Is Your Private Psychotherapy or Coaching Practice A Hobby Or a Business?

If your initial investment in your practice is less than $3,000, perhaps it is a hobby.

If you return calls when you are not otherwise occupied, maybe your practice is a hobby.

If you neither have an office nor office hours, your practice is likely a hobby.

If you do not have a website, your practice is definitely a hobby.

If you are not actually using some type of marketing plan your practice will turn out to be a hobby.

If you claim competency in treating all of the popular diagnostic categories in the DSM or if you are a Life Coach, you may as well join your colleagues at Leisure World, it's a hobby.

If your practice is located in a crime infested, low-income neighborhood and you are not a non-profit, yep this is your hobby.

If you do not have an active blog, write articles, speak at conferences and public events, a hobby is in your future.

If you do not belong to twitter, linkedin, Facebook and a host of other social media sites, you may as well enjoy the interaction you are having with your clients or patients. Think hobby.

If you have never placed an ad on google, yahoo, or any of the other search engines, your lack of Internet Prominence will make your practice a hobby.

If your private practice income is completely dependent on Managed Healthcare, you may not know it but your practice is definitely a hobby.

If you go to yahoo, bing or goggle and type in your name, city and your "practice name" and you are not in the top 5, you have earned the right to enjoy your Private Practice Hobby.

Don't be angry! Think Change.

George Anderson