Private Practice 101

Clinical skills, theories, ethics, and other basics are taught in a counseling program, but rarely are students taught the basics of private practice. Some may believe that all they need to do is be fully licensed, but there are many business skills that are needed. How you manage the business side while also practicing ethically will determine initial and long-term success of a private practice.

3CEs – MFT pending

At the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Understand basic business necessities for private practice.

• Utilize comprehensive assessment tools to identify appropriate levels of care and treatment necessity.

• Integrate appropriate treatments for clientele with severe mental illnesses.

• Gain knowledge concerning EMR/HER Software

DeShelle Burrowes, MA, NCC, APC is a Wife and Mother to 2 Beautiful Boys. She obtained her Undergraduate Degree from Clayton State University. She enrolled in Argosy University, Atlanta to pursue her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

She completed her Masters’ of Arts program in 2017 and took a job as the Dual Diagnosis Therapist in an Outpatient Program at Riverwoods Hospital where she counseled and facilitated groups with patients that had both a mental health diagnosis and a substance abuse diagnosis. She eventually became the Lead Therapist in this program while also branching out to embark on her own private practice journey.

DeShelle is also Sex Therapy and Trauma trained Psychotherapist. It was a goal of hers going into the Counseling profession to be able to support women through their traumas.

Recently, DeShelle became a Certified Life Coach through the Women led Organization, Inner Glow Circle. She realized that she could use her particular interests to Coach Women from around the world.

DeShelle also provides Coaching services for new clinicians. She struggled a starting out in private practice and she wants to ensure that no new clinicians have those same struggles. She supports them into finding their voice in the private practice world through niche branding and ensuring that new clinicians know the value of finding their niche to improve their audience and to decrease burnout which can be major in the clinical field. She is hoping to expand on her practice in 2023 to include other clinicians, coaches and healers that want to encourage growth, healing, and well-being of women. DeShelle is a firm believer in these skillsets being pertinent to the success of all women.

DeShelle is finding joy in all aspects of her Counseling and Coaching career but what she finds the most joy in is spending time with the men in her life… Her family!!!