One of the most common requests we get at SemiPrivatePractice.com is for a definitive list of books about how to start a private practice, so here it is. 

Our list starts with a lengthy list of books on the broad topic of launching a private practice. Below that, the list is organized into helpful subsections like marketing, billing, HIPAA compliance, specialties (equine therapy, hypnosis, etc), medication management, and more.

So keep scrolling.. all the titles below are clickable for easy ordering. :) 

While we think there's no perfect list, we'd encourage you to bookmark this page, because we'll keep adding them as we come across. 

If you've written—or know of—a helpful book about starting a private practice that's not yet listed, shoot us an email! We’ll gladly add it to the collection.

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Today was a fun day.

I just finished my 250th workout on the Peloton app (most of which have been weight training), which caps off my healthiest 12-18 months since I was probably in my 20s.

Like a lot of you, staying healthy has been a unique challenge for me as an entrepreneur, despite all the freedom and privilege that can come with that role. 

So, here's the shortlist of the things that have made a big difference recently in my self-care journey:

An amazing accountability partner - If you're doing this alone, you've got my admiration. That's exponentially harder for me than having someone who pushes you to excel. My partner, who also happens to be an amazing therapist, is one of the most disciplined, driven people I've met in a long time when it comes to her health. With just a smile and a high five from her mid-workout, I want to push myself to be a better, healthier human.

An amazing leadership team (aka, I got out of their way) - Like many of you reading this, ...

Peer groups > Individual Coaching.

Why?

Because you learn the current best practices and biggest blindspots from fifteen of your peers, not from the playbook of a practice owner turned coach, who built something 5-10 years ago when private practice ownership was a whole lot less complex.

The last two weeks in Charlotte saw our two flagship practice owner peer advisory groups dig deep and share from their own experiences to help one another build better workflows, healthier cultures and stronger bottom lines. 

Main topics for our full day meeting included:

- The 3H exercise (Head, Heart and Hands) to help clarify what kind of practice manager, clinical director or COO each owner needs to step away from the day-to-day of running their practice. 

- The Single Point of Failure (SPF) analysis on vulnerabilities in their practice staffing, operations, workflows, and payer mix that could destroy practice stability. 

- The Splintering exercise, to get us thinking outside the box about o...

We get asked A LOT for our lists of the programs, etc that we use in our practice and/or what other people are using in the 1F and Streamline groups we run. 

We'll keep building out this list over the next few weeks, but here's our initial list of favorites and must have's for solo and group practice owners. 

We get asked a lot about HIPAA compliant email marketing services, especially since most EHR's don't have any good CRM functionality built in.

Our go-to for over a decade has been Constant Contact (we use it for our Saturday "Follow-Up Appointment Funnel"), which generates over 100 appointment requests per week for our practice. 

It's ideal for saving time AND limiting HIPAA breach risk on emails, since it allows you to send to everyone at once without using the BCC feature. 

If you're going to use it however, you need to be sure to get a Business Associates Agreement (BAA), which you can request from them at no cost. 

To get Constant Contact HIPAA compliant by requesting a BAA, you simply set up your account and then email their legal department at [email protected].

THEN, you've got to send them back a copy with your signature on it and store it with the rest of your HIPAA compliance documentation. 

We'd love to know your questions and thoughts!

Wow.

Our Prime Day blog posts were a hit. As it turns out, there's more than a few of us who are looking to save money on private practice essentials AND are struggling to find the time to comb through Amazon to find them.

So, as a temporary experiment, we're going to put together a weekly list of 25 of the best deals on Amazon broken down by category.

In case you're wondering, here's my favorite item of the week at 92% off (a under desk walking pad).

Hope this adds some sanity and a few bucks to some of your lives!

-Ken

Books:

Sex After Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved (Kindle Edition)

Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers

Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out--and Never Say Diet Again

Who's in Charge - Free Will and the Science of the Brain

How to Get Sh*t Done: Why Women Need to Stop Doing Everything So They Can Achieve Anything

Quotes That Will Change Your Life: A Curated Collection of Mind-Blowing Wisdom

Th...

I'll be updating and adding links throughout the day as I'm able to scroll through their deals.

Here's the best discounts on stuff a lot of us are already using and/or need to launch or refresh our offices (broken down my category)

Books / Movies: 

The Office - Complete Series Boxset

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life: Break Free from Self-Sabotage

Greenlights by Matthew Mconaughey 

Untamed - Glennon Doyle

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Inspiring Conversations on Hope, Love and Personal - Great gift for staff, colleagues, referral sources, etc!!

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - Oprah and Bruce Perry

Forgiving What You Can't Forget - #1 NYT Bestseller

Lord of The Rings Trilogy Box Set

Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence - Esther Perel

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen...

Amazon's Prime Day is one of the best days to load up on essentials for your private practice.

We've put together a shortlist of supplies and furniture that are on sale early and will help your practice be more profitable in the second half of 2024. 

See the entire Prime Early Access list here.

Some of our favorite deals:

Macbook Pro Charger

Art Deco Grey Linen and Walnut Wood sofa... perfect for couples!

Office Star Executive Leather Desk Chair

22-piece modular kids couch for smaller bodies

3-pack of USB-C to Lighting iphone charging cables - One for you AND your clients!

12-pack of Expo Dry Erase Markers

Raymate Bluetooth Portable Speaker to play soothing music

Jonathon Bohemian Area Rug (9 x12) to add color to your office

Dowsabel Bracelet Making Kit (5000 pcs) for play / art therapy

Blink Security Cameras for your lobby

Shark Robotic Programmable Vaccuum to clean after hours

Vivsol Desk Organizer - Take back control of your desk!

Highly rated slip cover to refres...

There's a good chance you're not using the right Amazon Prime account for your practice...

Most of us, when we start our businesses, use our personal Amazon Prime accounts to order everything from laptops to furniture to office supplies.

Why wouldn't you?

Amazon pricing is generally competitive with anything you'd find at a local store AND it shows up on your doorstep for free in 24-48 hours thanks to Prime.

BUT, your personal Amazon Prime account will not save you as much money as signing up for a Amazon Business Prime account. 

That's because the Business Prime account offers to three features that your personal Prime account doesn't, specifically:

- Quantity Discounts - With Amazon Business Prime, you get quantity discounts when you purchase 2 or more of nearly 60 million items. They've even got a whole special section designed to highlight sellers that reward you for buying more. This can easily add up to hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in increased profits, especially ...

Devouring the wisdom of others is one of the most common traits I see among successful business owners in all industries. By devouring, I mean they take in large quantities of thought, digest it and seek to pull out at least a couple usable nuggets for personal growth or professional evolution.

In particular, they focus on the hard earned wisdom acquired during others' journeys, in the hopes of shortening their owning learning curves. They do this, not in an effort to copy them or become them, but to rely on that which is already known, while they push into their unknown and build a better business or life.

Soak that in... highly successful people look for ways to shorten their learning curves, as part of reinventing themselves or the wheel. 

So, in that vein, here's my list of the best, game-changing thought from others when it came to building my six-time Inc 5000 mental health practice... 

Disclosure: While I do whole-heartedly recommend every one of these books, I am also an Am...