Business of Practice Part 5: Creating a Firm Foundation for Your Practice: Basic Strategies and Principles for Individual and Group Practices (8/11/2025)
Krystal Stanley, Ph.D.
Starting a private practice is not complicated, but there are many important steps and strategies for ensuring that you are meeting basic legal and ethical requirements. This 1.5-hour webinar will outline the basic principles and their associated risk-management considerations when forming both individual and group private practices. Special considerations for groups will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify various forms of vicarious liability.
- Discuss the importance of documentation and record keeping.
- List three factors to consider when determining the cost of running a practice.
- Describe the different types of liability insurance.
- Explain the importance of accurate advertising.
Risk Management Roundtable #29 (9/4/2025)
- Apply current APA Ethical Principles and Standards to real-life scenarios.
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ABPP Part 8: Psychological Assessment and Treatment for Chronic Pain (9/17/2025)
Don McGeary, Ph.D., ABPP
This webinar will cover current psychosocial assessment and treatment strategies for individuals with chronic pain and related conditions.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe different chronic pain categories (e.g., musculoskeletal, neuropathic, headache, neuroplastic) and phenotypes (e.g., complex, episodic/continuous) and important domains for consideration in conceptualization.
- Discuss current best practices in psychological assessment and treatment for chronic pain conditions including the evidence supporting their use and their limitations.
- Discuss gaps in existing practice, needs for improving chronic pain management in the future, and potential for emerging technologies (e.g., AI, innovations in neuroimaging and brain stimulation) to address these gaps.
Telehealth Community Chat #29 (10/6/2025)
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Business of Practice Part 6: Demystifying the Mental Health Billing Process: Strategies for Legal and Ethical Financial Practices (11/20/2025)
Krystal Stanley, Ph.D.
Many psychologists feel overwhelmed and confused by the financial aspects of operating their practices, particularly around mental health billing, and it is important that all psychologists have a basic understanding of the process. This one-hour webinar will familiarize participants with common procedure codes and their associated time boundaries, the importance of informed consent and accurate billing practices, and strategies for providing clients with cost estimates. This webinar is suitable for psychologists in fee-for-services practices in addition to those who bill directly to insurance companies for their services.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify which billing codes are appropriate for various types and lengths of services, including specifics for telehealth.
- Discuss best practices for communicating with clients about billing practices.
- Explain the importance of documentation around informed consent and continuity of care issues related to billing matters.
Risk Management Roundtable #30 (12/4/2025)
- Apply current APA Ethical Principles and Standards to real-life scenarios.
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