How to Hire and Train Psychometricians

TTP #21: How to Hire and Train Psychometricians

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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 …

Insurance Billing for Psychological Testing

TTP #20: Insurance Billing for Psychological Testing

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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 …

Gifted and Twice Exceptional

TTP #19: Dr. Aimee Yermish – Assessment with Gifted and Twice Exceptional Individuals

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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 …

Abundant private practice

TTP #18: Allison Puryear – Build an Abundant Testing Practice

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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 …

High Achieving Millennials

TTP #17: Dr. Erika Martinez – Assessment for High Achieving Millennials

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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

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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 …

Slow Down

TTP #15: Slow Down. Perfectionism is Overrated.

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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 …

Psychological Paperwork

TTP #14: Dr. Maelisa Hall – Get Your Paperwork in Order!

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Dr. Maelisa Hall figured out early on that she has a passion for paperwork. Lucky for the rest of us, Maelisa has built a consulting business around helping therapists and psychologists get their paperwork and documentation in order. She also has a private practice and does ADHD testing for adults, so she understands the paperwork demand from a testing standpoint …

Vulnerability of Psychological Testing

TTP #13: The Vulnerability of Psychological Testing

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Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I totally messed up a feedback session last week, and it reminded me how going through the psychological testing process can be extremely vulnerable for clients. For one thing, they really don’t know what to expect other than, “Someone is going to analyze me/my child.” The representation of assessment in the media is …

Coordinating with Schools

TTP #12: Amy Fortney Parks – IEP’s, 504’s, and Coordinating with Schools

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This is the longest podcast so far with good reason. Amy Fortney Parks and I just packed SO MUCH info into this episode about private practice evaluations and coordinating with schools. Amy has years and years of experience with schools as an educator, school counselor, parent, and now private practitioner. We cover all sorts of topics like: The NUMBER ONE best marketing …