Mental health professional resources worth engaging with, and sharing.

This tracker is more than just a spreadsheet; it’s a reflection of your commitment to accessibility and empathy in mental health care. It provides a structured approach to evaluate and implement your sliding scale and discount policies, ensuring they are aligned with both your values and business model. 

This tool offers a structured approach to self-awareness, with pre-and post-session reflective questions designed to help therapists recognize their current state and readiness to hold space effectively. It recognizes that maintaining this balance is a skill that requires constant attention and adjustment.

This “Compassionate Conversation Compass” simplifies the challenge therapists face when discussing abuse with clients. This guide equips therapists with the knowledge and language to delicately navigate conversations around various types of abuse that your clients may unknowingly face. It provides clear, factual insights alongside tactful prompts to ease into these tough topics.

To capture all potential tax benefits, it’s crucial to conduct a comprehensive review of your business expenses. Begin by utilizing this checklist, store your documents in a binder, folder, or other organizational tools, and transform tax season from a period of dread to an efficient task.

Whether you’re looking to ignite meaningful dialogue, explore new therapeutic approaches, or drive strategic business operations, our collection is an invaluable tool for unlocking the full potential of integrating ChatGPT and other AI tools into your business.

Discover an array of simple yet powerful strategies to rejuvenate, from one-minute mindfulness exercises to desk-side stretches. These small acts of self-care are designed to refresh your mind, invigorate your body, and uplift your spirit.

By integrating AI prompts using this guide, therapists can enjoy a more streamlined workflow while maintaining the integrity of their professional practice. Remember, the combination of AI efficiency and human empathy is what truly enhances therapeutic outcomes.

“Balancing the Books with Heart” isn’t just about keeping your finances in check. It’s a holistic approach, blending the practicality of financial management with the empathy and care YOU bring to your practice. It’s tailored to make financial planning feel less like a chore and more like a part of your self-care routine, ensuring the sustainability and growth of your practice.

Dive into the “Emotional Thesaurus,” an insightful new tool that will illuminate and empower both you and your patients. Your increased fluency will strengthen rapport and outcomes. Uplift your practice with this powerful vocabulary for feelings.

It’s more than just a list; it’s a game-changer. We’re solving the Great Waitlist Dilemma by offering you this meticulously designed tool that’s not only going to keep you organized but also optimize client engage

By following this guide and incorporating these creative and helpful tips, you can transform revenue-increasing ideas into actionable and sustainable quarterly goals that lead to the growth and success of your practice.

It’s crucial to define your ideal clients and recognize when a potential client may not be the best fit. The “Client Clarity Compass” is your guide to achieving this balance, ensuring that your practice flourishes while maintaining the highest level of care and ethical standards.

This guide is your compass to navigate the elusive territory of therapist burnout. It’s about gaining the confidence to understand where you are on that spectrum and taking the reins before burnout even knocks on your door.

Designed to provide actionable tools and thoughtful frameworks, this resource offers a structured approach to untangle ethical knots and find your footing when moral quandaries throw you off balance.

This guide is your personal superhero, swooping in to save the day. We’re here to navigate the often confusing, sometimes intimidating, but always important world of Intellectual Property.

This guide is designed to help you navigate the choppy waters of holistic interventions, providing a checklist of options, a practical guide to prescribing them, and a resource for handling those tricky patient conversations.

Presenting Belongly’s freshly minted report, a robust compilation of real-world insights from your peers about AI in therapeutic practice. That’s right, the therapists who have taken our survey are the true architects of this resource, and their collective wisdom is aimed squarely at helping you navigate AI’s potential in your career.

Of course, freelancing also comes with its challenges. But with the right guidance and resources, these challenges can be navigated successfully. That’s where this guide comes in. It’s designed to provide you with the knowledge and tools you need
to launch and grow your freelance career. Ready to take the next step in your
professional journey?

This comprehensive guide is your unwavering companion, providing profound insights into unraveling the underlying causes of client/patient noncompliance.

With this comprehensive guide, you’ll not only be able to plan and enjoy a well-deserved vacation, but also establish seamless communication with your cherished clients. Rest assured, even in your absence, your practice will continue to thrive, thanks to the expert strategies and tips we’re sharing.

Whether you’re a forward-thinking planner or currently caught off-guard by the revenue drought, this resource will equip you with the skills and strategies to weather the storm and emerge even stronger.

Within the digital landscape of the internet, therapists must gracefully navigate the intricate path of adhering to HIPAA policies while embracing the boundless potential of social media. To aid in this endeavor, we present a comprehensive checklist, meticulously crafted to ensure compliance with the utmost care.

We’re thrilled to present our carefully crafted (for therapists, by therapists!) email template, designed to equip you with the tools needed to confidently navigate rate changes. Revolutionize your communication, streamline the process, and nurture those invaluable therapeutic relationships.

Together, we’ll navigate the twists and turns of HIPAA regulations in 2023, ensuring that your business thrives while maintaining the highest privacy and security standards.

Embrace the possibilities as we unveil a range of exceptional AI-driven tools. The future is here, waiting for you to seize it. Here’s a curated list of our favorite free AI tools specifically to help tackle the busywork and mundane tasks of mental health therapists.

The government’s cracking down on independent contractor classification. We did the hard work for you and researched all the pros and cons, and packaged it together in an easy-to-follow interactive quiz. These questions will help you navigate whether the contractor route is right for you. Once you’ve got the know-how, you can confidently assemble your squad and simplify your workload like a true pro!

Getting tangled up in therapy note-taking? Our Shorthand Shortcut for Therapy Notes provides therapists with an empowering resource to optimize their note-taking process, enabling them to capture crucial details efficiently.

The Self-Pay Empowerment Tool provides a comprehensive breakdown of the benefits of self-pay for therapy and emphasizes the importance of privacy and autonomy.

The Belongly Pronoun Pro’s Playbook provides tips, tricks, and a bonus chart tool for organizing client pronouns and avoiding mistakes, making it easier for therapists to create a safe space that respects all pronouns and identities.

You might soon be able to practice therapy across state lines without jumping through a million hoops. So in advance of the upcoming rules changes, we’ve put together a tracker to make sure you can keep track of your licensure and reciprocity so you won’t be caught off guard.

Whether you’re a practicing mental health professional, a professional in another industry, or simply a curious consumer just trying to find out what the mental health industry is all about, this PDF (with live links) will help you explore the sites, tools, apps, and resources you need to know.

We’ve prepared a comprehensive checklist of items that you should address to achieve HIPAA compliance, whether you are setting up shop for the first time or conducting a periodic audit of your HIPAA practices.

You can utilize this checklist as a guide to prepare your practice for launch. For more comprehensive information, you can also refer to our guide on starting a therapy practice.

As you continue to provide therapy services and acquire additional expertise, it’s likely that you are becoming better at what you do and in higher demand, warranting further compensation.

A superbill is a receipt that you provide to clients so they can work out reimbursement with their insurance. Although it may seem like a giant scary receipt, having a template can simplify the task for you. Use our easy superbill template and watch how it takes nearly no time to fill out for clients to help make your services more accessible!

Use our new calculator below to check in on the health of your business to see if you’re charging the right amount, need more sessions, or perhaps have another professional source of revenue.

Just in time for taxes, we put together a handy checklist to track your deductions for the year- reusable for next year too! It’s so important for self-employed therapists, whether in private practice or contracted through an agency, to keep track of expenses that will save you money.

Establishing a successful therapy practice can be challenging. Rather than selling a product, you’re selling a service to your customers. In the healthcare industry, selling services relies heavily on building a trusting and long-lasting relationship with clients.

Marketing, branding, business. All of these new parts of being a therapist are popping up, whether we go private practice route or not. If you’re struggling with marketing, you’re not alone.

Paperwork can be a cumbersome part of the therapist job. You love the personal interactions, but may find yourself putting off documentation tasks. A treatment plan is a vital part of the therapy process and can be a great resource.

If you’re working to establish your private practice, you may worry about standing out and reaching potential clients. Going out on your own means marketing your practice and building a loyal client base.

Starting your private counseling practice is an exciting time! You have an opportunity to build something of your own and follow your dreams. It’s normal to worry about messing up or missing an important step. That’s why we created this checklist to simplify and break down the tasks involved.

This reference guide compiles a detailed list of words and phrases to summarize therapeutic interventions. When completing the necessary documentation for therapy sessions, it can be time-consuming and challenging to communicate clearly and precisely.

This easy and quick visual mind-mapping tool can be used for brainstorming before each session, or at the start of a long day of continuous sessions. Use it to log the goals you plan to address, resources and materials you’ll need, and topics you want to discuss.

We’ve collected daily media opportunities sourced from Help A Reporter Out (HARO). Each day we go through all the opportunities and present opportunities specifically for mental health providers.We encourage you to register and then log in daily to see if there are relevant media opportunities for you to help a reporter with your knowledge and expertise as a mental health professional.

The American Psychological Association recommends including a social media policy in your informed consent process.Your social media policy should explain to your clients why you have a social media policy in the first place. Be clear that it’s not because you don’t trust them; in fact, it’s the opposite…

In this expansive and in-depth webinar, Marcus Rodriguez interviews Dr. Justine Grosso, PSYD, Media Contributor, and Corporate Wellness Speaker. Dr. Justine will walk you through everything walk through everything you need to know to get started creating online courses and growing your social media presence…

We’re excited to offer Professional Development Support Groups for Therapists currently in the Belongly network.The intention of these groups is to provide a safe space for peer mentorship utilizing the knowledge, energy, and expertise of the participants to give support and direction for up-leveling and enhancing clinical effectiveness.

We’re building a comprehensive, free PDF eBook of tips, tricks, and techniques, to help mental health professionals be more profitable, provide better care to their clients, master the business of running their business and improve the efficiencies of their practice… And we’d love your help.

In this expansive and in-depth webinar, Marcus Rodriguez interviews Sara Makin, the Founder, and CEO of Makin Wellness. Sara grew Makin Wellness from a solo practice to one of the fastest-growing tele-mental health practices in Pennsylvania.

These templates ensure you can easily and consistently communicate with your clients around topics such as appointment confirmations, updates to your insurance, new rate alerts, and more.

Psychologists and other mental health care providers are now (as of January 1, 2022) required by law to give uninsured and self-pay patients a good faith estimate of the costs for services.

To be successful as a mental health professional in today’s environment, it’s increasingly important to be aware of the tools and resources that can run a thriving practice.

Whether you’re just opening the doors to your private practice or have a thriving business to run, blogging and article writing are great ways to gain exposure and attract new clients. At Belongly, we’re inviting mental health professionals to submit their articles for distribution…

We invite you to explore the Belongly mental health glossary of diagnoses and commonly used terms. Included, please find definitions for commonly used terms. You’re welcome to submit your own or suggest a correction…