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Thank you for the offer, David. Yes, Physical Therapy. As I was networking and discussing this work with an old mentor, who is also a psychologist and on faculty at our local university, she’d casually made the suggestion (I think her daughter is in PT). And she might ask me to present in the psych department too. I want to be able to give presentations in the community anyway (our library is open to hosting community members so I thought this might be a great outreach to potential patients as well) and want to be ready whenever there’s an opportunity, or to create my own opportunities. I’d love to collaborate! You (and anyone else) can reach me through email at drstreufert@pm.me.
Thank you so much!
~ Brindi
I’m interested too, Rachel. I’m a psychologist and we can practice in states in which we’re licensed (which for me is Nebraska and Tennessee), but I do telehealth and recently got my PsyPact certificate to practice telehealth in some other states. I’m not planning to make a habit of it but would be willing to take referrals on a case by case basis provided the client isn’t chronically or acutely suicidal. Since I’m just starting out I haven’t had to do taxes yet and will have an accountant to them when the time comes.
Oh wow, thank you both for the additional information and perspectives! I’d love to hear her poem and see the sculpture, Howard. I’m excited that this could be an area where I could market my services and really help people who might not otherwise get some relief!
Thank you so much, this is helpful. Would you recommend marketing these services to prosthetics providers then? Maybe with the caveat that PRT interventions would be most appropriate for those 6-12 months out from amputation?
That’s exactly what I was thinking, but just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Thank you!
Here’s my referral link from SimplePractice in case anyone wants to sign up and save us both $150 https://www.simplepractice.com/referral?p=61ab5cc827 (they offer a 30 day free trial to try it out, during which all features are free.)
I forgot to say I use DialPad as a HIPAA compliant VoIP service that allows me to send/receive calls and texts, record and transcribe calls, all in HIPAA compliant form, and easy to access their BAA.
Proton for business also offers a BAA for their HIPAA compliant Google Suite type of services/products (email, calendar, VPN, drive, password manager/generator).
I’m interested in tips as well, as I’m just starting into my private practice. I’m a psychologist, virtual practice, self-pay.
Here are my questions:
1. What ICD diagnoses are people using? I’m not sure if as a psychologist I should be listing the symptom/condition as the diagnosis (eg IBS, tinnitus, headache, chronic pain) or using something like “pain related to psychological factors” or Functional Neurologic Disorder (but would something like IBS count as a neurologic disorder?)
2. I asked in an earlier post for some guidance on marketing materials I can share with local medical providers, therapists, and clients, as Alicia said they’d work on some 🙂 So when these materials are finished I want to take them around to local primary care and pain clinics and send them around the state to colleagues.
3. I’m not sure how physicians licensing work, but I’m wondering if there are physicians doing this work with whom I can collaborate when needed? I’m licensed in Nebraska and Tennessee so can only see patients from those states, and TN is tricky for the moment because I’m trying to figure out how to register as a foreign LLC without having a physical address in TN. Can other medical providers see people from out of state for a collaborative relationship?
4. I was just thinking of another question yesterday and considering putting it here on the forum but wouldn’t you know it I’ve forgotten (so expect it to come later).Here are my tips so far:
1. I’m using SimplePractice (simplepractice.com) for my EHR. It allows for completely paperless intake. I was able to custom build Howard’s intake form (with my own professional-specific tweaks), my informed consent docs, etc. and I can send out the Body Map as a PDF for clients to print, complete, and upload via scan or from their phones into the app. It’s got telehealth capabilities built right in, sends invoices, takes electronic payments, provides a professional website space with super easy build process (I did mine in like 10 minutes), the whole shebang (except e-prescribing) from what I can see so far (so not sure if it’ll be helpful in your professoin. It also provides marketing through Monarch, which is customizable as well. It seems pretty user friendly and has a ton of demonstration videos and provides an onboarding video chat with support specialists. If you want to check out my website (for anyone who wants to provide feedback) you can see it here: https://thegoodlife.clientsecure.me
2. I’m planning to get myself on the PRT directory (I’m certified through the Pain Psychology Center), Psychology Today, Psychologist Connect/The National Register, and (eventually?) the PPD Association when it gets revamped.
3. I looked into health coaching so I could see people from other states but my professional liability insurance said if you’re licensed as a psychologist and any “coaching” you do even reeks of psychotherapy and I get a board complaint from a coaching client, it won’t matter if I call it coaching, it’ll be treated like psychotherapy, and I can get in trouble, so I opted to avoid coaching and just stick with psychotherapy.
4. My state university law school has an entrepreneurship clinic for law students in their last semester to provide free legal services to small business start ups. I was accepted to the program and they did the research for my LLC registration and practice policies to make sure they were legal, so you can check with your area law schools to see if they offer something similar? If not, we were recommended to use BizFilings.com for all of the legal assistance.
5. I used looka.com to create my business logo for free then purchased the rights when I got it the way I wanted it
6. I used VistaPrint for my business cards and got a 20% off discount with the code QUICKSPROUT20 (from this review article: https://www.quicksprout.com/best-business-card-printing/)I’m interested in tips as well, as I’m just starting into my private practice. I’m a psychologist, virtual practice, self-pay.
Here are my questions:
1. What ICD diagnoses are people using? I’m not sure if as a psychologist I should be listing the symptom/condition as the diagnosis (eg IBS, tinnitus, headache, chronic pain) or using something like “pain related to psychological factors” or Functional Neurologic Disorder (but would something like IBS count as a neurologic disorder?)
2. I asked in an earlier post for some guidance on marketing materials I can share with local medical providers, therapists, and clients, as Alicia said they’d work on some 🙂 So when these materials are finished I want to take them around to local primary care and pain clinics and send them around the state to colleagues. If anyone else has some they’d be willing to share (with credit of course!), I’d be forever grateful!
3. I’m not sure how physicians licensing work, but I’m wondering if there are physicians doing this work with whom I can collaborate when needed? I’m licensed in Nebraska and Tennessee so can only see patients from those states, and TN is tricky for the moment because I’m trying to figure out how to register as a foreign LLC without having a physical address in TN. Can other medical providers see people from out of state for a collaborative relationship?
4. I was just thinking of another question yesterday and considering putting it here on the forum but wouldn’t you know it I’ve forgotten (so expect it to come later).Here are my tips so far:
1. I’m using SimplePractice (simplepractice.com) for my EHR. It allows for completely paperless intake. I was able to custom build Howard’s intake form (with my own professional-specific tweaks), my informed consent docs, etc. and I can send out the Body Map as a PDF for clients to print, complete, and upload via scan or from their phones into the app. It’s got telehealth capabilities built right in, sends invoices, takes electronic payments, provides a professional website space with super easy build process (I did mine in like 10 minutes), the whole shebang from what I can see so far. It also provides marketing through Monarch, which is customizable as well. It seems pretty user friendly and has a ton of demonstration videos and provides an onboarding video chat. If you want to check out my website (for anyone who wants to provide feedback) you can see it here: https://thegoodlife.clientsecure.me
2. I’m planning to get myself on the PRT directory (I’m certified through the Pain Psychology Center), Psychology Today, Psychologist Connect/The National Register, and (eventually?) the PPD Association when it gets revamped.
3. I looked into health coaching so I could see people from other states but my professional liability insurance said if I’m licensed as a psychologist and any “coaching” I do even reeks of psychotherapy and I get a board complaint from a coaching client, it won’t matter if I call it coaching, it’ll be treated like psychotherapy, and I can get in trouble, so I opted to avoid coaching and just stick with psychotherapy.
4. My state university law school has an entrepreneurship clinic for law students in their last semester to provide free legal services to small business start ups. I was accepted to the program and they did the research for my LLC registration and practice policies to make sure they were legal, so you can check with your area law schools to see if they offer something similar? If not, we were recommended to use BizFilings.com for all of the legal assistance.
5. I used looka.com to create my business logo for free then purchased the rights when I got it the way I wanted it
6. I used VistaPrint for my business cards and got a 20% off discount with the code QUICKSPROUT20 (from this review article: https://www.quicksprout.com/best-business-card-printing/)Wow, Howard, that all sounds amazing! A revamped and centralized PPDA with all of those benefits would be incredible! It would be neat to also include a referral connection service like The National Register just rolled out (https://connect.nationalregister.org/) so we can easily and (hopefully) seamlessly refer cross-profession when needed! But to have one place to access all of those resources would be great. I’d happy pay to join!
Thank you for sharing your video, Becca! I thought it was helpful and I’m going to send it to a few family members to see what they think of it. I’ll add it to my resource list as I develop my protocol for how to start my visits. As a psychologist I’ll have a different structure for how my visits go but if I send them your video ahead of time and can tell them I’m trained in the treatments you recommend, that could go a long way.
Hello all! My name is Brindi Streufert, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist. I’ve spent the entirety of my career in primary care psychology, practicing in the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model of embedded, consultative care to physicians and midlevel medical providers. I never wanted to touch chronic pain with a 10 foot pole (maybe I realized that CBT wasn’t particularly helpful?), but as I sought to be more helpful to my providers in how they treated their patients, I noticed chronic pain patients were particularly difficult, time-consuming, and emotionally draining for them. Around the same time I became aware of Dr. David Clarke through his presentations at our professional association (CFHA) conferences and was particularly intrigued. I discovered the PPD Association website and attended their first conference. I was particularly intrigued by journaling (specifically JournalSpeak) as a form of emotional expression and began using with my patients with good progress, then began to dive into this work. I have been certified in PRT and taken Dr. Schubiner’s Freedom From Chronic Pain and EAET classes. I got out of corporate healthcare in 2020 and began working as a therapist for an online platform. I am now in the process of starting a private practice and would like to specialize in this work (thus the request for a lit summary I can use in marketing). Along the way, I have used what I’ve learned to cure my own chronic neck and back pain stemming from a car accident when I was 17 and ankle pain stemming from another car accident in 2017 (neither of which were my fault – I’m not that bad of a driver!). I’m located in Nebraska but also licensed in the state of Tennessee.
That would be amazing, thank you so much! I’d just like to have a succinct, non-threatening, cited summary for physicians to motivate them to refer to me, and something simple they can hand their patients or I can distribute to the public that might be less “medical jargon” but still understandable that would motivate them to try my services.