Craft Your Practice Method

Lisa Reidsema LMHC
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Where the art of therapy meets the business of practice. The Craft Your Practice Method™ Podcast is for therapists building real private practices. Honest conversations about identity, boundaries, systems, money, and credentialing, the parts of practice ownership nobody trained you for. Hosted by Lisa Reidsema, LMHC. New episodes every other Wednesday.

  1. 8월 5일

    The Wait Is A Queue

    Credentialing takes 90 to 180 days per payer, and the hardest part is not the paperwork. It is the months of silence in the middle, where there is no information, no feedback, and no way to tell a slow system from a stalled one. This episode is the psychological companion to the credentialing timeline. Why silence gets read as judgment. Why the wait lands so hard on clinicians trained by years of evaluation. Why so many good therapists quietly decide during the wait that they are not cut out for this. And how to spend three to six months you cannot shorten so that they actually produce something. Nobody in that building has an opinion about you. They are running your file against a checklist. RESOURCES The free Credentialing Timeline, the five stages, honest day counts, and the checklist to run before you submit: craftyourpractice.com/start The operational half of this episode, on YouTube: How to Get Credentialed as a Therapist: The Complete Timeline https://youtu.be/i4cFCeqaEQc Lisa Reidsema, LMHC · Craft Your Practice More than fourteen years in private practice, paneled independently and through platforms.

  2. 7월 15일

    Private Practice Year Two: What Actually Changes

    There is a real shift in private practice that catches people off guard: the move from building your practice to running it. Somewhere around the end of year one or the start of year two, the practice starts to run itself. The energy changes, and new questions come up. In this episode I walk through what actually changes when a practice moves into the running phase: - How to recognize the signs that you've made the transition - The decisions this phase brings up: when to raise your fee, when to drop an insurance panel, when to hire help - Why systems become non-negotiable in year two, and why your own energy will not be enough on its own - The deeper questions about what kind of practice you actually want to build If you're in the disorienting middle of this shift, this episode will help you name what you're feeling and move and through it with intention. If you're still in the building phase, take it as a preview of what's coming and a nudge to think long-term. For clinicians who want to lay the right foundation from day one, craftyourpractice.com/start has free resources and an invitation to the Private Practice Foundations program. An honest look at the mid-stage transition most clinicians go through alone, with a clearer roadmap for the part that comes next.

  3. 7월 2일

    Not Getting Therapy Clients? Here Is Why

    The hardest place in private practice is the one where you have done everything you were told to do and the calendar still has too much white space in it. This episode gives a real diagnostic on the four most common reasons a practice stalls: fee misalignment, niche problems, low visibility, and a leaking intake process. The goal is to help you figure out which one is actually happening in your case and what to do about it. Resources mentioned in this episode: Private Practice Foundations, Your First 90 Days in Private Practice → craftyourpractice.com/launch Headway, Get credentialed and start seeing insurance clients → craftyourpractice.com/headway Upheal, AI-native EHR built for private practice → craftyourpractice.com/upheal SimplePractice, EHR with scheduling, intake, and client portal → craftyourpractice.com/simplepractice Craft Your Practice: A Guide to Building a Personalized Private Practice, Lisa Reidsema → craftyourpractice.com/books Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. A commission may be earned if you sign up through these links, at no extra cost to you. Only tools that have been personally evaluated are recommended here.

  4. 6월 17일

    Marketing for Therapists Who Hate Marketing

    Most therapists do not hate marketing. They hate a particular version of it, the performance-based version that asks them to violate the way they were trained to show up as clinicians. This episode pulls apart what marketing actually is, what findable looks like for a therapist, and the quieter versions of visibility that work over time without requiring you to become someone you are not. Resources: Private Practice Foundations, Your First 90 Days in Private Practice → craftyourpractice.com/launch Headway, Get credentialed and start seeing insurance clients → craftyourpractice.com/headway Psychology Today Therapist Directory → psychologytoday.com Craft Your Practice: A Guide to Building a Personalized Private Practice, Lisa Reidsema → craftyourpractice.com/books Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. A commission may be earned if you sign up through these links, at no extra cost to you. Only tools that have been personally evaluated are recommended here. YouTube Ep 15, Marketing When You Hate Marketing: https://youtu.be/sMiNvLPpLig?si=ebdY7OmsUSsONhL9

  5. 6월 3일

    How Therapists Get Referrals From Other Therapists

    Referrals do not come from algorithms. They come from relationships built over time with people who trust your work and think of you when someone in their world needs what you do. In this episode, Lisa Reidsema breaks down how referral networks actually work, who belongs in yours beyond other therapists, and why your reputation is the most durable marketing tool a private practice clinician has. Topics covered: primary care physicians, school counselors, attorneys, and the less obvious referral sources most therapists overlook. Why niche specificity drives referrals. Why community is not optional for long-term practice health. And why the long game is slower than most people want to hear but also more reliable. This episode pairs with YouTube Episode 14: The Long Game: Building a Referral Network That Compounds Over Time. Resources: Private Practice Foundations: craftyourpractice.com/launch

  6. 5월 20일

    Insurance vs Private Pay for Therapists: The Real Math

    Nobody explained billing to you in grad school. This episode covers how insurance reimbursement actually works in private practice, contracted rates, credentialing timelines, superbills, denial management, and what nobody prepares you for when you're running it yourself. Plus, the questions to ask before you decide which billing model fits your practice. Resources: Private Practice Foundations, Your First 90 Days in Private Practice → craftyourpractice.com/launch Credentialing Accelerator → craftyourpractice.com/accelerator Craft Your Practice: Credentialing, Insurance, and Getting Paid, Lisa Reidsema → craftyourpractice.com/books

  7. 5월 6일

    The Therapy Intake Process: First Call To First Session

    The consultation call, intake process, first session, and ongoing structure aren’t just administrative steps; they shape the entire experience of therapy. In this episode, we walk through the client journey from first contact through the early stages of care and what it actually looks like to build a practice that runs predictably and consistently. This phase is where clinical work and practice structure meet and where a lot of newer therapists get lost.

  8. 4월 15일

    Private Practice Policies: The Ones You Need, and How To Word Them

    Your policies are not administrative formalities. They're clinical tools that shape the therapeutic container before the first session starts. This episode covers the three policies that matter most in early private practice, why documentation needs to be a system rather than a task, and the real connection between administrative disorganization and burnout. Resources mentioned: - Systems That Simplify course: https://www.craftyourpractice.com/courses - Craft Your Practice Companion Workbook: https://a.co/d/0d0AcTr2 - YouTube Ep 10, Policies That Protect You: coming soon: http://www.youtube.com/@CraftYourPractice - YouTube Ep 12, Documentation That Doesn't Eat Your Evenings: coming soon

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Where the art of therapy meets the business of practice. The Craft Your Practice Method™ Podcast is for therapists building real private practices. Honest conversations about identity, boundaries, systems, money, and credentialing, the parts of practice ownership nobody trained you for. Hosted by Lisa Reidsema, LMHC. New episodes every other Wednesday.

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