The Testing Psychologist Podcast Dr. Jeremy Sharp: Licensed Psychologist & Private Practice Consultant

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With two kids who play competitive sports, the topic of concussion is both personally and professionally relevant for me. My guest today, Dr. Josefine Combs, is here to talk through the ins and outs of concussion. We primarily approach concussion through the lens of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s “profile” model of concussion symptoms and trajectory of recovery. These are just a few topics that we cover:









* Basics and definitions: concussion, TBI, brain injury, severity, and so forth







* The profile model of concussion conceptualization from UPMC







* What “recovery” from mild TBI should look like







* Treatment approaches for each of the concussion symptom profiles







* Whether kids should play tackle football









Cool Things Mentioned









* The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting







* Concussion Materials







* SANFORD CONCUSSION PLAYBOOK









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PAR is a long-time supporter of the Testing Psychologist podcast, and I will continue to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com.







TherapyNotes is the leading EHR system for mental health practitioners. I’ve used TherapyNotes for over 10 years, and it just keeps getting better. Use this link and the promo code “testing” to get two free months and try it for yourself! www.therapynotes.com/testing







The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s!







I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health!







About Dr. Josefine Combs













Dr. Josefine Combs is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist that specializes in the assessment, management and treatment of concussions in people of all ages. She has extensive experience in the evaluation and management of concussions for athletes at any level of sports participation. Her patients include professional, collegiate, high school and youth athletes. Dr. Combs also treats non-athletes who suffered a head injury from work, home or motor vehicle accidents.







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* Website: https://www.sanfordhealth.org/doctors/josefine-combs

How often have you heard the advice to start a business that solves your own problem? My guests today did exactly that. Tory Krone and Madeline Larsen are two of the co-founders from Practice Vital, a software company that specializes in creating beautiful, data-driven dashboards for mental health practices that want to track key metrics. In this episode, you’ll hear how their idea went from helping Tory build a simple dashboard for her own practice, to a bona fide software business helping practices around the country. We cover a wide range of additional topics, like…









* How Tory, Madeline, and their partners went from idea to reality over a few family dinners







* Why data and metrics are so important in our practices







* How to use data to coach clinicians, know when to hire, and more







* Ways that Practice Vital can help testing practices specifically









Cool Things Mentioned









* The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting







* Use the code JS-ES5L when you sign up for Practice Vital to get $30 off your first month!









Featured Resource







I am honored to partner with two AMAZING companies to help improve your testing practice!







PAR is a long-time supporter of the Testing Psychologist podcast, and I will continue to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com.







TherapyNotes is the leading EHR system for mental health practitioners. I’ve used TherapyNotes for over 10 years, and it just keeps getting better. Use this link and the promo code “testing” to get two free months and try it for yourself! www.therapynotes.com/testing







The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s!







I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health!







About Tory Krone and Madeline Larsen













Tory Krone and Madeline Larsen are cousins and co-founders of PracticeVital, a new software startup dedicated to more data-driven group practice management. Tory is a licensed clinical therapist with nearly 15 years of experience as a therapist and in leadership positions in all levels of care. She is also the founder and managing director of a group practice based in Chicago. Madeline recently left her 15 year career in advertising to spearhead PracticeVitals’s design and marketing efforts. Both their husbands — Brendan, a technology consultant and Tom, a software engineer in the startup space — round out PracticeVital’s founding team.







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* Website: www.practicevital.com







* Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/practicevital







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Anyone else out there noticing that a few measures are getting long in the tooth (what does that even mean)? Or that you’ve settled into administering the same thing for years now? During our testing team retreat back in February, we made a couple of big changes to our battery that I thought I would share for anyone else considering these options. This is a quick and pointed episode that also serves as a mini-review of a couple different measures.







Cool Things Mentioned









* The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting









Featured Resource







I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com.







The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s!







I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health!







About Dr. Jeremy Sharp













I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.







As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.







Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call!

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Today’s episode tackles another question that frequently comes up in my consulting: what do I mean by SOP’s, and what are the most important SOP’s to have in your practice? If you don’t know what an SOP is, don’t worry! I’ll define it and share why they’re important. We’ll also dig into common SOP’s and how to craft even a simple version of an SOP to get you started.







Cool Things Mentioned









* The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting







* Trainual







* Whale







* Process Street









Featured Resource







I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com.







The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s!







I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health!







About Dr. Jeremy Sharp













I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.







As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.







Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call!

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For the past few years, I’ve been out of the conference game. COVID certainly played a role, but I admittedly just struggle with conferences. Most of them are too big, too crowded, too packed full of sessions, and honestly too theoretical, with less applied information than I would like. So much so that I created my own anti-conference, the Crafted Practice business retreat for testing folks. That said, something is calling to me this spring to check out some conferences again. Today, I’m highlighting a couple of my favorites, along with specific agenda sessions that I’m personally interested in. 







Cool Things Mentioned









* The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting







* AAPdN







* AACN









Featured Resource







I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com.







The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s!







I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health!







About Dr. Jeremy Sharp













I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.







As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.







Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call!

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Compensation is a hot topic among practice owners and employees alike, yet also one of the most misunderstood. We’ve all wrestled with the question of an appropriate “split,” often basing our decision off of what our peers do, what we’ve seen in Facebook groups, or what we “feel” is the right thing to do. This episode approaches compensation using simple math, working backward from industry standards for budgeting in private practice.







Cool Things Mentioned









* The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting







* Reverse Engineered Salary Calculator Template









Featured Resource







I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com.







The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s!







I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health!







About Dr. Jeremy Sharp













I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.







As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.







Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call!