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If you’re thinking about starting your own counseling service, particularly for teens with depression, there are a few things to consider from the business angle before you jumpstart your entrepreneurial venture. Take some tips from us on what to do to get your practice off the ground:
Set Yourself Up Right: Make sure you’re logistically sound before you start accepting patients. This means using a service like smallbusiness.xo.com to get your technology needs straight. You don’t want to deal with website issues while you’re counseling a patient.
Get Some Experience: If you’ve never owned your own practice you’ll want to apprentice or intern for another doctor. Depending on what type of service you’d like to offer you’ll have to find out if there are any state certifications you need to be included in a counseling practice.
Get Referrals: Before you start you’ve got to have at least a couple of patients ready and waiting to be all yours. IF you do a good job they’ll recommend you and be sure to speak to schools and other types of counselors to get your name out there.