The Therapist's Brief Guide to Generosity and Pricing in Business

December 12, 2017 Ili Rivera Walter, PhD, LMFT

Many of us become therapists because we want to help people. When we start a business, we quickly realize that our desire to help and our need to make money are often in conflict. The good news is, we don’t have to choose one over the other--we can generate our desired income and be generous!

In today's post, I offer five brief and practical strategies for incorporating a culture of giving and generosity into your business, while still prioritizing profit through pricing policies and strategic partnerships.

Family Therapy Basics' Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017

December 5, 2017 Ili Rivera Walter, PhD, LMFT

Family Therapy Basics' Top 5 Blog Posts of 2017

As the 2017 comes to a close, I am reflecting on the year as well as preparing for 2018. Part of this process includes taking a look at my website analytics. One of my favorite things to note is the content that most resonated with you throughout the year. And, here are the winners--the top ten most popular posts on this blog in 2017 (thus far).

What to Do When Partners Aren't On the Same Page in Couples Therapy

November 28, 2017 Ili Rivera Walter, PhD, LMFT

As a result of this article on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy client types, I received this email from a reader:

"I came across your blog after a colleague and I were trying to remember the terms SFT used for the type of client. It really helped us understand a mutual case. It also got me thinking about couples therapy and when each person is a different type of client. I'm wondering if you wrote a blog addressing this?"

I had not yet written an article on the subject, and so... that’s the topic for today.

How to Implement Functional Family Therapy In a Community Setting

November 21, 2017 Ili Rivera Walter, PhD, LMFT

How to Implement FFT in a Community Setting

Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is a common systemic approach for in-home family therapy. The October 2017 issue of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy includes a research article titled, Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Functional family Therapy in a Community Setting, which offers information for FFT practitioners on best practices for structuring FFT intervention. In this post, I summarize this latest research according to the article's main categories: a) referral and pre-intervention contact, b) engagement of families with the [FFT] intervention, c) structure and delivery format of FFT intervention, and d) organizational factors.