Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. How do we arrive at a certain diagnosis? What are the underlying molecular, neurological, and behavioral components of a given disorder? Well, Dr. Jenni Pacheco and her RDoC team at the NIH are working hard to answer these questions. Join us today as she talks all about RDoC and their highly nuanced, …
TTP #68: Dr. Alex Beaujean – What Are We Actually Measuring?
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Dr. Alex Beaujean knows a LOT about measurement and test construction. He has carved out a niche within an already-small niche in psychology and generally shares his knowledge with us today. Warning: I ask a few dumb questions and we open up a couple cans of worms that aren’t going to be …
TTP #67: Dr. Ed Martinelli – Testing In and Out of the University System
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Ever wanted to provide evals for university students? Dr. Ed Martinelli has worked in both the university setting and in a private practice providing evals for university students for nearly 10 years. Today, he’s talking with us about both sides of the coin. Some topics we cover include: Differences between K-12 evals …
TTP #66: Dr. Dan Miller – School Neuropsychology
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. What is school neuropsychology? Dan Miller is here to tell you. He also has many thoughts on current and historical identification of learning disorders. Oh, and he’s written some software to help make report writing more efficient for clinicians. We dive into all of these things and more – check it out! …
TTP #65: What I Wish I Knew #5 – Testing is Expensive!
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I’ve been in so many meetings with other practitioners who say something like, “Wow, you must be making bank doing testing! It’s so lucrative, right?” Not exactly. Insurance doesn’t pay more for testing than therapy in many cases, and we’ve talked all about how you can lose money in a testing practice. …
TTP #64: What I Wish I Knew #4 – Write Down Your Processes
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Testing is such an awesome service area – we have specialized knowledge that is hard to come by in the mental health provider world. From interviewing to test battery design to interpretation and report writing, we bring a HUGE skill set to our craft. I learned the hard way that – surprise! …
TTP #63: What I Wish I Knew #3 – Delegate Early
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. We got through grad school and started a private practice because we have a high drive for success and the ability to get things done. But these traits can be a double-edged sword! For me it led to doing way too much for way too long. So today’s episode is an ode …
TTP #62: What I Wish I Knew #2 – Billing Systems
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Starting a practice is really exciting – especially when the money starts coming in 🙂 Whether you take insurance or work with private pay only, many of us experience a big shift in income when we start our practices and start generating business after the first few months. But with that comes …
TTP #61: What I Wish I Knew #1 – Be Careful With Insurance
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. When we’re first starting out, many of us are pulled to get on insurance panels in order to provide access to as many folks as possible. This is all well and good, but a little diligence on the front end can save thousands down the road. Today I’m talking about things to …
TTP #60: Summer Sprint Series #4 – Accounting!
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Here we are: Summer Spring series #4 – all about accounting. Today’s bonus announcement: THE PAPERWORK PACKETS ARE AVAILABLE. I’ve gotten so many requests for these resources and have worked hard over the last several months to put these together, and now I’m excited to put all this together! There are three …