About this episode

This episode discusses how to increase your effective hourly rate in private practice by managing time and sessions more effectively.

If you have ever finished a long week, looked at your calendar, and thought, “I should have made more than this,” this episode is for you. Making more money in private practice is not always about raising your fee. Often it is about protecting the time you are already selling. When sessions run long, cancellations slide, and consultations spill over, your effective hourly rate quietly drops. And you feel it by the end of the month. In this episode, I walk through how to calculate what you are...

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Host: Dr. Kate Walker Ph.D., LPC/LMFT Supervisor

Topics covered

• effective hourly rate
• private practice
• time management
• financial growth
• session management

Keywords

• effective hourly rate
• private practice
• time management
• financial growth
• session length
• cancellations
• consultations

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