Background: Are you uncomfortable asking clients for money? Do you find yourself involved in clients’ financial dilemmas thus apologizing for treatment rates? In this informative, interactive workshop, you will gain knowledge of how company’s profitability is tied to your income, along with the importance of your contribution to company’s bottom line.
I. Financial Fears – Explore your needs and intentions, along with what gets in the way of fulfilling your desires.
II. Finance 101 – Your company as a big check book, how it is balanced, and how your contribution matters.
III. Money doesn’t grow on trees – Role play as you stand in the shoes of your client, your own shoes and the shoes of your company leaders, while you deal with money head on.
Research has shown that therapists have traditionally shied away from dealing with money in patients' care, as related to their own financial insecurities, and are not equipped to deal with their clients' financial issues in a therapeutic setting. Therapists tend to value themselves, but do not see the monetary value in the services they are providing to the patient along with the importance of utilizing comprehensive services in their worksetting. In addition, studies have shown that companies that provide financial education to their staff produce staff who are financially engaged, productive and invested in their company. Learn how financial wellness is a significant part of overall health and wellness, specifically related to the mental health professional.
Beverly Price, RD, MA, E-RYT, CEDS is recognized for her distinctive approach to mindfulness-based eating disorder recovery using Mindfulness-Based Yoga therapy. In 2001, she sold her private practice -one of the largest private nutrition practices in the country—to a private nutrition consulting firm, and started Jump Start® Consulting, LLC, specializing in management and marketing strategies for healthcare professionals along with distance learning products for continuing professional education. Beverly currently owns and operates Inner Door Center, a free standing partial hospitalization program for eating disorders along with an outpatient mental health clinic.
