Private Practice Plus

Build, Scale, and Secure Your Financial Future as a Mental Health Professional

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What if you could...

Chart a clear path to long-term financial success

Design a career that inspires and fuels you

Lay the foundation for multiple streams of income

Are You Ready to Create a Thriving Practice... and More?

You’re ready to start or scale your private practice—on your own terms.
You want a practice that attracts clients naturally, without the stress of constant marketing.
You envision sharing your knowledge and expertise with more than just your clients.
You’re eager to build multiple income streams, including passive income, for long-term financial stability.
You want to wake up excited about your work every day.
You thrive on creativity and want to keep your work fresh and inspired.
You’re here to make a lasting difference in people’s lives.

I Want to Help You Thrive...

When you apply to graduate school, no one warns you about the financial realities of becoming a mental health professional.

You invest thousands into your education and licensure—only to realize that making a sustainable living doing the work you love is a challenge.

I’ve spent the past 30 years navigating these realities, figuring out how to build a successful career while supporting a family. Now, I want to help you do the same.

That’s why I created this course—along with an entire series designed to help mental health professionals thrive, not just survive. There are proven shortcuts, and I’m here to show you the way.

A Little More About Dr. Diane Gehart...

An award-winning author, educator, and TEDx speaker who has trained thousands of licensed mental health professionals, Dr. Diane Gehart specializes in translating complex clinical theories into practical, real-world strategies that actually work.

She is the Founder of the Therapy that Works Institute, pioneering a Unifying Framework for Psychotherapy, and serves as Professor Emerita at California State University, Northridge.

My published works include:

Theory and Treatment Planning in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Mastering Competencies in Family Therapy
Mindfulness and Acceptance in Couple and Family Therapy
Mindfulness for Chocolate Lovers: A Lighthearted Way to Stress Less and Savor More Each Day
She also co-edited two volumes on Collaborative-Dialogic Practices with Harlene Anderson, exploring the conversations that create meaningful change across cultures and contexts.

Beyond teaching, she maintains a private practice in Agoura Hills, California, and is a licensed mental health provider in Hawai’i, Texas, and Oregon.

Let’s redefine what’s possible for your career—together.

Private Practice Plus:

A 5-Step Program to Build, Scale, and Secure

Your Financial Future as a Mental Health Professional

Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept It...

...is to chart a clear career path to financial success that supports your vision for professional and personal success!

Private Practice Plus:

A 5-Step Program to Build, Scale, and Secure

Your Financial Future as a Mental Health Professional

The key to financial success in your career is having a clear, strategic plan—and Private Practice Plus gives you exactly that and more. This course provides the essential foundation you need to achieve financial stability and growth while doing the work you love.

Whether you're launching a small side practice alongside agency work or expanding your existing business with cash-pay clients, this course will help you take the next step with confidence.

But a thriving practice is not enough for most to create true financial stability long term.

The SECRET is having multiple streams of income.

In this course, you’ll also learn how to lay the groundwork for passive income as you advance professionally. Whether you aspire to become an author, paid speaker, online course creator, social media influencer, group practice owner, or mental health entrepreneur, this course equips you with the foundations--and strategies--for turning your biggest dreams into reality.

The 5 Steps to Long-Term Financial Success

1

Chart Your Personalized Route to Career-Long Success

2

Develop a Business Plan and Budget to Achieve Your Dreams

3

Lay the Foundations for Multiple Streams of Income

4

Market with Savvy to Save Thousands and Scale Quickly

5

Grow and Expand Your Influence and Income for Years to come

Private Practice+ Course Includes:

6 hours of CE training
1 Word doc template that rapidly builds your referral base while improving client care.
1 Excel template that shows you step-by-step how to create a rock-solid business plan
1 Excel template to enables you create a personal budget to ensures lifelong financial financial success
7 Private Practice Form Templates (Word docs), including:
- Informed Consult (Adult)
- Informed Consent (Minor)
- Good Faith Estimate
- Medicare Opt-Out
- Symptom Questionnaire for Adults/Teens
- Dyadic Adjustment Scale for Couples
- Release of information

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6 hours of on-demand video with 3 downloadable business templates
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Bonus Course: The Financially Thriving Clinician 7-Day Challenge (value $47)

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Course Learning Objectives

Goal: The goal of this program is to provide a clear framework for establishing a thriving private practice that includes the foundational framework and practices for generating multiple streams of income.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Identify the 3 career paths in mental health and how to select the best paths for their current personal, financial, and professional needs.

Create a realistic plan for growing their private practice with at least 2 options for cost-free and low-cost marketing.

Explain how to use at least 2 strategies to reduce marketing costs while simultaneously setting the foundation for creating additional streams of income.

Course Details and Policies

CE Credit & Approval

This course has been approved for 6 hours of continuing education by the NBCC. Additionally, this course meets the qualifications for 6 hour of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Evidence of CE completion

Your certificate is emailed within 24 hours of completing all course modules, the course quiz, and the course evaluation. CEs are awarded via email.

Participants will have access to earning CEs for 2 years.

Who It’s For

This course is intended for both new and experienced mental health clinicians, including counselors, family therapists, and social workers.

Accommodations & Grievances

Direct questions to [email protected]. Communications are responded to within 2 working days.

Diversity Policy

The instructor and all participants agree to respect and not discriminate against any individual or group on any prohibited basis. Disruptive behavior may result in removal without CE credit.

Responsibility & Refunds

Therapy that Works Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Refund policy: As an online course with CEs, the course fees are non-refundable.