If you’re considering starting your own private practice but don’t know where to begin, working with Jessica will empower you to overcome the limitations of your graduate training, manage worries about your potential as an entrepreneur, and ultimately build a practice that matches your skills, interests, and values. Drawing on her extensive experience as a therapist and group practice owner, Jessica will teach you how to apply your clinical skills to a business context, make tough decisions about marketing, hiring, and client satisfaction, and develop resilience in the face of unknowns.
You don’t need an MBA to run a successful private practice. All it takes is a bit of preparation, some self-education, a reliable support system, and a willingness to tolerate risk and uncertainty. These are things we teach our clients all of the time and Jessica will help you apply these skills to yourselves! If you’re ready to take that first step toward launching the practice you have always dreamed of, this book will provide you with the knowledge, confidence, and clarity to turn that dream into a reality.
Dr. Jessica Renz, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist at MindWell NYC, a group practice she co-founded in 2017. MindWell has grown exponentially over the years and is now a well-known and respected practice in Manhattan offering behavioral therapy services to clients of all ages.
After publishing a book on private practice growth and management in 2023 called The Clinician’s Guide to Business, Jessica now offers limited spots for consulting to clinicians looking to start or build their private practices in psychology, counseling, or other related fields.
“Comprehensive, thoughtful, detail-oriented, and written for the modern therapist, this book should be taught in every clinical psychology graduate program. I wish I had this book when I was in graduate school.” –Agnes Selinger, PhD, Author of Anxiety Relief Workbook for Kids
You will hop on an initial call with Jessica (approximately 30 minutes) to discuss your goals and what you are struggling with. Based on where you are in your private practice development, Jessica will tailor a program to work through with you to identify your next steps and get you moving. For example, if you are just getting started or still making a decision about whether or not to open a practice, she will walk you through managing worry thoughts, deciding what kind of practice to open, identifying what you want that to look like, and utilizing your support system to help you move forward more swiftly.
If you are running a practice already and have specific challenges you would like to target (for ex.: hiring, staff or physical location expansion, client satisfaction, tackling administrative tasks while running a clinical practice, deciding what direction to take your business, relational challenges), Jessica will provide you with a plan to address these problems directly and apply the clinical skills needed to help you manage these situations with more ease.
Please contact Dr. Jessica Renz, Psy.D. at jrenz@mindwellnyc.com to get started or to inquire about services.
All coaching is done with individual practice owners and is not done in groups to allow for tailored suggestions.
What will we work on? There are several stages of practice development you may go through as a business owner. Where are you currently in your private practice process? Would you like to be?
As a part of your coaching plan, you will receive specific and personalized recommendations for completing each of these steps and for troubleshooting inevitable challenges along the way
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Initiate |
Add Structure |
Maintain or Grow |
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Change your narrative |
Choose an office, location, and name |
Manage client satisfaction |
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Identify the kind of practice you’d like to start |
Develop an online presence |
Focus on staff well-being |
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Imagine your ideal practice |
Choose an EMR and documentation plan |
Build community in your practice |
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Find emotional and professional support |
Find your clients |
Foster employee growth |
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Manage uncertainty |
Invest in marketing as needed |
Hire additional staff if desired |
MindWell NYC does not bill health insurance directly. We are happy to provide you with statements at the end of the month which can be submitted to your insurance company for reimbursement as per your plan.
Phone: 646-809-5440
Email: intake@mindwellnyc.com
Address: 80 8th Avenue, Suite 600
New York, NY 10011
(NE corner of 8th Avenue and 14th Street)
