Hey everybody. I’m Dr. Jeremy Sharp. This is The Testing Psychologist podcast episode 23. Hey, everybody. Welcome to another episode of The Testing Psychologist podcast. I’m Dr. Jeremy Sharp, and I am here today with someone I am really excited to talk with. Dr. Bryn Harris is a professor at the University of Colorado Denver. We’re going to be talking …
TTP #22: How to Fix It When You Mess Up
Have you ever been meeting with a client or family for feedback and see that they are just not happy with what they’re hearing? How about been on the phone with someone who’s upset about their bill? What about staring at your phone with anxiety because you have five unreturned voicemails? Well, in today’s episode I talk all about those …
TTP #21: How to Hire and Train Psychometricians
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Having psychometricians in your practice can be an advantage for so many reasons. It frees up more time for you to see clients and work on writing reports, it provides an opportunity for training and supervision, and it allows you to serve more clients. In this solo episode, I talk about our …
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[00:00:00] Hey everybody. I’m Dr. Jeremy Sharp. This is The Testing Psychologist podcast episode 21. Hello again, everyone. Welcome to another episode of The Testing Psychologist podcast. Hope you’re all doing well today. I am just in a great mood this morning. It’s a Monday morning. And the reason is because I think we have finally had our last snowstorm …
TTP #20: Insurance Billing for Psychological Testing
Today’s episode is a reverse interview that I did for the Insurance Answers podcast on how to bill insurance for testing services. The hosts, Danielle and Katia, were kind enough to share the audio with me so that I could use it here as well. They ask me a ton of great questions about billing, like… How do billing codes …
TTP #19: Dr. Aimee Yermish – Assessment with Gifted and Twice Exceptional Individuals
As a grown up gifted kid herself, Dr. Aimee Yermish definitely “gets it.” She coupled her lifetime of personal experience with a doctorate in psychology to build a highly successful practice working primarily with gifted and twice exceptional individuals. Here are just a few things I learned while talking to Aimee: Giftedness can be viewed as a cultural experience, and it is …
TTP #18: Allison Puryear – Build an Abundant Testing Practice
Allison Puryear has built three successful private practices from the ground up, in THREE DIFFERENT CITIES. Oh, and she also took two maternity leaves over the past few years. This woman knows how to grow a thriving practice. Allison shares her thoughts on networking (even for introverts), marketing, wrapping your mind around charging your full fee, and finding a niche …
TTP #17: Dr. Erika Martinez – Assessment for High Achieving Millennials
Erika Martinez is a classically trained neuropsychologist who shifted her practice so that she’s doing exactly what she wants without the part that many of us hate – writing full reports. We talk all about how she has changed her assessment approach to fit her population – high achieving teenagers and millennials. Cool Things Mentioned in This Episode Beck scales …
TTP #16: Kelly Higdon – Building Your Perfect Practice
It’s clear why Kelly Higdon is one of the best private practice consultants out there. She is truly walking the walk. A couple of years ago, she realized that she did not want to see therapy clients all day. So she sold the assets to her practice, moved all of her services to an online format, and now works no more …
TTP #15: Slow Down. Perfectionism is Overrated.
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I almost didn’t publish an episode this week. After being out of town last weekend, I was strapped for time and didn’t feel that I could put together a full episode for this week. I almost pushed it off to next Monday, but then said to myself, “Now’s a good time to …