Deeeyamn! Prepared to have your socks rocked. A few months ago, I had the good fortune to see Emma Schmidt’s post about raising her fees to $250/session in the Abundance Practice Builders FB group. I know that this is a struggle for so many therapists, so I asked Emma if she would be willing to [...]
This week's episode comes from therapist Rachael. She wrote in and asked: How do we balance serving community and meeting social expectations around making beau-coup dollars when we actually are meeting our goals? I make enough money for me. I can afford my needs, and fun stuff too. But my scale slides real low, especially in my [...]
Earlier this year, I stumbled on this mind-blowing analysis Post Mortem: A Conversation Gone Wrong by writer and hippie, Tad Hargrave. In this article, Tad goes through, line by line, and breaks down how a Facebook conversation about race goes terribly, terribly wrong. I was on a road trip with my parents at the time and as they were pointing out the quaint houses [...]
In this week's episode of Ask Tiffany: The Money Series for Therapreneurs - one of my long time subscribers asked a question that is SO near and dear to my heart and likely something YOU deal with, too. She says: "I continue to love your stuff about money. I actually realized recently that my whole identity is [...]
This week, you are STOKED to know that we have a special guest - Katie K. May from www.becomeagroupguru.com. Katie was all like, "WHAT?!" and hijacked this weeks episode of Ask Tiffany to answer Therapist Ellen's question. Therapist Ellen wrote in and asked: "How do I set fees for groups?!" Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course [...]
This week, we have a very special edition of Ask Tiffany: The Money Series. [Insert 80's sitcom music for the dramatic two-part series premiere] Therapist Wesley (not the one from Star Trek) wrote in with this question: "I loved what you said about therapists not having to give back through their business. However, I really [...]
Today's question comes from Therapist Annie! She asks, "In what circumstances would it be considered unethical or abandoning to raise rates on clients? Particularly if it's a large jump in the fee increase (say from 140 to 200?)" Wha WHA?! In this episode of Ask Tiffany, we tackle this from a variety of angles, including: [...]
As part of our ongoing money series, I am answering YOUR questions about money and private practice. This week I'm diving into a question from Therapist Hannah who wrote in and said, "Someday I want to charge 250 an hour….the fear part of me says “that’s too much” and “you’d better prove you’re the BEST THERAPIST EVER [...]
I recently put out the call for your money questions and boy HOWDY did they roll in. I'm going to tackle them one by one, as many as I can muster over the next few weeks. STARTING with Therapist Ellen's question(s). When I said you could ask as many as you wanted, boy oh boy, [...]
"What do I do when I tell a potential client my fee and the "dreaded pause" happens? "What, exactly, do I tell a client when I want to raise the fee?" "How do I KNOW if my fee is reasonable?" "If I raise my fees and all the other therapist raise their fees, what happens to [...]
