Q: I am all set to start my private practice after attending your workshop in North Carolina. I have two questions. First, I’ve searched the ACA Ethical Standards Casebook, sixth edition, and your book, The Complete Guide to Private Practice for Licensed Mental Health Professionals, and I am unable to find
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In August 2005, Counseling Today published an article on same-gender parents raising children, and my family was one of three featured in the story. I made an offhand remark in the article about how my family would be traveling for two weeks in Taiwan in late 2005 and early 2006.
Q: I have just joined an established private practice. The majority of clients in this practice want to use their third-party (insurance) benefits. I am applying to get on insurance and managed care panels. In the meantime, I have two new clients who have insurance that won’t cover me. The
Do you remember a few months ago when President George W. Bush signed legislation specifically identifying counselors as providers of mental health care for veterans? In case you were wondering what has happened since, here’s word from Scott Barstow, the American Counseling Association’s director of Public Policy and Legislation. “The
Q: I’m a bit confused and hope you can help me. I just opened a private practice at the start of the month and will begin seeing fee-for-service (private pay) clients beginning this week. I just found out about NPI (National Provider Identifier) numbers yesterday when ordering my imprinted HCFA
Follow-up. It’s one of the most crucial elements in a job search, yet only a small percentage of candidates perform any sort of follow-up. Consider these scenarios. Scenario #1: You found the perfect job. The description was written for someone with your exact background. You spent hours putting the final
We begin the new year by focusing on several key concepts that underlie the multicultural counseling movement. Although the concepts of love, hope and justice are central to the work that culturally competent counselors do, these constructs are not always given the attention they deserve in counselor education training programs
Many of the questions received in American Counseling Association Career Services are from our graduate students. As we head back to school, here are some of the most frequent questions from new and prospective graduate students. Q: I am considering a career change to counseling. Do you know what the
Although the complex problem of racism is often minimized in the minds of many persons, particularly among many White persons in our contemporary society, periodic and blatant manifestations of this problem remind us that this pervasive social pathology continues to exist in our nation. The recent racist and sexist comments
We have received several questions related to billing insurance companies recently, including the following two inquiries. Q: I have left a social service agency to start a private practice. I have been accepted by a few insurance and managed care companies as a provider. But, with all the recent changes