min

The Higher Practice Podcast for Optimal Mental Health

Keith Kurlander, CEO of Higher Practice, understands the difficulties of building a private practice from the ground up. After plenty of trial and error, he’s discovered a number of great resources to make the process as stress free as possible.

Building a private practice can be demanding. Most mental health clinicians would agree that it can consume way too much time and money. When building a practice, there are a number of great online technologies out there to manage everything yourself in a relatively short amount of time without breaking the bank.

This episode is all about doing your private practice from start to finish by yourself (DIY). He explains a more savvy method to every bump that mental health clinicians face in regards to the backend processes. Keith discusses the latest tools for bookkeeping, taking payments, note taking, building your community, website making, social media, and simplifying the mass email process.

Using these methods, the transformation of your private practice will be easier and faster than ever before.

In this episode you’ll learn:

How to save time and money in your private practice
Tools and software to use for bookkeeping on your own
How to take payments yourself with options other than cash
Being an effective practitioner through easy, cloud-based note taking
How to become known in your community
Do it yourself website creation
How to manage social media without wasting time
Mass emailing made easy

Visit www.higherpractice.com/podcast to get the show notes and to learn more about Keith Kurlander.

Using these methods, the transformation of your private practice will be easier and faster than ever before.

In this episode you’ll learn:

How to save time and money in your private practice
Tools and software to use for bookkeeping on your own
How to take payments yourself with options other than cash
Being an effective practitioner through easy, cloud-based note taking
How to become known in your community
Do it yourself website creation
How to manage social media without wasting time
Mass emailing made easy

Visit www.higherpractice.com/podcast to get the show notes and to learn more about Keith Kurlander.

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How Martial Arts Can Destroy or Heal Your Clients - HPP 36

Keith Kurlander, CEO of Higher Practice, explains how martial arts transformed his life and ways in which it can help certain clients attain integration. He also acknowledges why particular systems and instructors of martial arts can cause more damage than growth and what to look for when suggesting this type of intervention.

Although martial arts might seem contrary to many forms of the therapeutic process, the overall teachings within both disciplines have to do with integrating the body, mind and relationships in your life. Martial arts, like therapy, embraces teaching people the hard and soft skills to feel confident and connect with all elements that life presents to us.

Keith will shed light on the types of mental health issues that respond particularly well to martial arts, and, also the different types of systems of martial arts available. As a black belt in the To Shin Do system, which is based in the teachings of the Japanese Ninja, he shares his personal experience of how martial arts translates well beyond self-defense as a way of being integrated in the world. He explains the elemental system in this martial art, how it leads to growth and healing during each stage, and the power behind this ancient technology.

By understanding the basics elements of earth, water, wind, fire and the void, people can live more freely and feel whole. However, martial arts may not be for everybody, which it is why it’s key to only recommend it to clients with a specific purpose in mind.

In this episode you’ll learn:

Factors of martial arts that could either harm or help a client
Martial arts as a complementary intervention to therapy
Why the integration of mind, body and spirit matter
Ways in which the elemental system of To Shin Do translates into wellness into mastery over one's life
How we connect and disconnect from our environment around us based on fear and courage
What happens when we get connected to our environment

Visit www.higherpractice.com/podcast to get the show notes and to learn more about Keith Kurlander

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Is There a Secret to Happiness? - HPP 38

So many people claim they want to be happy, but so few people ever attain it. Keith Kurlander, CEO of Higher Practice, explains why it’s impossible to achieve the stereotypical version of happiness and redefines it into something that’s not only achievable, but something worth fighting for.

Many people feel as though they have tried everything they can in order to maintain a happy existence, but most people report dissatisfaction on a regular basis. It is easy to feel hopeless, and as if there is no coming out of your unhappy slump when it kicks in. However, when three essential components are brought back into balance, you can feel focused and clear, and obtain experiences of happiness and joy.

In this episode, Keith goes into detail about these three components and some tools and tips to help you and your clients experience a truer sense of happiness. There is a secret to happiness, but it begins with understanding and and changing your mindset so you can live in a healthy way.

In this episode you’ll learn: