by Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. | Nov 29, 2015 | Productivity, Research, searching
The internet is a firehose of information. Sometimes you need to research something specific. (See helpful tips here.) And sometimes you come across useful content when you're not actively looking for it - for example, while going through your email or social media...
by Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. | Aug 16, 2015 | Business matters, Office procedures, Productivity, Writing
Writing is part of every clinician's daily work. You write chart notes, treatment summaries, reports, letters to other treating professionals - and that's just the basics. From time to time you may compose articles, blog posts, book chapters, handouts and other...
by Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. | Jul 4, 2014 | Blogging, Ethics and Regulations, Productivity, Research, Web content
Do you read the terms of service for everything you sign up for online? If you're like most people, you quickly click "I agree" without giving it much thought. Therefore, you probably didn't realize that when you registered for iTunes or other Apple service, you...
by Steven Walfish | Feb 16, 2014 | Business matters, Productivity
by Steven Walfish, Ph.D. - The Practice Institute One of the reasons it takes most people a year or two to build a practice with a full case load is because successful clinicians receive at least 25% (if not more) of their new clients based on a referral from a former...
by Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. | Nov 28, 2013 | Productivity, Research, searching
For just about anything you want to learn how to do, there are free video tutorials online - dog training, cooking demonstrations, apps and software use, and even psychotherapeutic techniques. For example, here's a video of the late Dr. Milton Erickson demonstrating...
by Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. | Jul 27, 2013 | Productivity
About a year ago, my inbox had swelled to over 10,000 emails. Messages were coming in faster than I could deal with them. I was overwhelmed. So I declared email bankruptcy. It wasn't quite as drastic as the total deletion that some people have done. I simply archived...