[humanser] recruiting patients?

[Quinto Sanchez]

J.D. that was very informative and helpful. I've signed up for several free 
building your practice webinars and have read blog post and first hand 
advice from a facebook group for beginning therapist. I want to say you 
summarized all of thee options I have learned through those means and added 
additional ones. Excellent advice!

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From: "JD Townsend" <43210 at Bellsouth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 10:16 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [humanser] recruiting patients?

>
> Hi All:
>
>
> I have found that getting to know other psychotherapists in your community 
> is very helpful, many of us refer to others when, for whatever reason, we 
> cannot provide the service ourselves.
>
>
> Meet the psychiatric screeners in the local hospitals, often they are the 
> ones people first go to seek help.  Also get to meet and know the 
> inpatient discharge planners.  These folks can direct lots of folks your 
> way.
>
> Get listed in your United Way listing of counselors, especially if you are 
> providing services with a sliding fee scale.
>
>
> Get to know the folks in the local NIMI Chapter, they will welcome you to 
> their meetings.
>
>
> Get to know the local Mental Health Association, sheltered workshops and 
> other places where folks with chronic mental illnesses congregate, offer 
> to run a free support group for folks with depression, bipolar disorder, 
> anxiety disorder, eating disorders, or schizophrenia.  These groups can be 
> a great place to get referrals.
>
>
> Meet with local religious leaders each can be a rich source of referrals, 
> especially if they have found your work useful to their community in the 
> past.  Some folks meet with clients in the religious facility.
>
>
> Your local child welfare agency will often have mental health services as 
> a part of the re-unification plan for parents whose children are in foster 
> care.
>
>
> School counselors frequently refer children and families to services, get 
> known to them, work with them  and you have clients.
>
>
> The community colleges often have Woman's Centers, get to know them and 
> offer free services to them.  Frequently these colleges offer CEU classes 
> and providing some of these puts your name out there.
>
>
> The local Probation Officers are frequently ordered to have their clients 
> receive mental health evaluations.  Often these court ordered evaluations 
> are done by psychologists at several hundred dollars a pop, get on their 
> lists and provide excellent evaluations for $50 and you will have 
> referrals from them;  do a good job of engagement during the evaluations 
> and this can lead to some continuing clients.
>
>
> Become a guest on a local talk radio show.
>
>
> Someone I supervise went to a practice building clinic.  The person told 
> how to pay someone to get your name on all the insurance provider lists. 
> This is a good option if you wish to be tied to insurance rates, paperwork 
> and service limits.  She did not identify how to engage such a person, but 
> told that she had gotten a bargain at just over $1000.00 for the service.
>
>
> Get into the local business organizations as a local business person and 
> always carry some of your business cards with you.
>
>
> I found my therapist close to 30 years ago, referred by a teacher in an 
> advanced clinical social work program and we still talk once a month now. 
> Think of how you became acquainted with your therapists and get your name 
> out to those sources.
>
>
> A colleague of mine has built a thriving practice around ADHD.  She has 
> parent groups, family treatment, and children in a private practice built 
> over time in conjunction with schools, pediatricians, child psychiatrists, 
> and community mental health agencies.  Having a specialty area can put 
> your name out there.
>
>
> An office and an ad will leave you lonesome;  get out and around, become 
> an integral part of the community.
>
>
> Best of luck, but in most cases luck in marketing your services is a 
> matter of hard work.
>
>
>
> JD Townsend LCSW
> Helping the light dependent to see.
> Daytona Beach, Earth, Sol System
>
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