Should You Let Your Clients Schedule Their Own Appointments?
How many times a year would you say that your clients forget their appointments? As the owner of a private practice, preventing missed appointments should be one of your top priorities. Not only do missed appointments mean that you lose money, but you also lose
How to Improve Billing Efficiency
Have you ever made a mistake when invoicing a client? When someone comes to a mental health professional for therapy, the last thing they want is to deal with is a billing mixup. Not only do these errors complicate your books, but they also create
Running a Private Practice *Is* Running a Small Business – What You Need to Know
When you thought of becoming a therapist, did you also think about becoming a small business owner? Some people spend years training to become therapists, dreaming of opening their own practice. However, all of their training doesn’t necessarily mean that they’ll have what they need
Staying Compliant with Owl
Do you worry about your clients’ privacy? Of course you do! Here at Owl Practice, we take compliance and privacy very seriously. When we were building our practice management solution, we spoke with mental health professionals across the country to determine how best to provide
How Often Do Your Clients Miss Sessions? Reducing Missed Sessions
How many missed sessions have you had so far this year? There are few things more frustrating for those in private practice than having a client miss a session, especially when they don’t have an acceptable excuse. Every time a client misses a session, it
Private Practice Fact Sheet | COVID-19 Edition
How has COVID-19 impacted your private practice? It’s hard to believe that we’ve been living under pandemic conditions for over a year. During the early days of the pandemic, Canadian private practices had to shut their doors, exacerbating the mental health emergency that accompanied the