Ray Smith

If your Resolutions include starting your private practice, congratulations! You have committed to an adventure that will benefit you and your family, your clients and their families, your community and your legacy.

“I gotta code and fervor,” no, it’s not a typographical error, even though this is the flu season when we hear a lot, “I’ve got a cold and fever!”

When I was a boy, one of the ways that I kept secrets was through coded messages. Now as a counselor, I have to send coded messages every day to insurance companies in order to send very private bills for my services.

A month ago I had surgery. When I used to work for a nonprofit, I accrued sick days which could’ve been used for continuing to get a paycheck, even if I had surgery. One of the problems of working in a private practice is that I only get paid if I am working in my office.

If you’re reading this as preparation for starting a private practice, then if you could find a way to begin earning income and filling your schedule right away, you would want to know about it, wouldn’t you?