Join us for a 3-session Workshop on
How to Build Your Private Practice

June 7, 14, 21 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. EST
REGISTER FOR ONE, TWO OR ALL THREE SESSIONS

Instructor: Lisa Savage Phillips, MSW, LCSW

Target Audience: social workers, mental health professionals
Content level: beginner, intermediate, advanced

4.5 Continuing Education credits 

Description: 

How to Build Your Private Practice is a three session workshop for early, mid-career or later career clinical practitioners who want to learn more about  building a successful solo or group practice.  

Day One - June 7, 2021: Private Practice Isn’t for Everyone

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the importance of focusing on your ‘why’
2. Describe private practice business basics and necessities 
3. Distinguish the difference between insurance vs. private pay considerations as well as the pros/cons of each
4. Understand entity establishment
5. Describe how to get paneled with insurance companies

Day Two - June 14, 2021: Establishing Your Niche (specialty)

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Describe their own specialty or niche focus
2. Understand how to market their practice
3. Define the necessary infrastructure and systems needed for their practice

Day Three - June 21, 2021: Moving from solo to a group practice as a way to expand your brand and reduce your stress

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Determine whether building a group practice may be appropriate for them
2. Understand and describe the steps for moving into a solo practice
3. Appreciate ways they can expand their brand while also reducing stress related to their practice

About the Instructor

Lisa Savage Phillips, MSW, LCSW is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Her focus of study was on health and mental health. Most of her career has been focused on the provision of quality health care to underserved and poor communities. She began her career in Philadelphia working in the community to provide direct service and education to people affected by HIV.

Ms. Savage is a strong proponent of ‘taking services’ to people in their communities. To that end, she began working in schools and other community settings. Over the past ten years, she has expanded her services to schools and opened the Center for Child Development, which focuses solely on the provision of mental health services to children and families in the school setting. Ms. Savage completed a two-year training and research program with the University of Maryland that allows her to use evidence-based treatment protocols to improve the outcomes for mental health service provision. She has successfully grown this practice to being the largest Black-owned practice in the country serving children and teens.

Additionally, Lisa is the co-founder of Clinicians of Color, LLC, an online platform that provides guidance, resources, and support to BIPOC providers and clinicians. Clinicians of Color also engages in advocacy work to improve access to mental health services. One of the new initiatives is a mental health directory to assist Black and Brown communities in finding easier access to providers who represent their cultures.

Questions:

For questions or concerns, or to request special accommodations, please call 202-599-8443. Or email administrator@clinicalsocialworkassociation.org