A Psychotherapist Wants to Succeed in Private Practice: A mock career counseling session

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers a mock career counseling session in which a newly minted psychotherapist is contemplating starting a private practice.

This is the second in a series of mock career counseling sessions. The first involved a beleaguered psychology department chair.

Simple Self-Employment: Tips provided in the context of a story

I’ve written previously on simple self-employment, for example, Low-Risk, High-Payoff Self-Employment. But those articles were in standard form: an annotated list. Some people learn better when advice is embedded in a context, hence my PsychologyToday.com article today offers a composite story.

Workover: Should I Open a Restaurant?

I was taking my daily hike when my nine-year-old doggie chased after another dog and they played like young pups. I said to the owner, "It's so fun to see my dog act like a puppy."

His response was the last thing I expected: "You're Marty Nemko." He had recognized my voice from my radio show.

He said, "Would you mind doing one of your Workovers on me? I'm very close to quitting my HR biotech job to start a restaurant but I haven't quite pulled the trigger."  I said, "Sure but I'll be asking you a bunch of hard questions--like Shark Tank." He said, "Great."

My PsychologyToday.com article today consists of a paraphrase of the dialogue that ensued. It raises issues that every would-be business owner must consider: