Earning a Living Outside of Managed Mental Health Care

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  • ISBN 9781433808098
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 15 May 2010
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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This book illustrates 5 strategies for growing a practice that is not managed care or insurance dependent. Contributors describe how they successfully carved out a niche in areas as varied as family and divorce counseling, teaching and supervision, healthcare, product development, and organizational consulting.
Steven Walfish, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in independent practice in Atlanta. He is the associate editor of Independent Practitioner and has served on the editorial boards of several journals.
 
He has published in the areas of substance abuse, weight loss surgery, and professional training and practice. He is a recipient of the APA Division of Consulting Psychology Award for Outstanding Research in Consulting Psychology, the Walter Barton Award for Outstanding Research in Mental Health Administration from the American College of Mental Health Administration, and the APA Division of Independent Practice Mentoring Award.
 
His first book (coedited with Allen Hess) was Succeeding in Graduate School: The Career Guide for Psychology Students. His second book (coauthored with Jeffrey Barnett), Financial Success in Mental Health Practice: Essential Tools and Strategies for Practitioners, was published by APA in 2 8.
 
Dr. Walfish received his PhD in clinical and community psychology from the University of South Florida and has been a visiting professor at Kennesaw State University and Georgia State University. He is currently a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine.