FALL 2025 WORKSHOP DATES
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Friday September 19th
Friday September 26th
8:30am-1:00pm PT/10:30-3pm CT
UPLIFTING BIPOC CLINICIANS PRIVATE PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
Join our virtual 2-day workshop for BIPOC mental health clinicians, students, and trainees that will teach you the essentials of opening up your own culturally-focused private practice. We will provide handouts and worksheets for participants to complete as they develop their own ideas, and offer templates for forms that all clinicians starting out need.
By the end of our series every participant will be prepared to open up their own private practice and be in a beloved community with your colleagues and with us!
Our hope is that participants will be able to attend both workshop days, however if you are unable to attend a day, we will work with you to ensure you receive the content and have an opportunity to talk with us about what you missed. Prior to the workshop, with a signed Participation Agreement you will receive access to the workshop materials. The workshops will be hosted on Zoom. All participants will need access to a computer with speaker, microphone, and good internet connection.
WHAT YOU GET
- You get time with two knowledgeable women of color psychologists who will teach you how to open up your private practice.
- An opportunity to be in community with other BIPOC folx learning how to open up their private practice.
- Any wisdom we have about this work we share with you, plain, simple and honest.
- You will get access to examples of clinical forms, and reflective homework assignments to help you build your practice.
- You’ll also become a part of a community of BIPOC providers with hopes of owning their own private practice.
- We invite you to bring your questions so that we can give you the answers.
WORKSHOP TOPICS
The Essentials:
Nuts & Bolts to Start-Up: in this section we’ll cover topics such as obtaining a TIN, HIPAA compliant email and faxing, creating standard clinical forms, finding an office space, providing telehealth, professional liability and business insurance, and how to keep records following HIPAA standards
Building your Brand & Marketing: we’ll help you explore your approach to treatment and practice area, discuss marketing ideas, like developing a website or using a paid therapist directory, and using social media
Ethical Considerations: we’ll discuss some of the ethical concerns common in private practice and how to work through them
The Financials:
Budget & Business Expenses: we will guide your development of a budget to better understand your income potential and cost of doing business, we’ll provide information on the various business entities to help you choose the business entity that is ideal for you
Setting Your Fees: we’ll help you explore how much to charge, what cost model might be best (sliding scale)
Billing & Accounting: we’ll discuss insurance billing, options for taking payments, and accounting options
Insurance Panels & Credentialing: we’ll discuss the credentialing process, and what criteria to consider when it comes to accepting insurance
Special Issues:
In this section, we will discuss some of the issues we’ve seen come up in our practice, such as racism in the clinical setting, negotiating rates with insurance companies, balancing a practice with another job, challenges with other healthcare professionals, diversifying your practice, safety and self-care while you work, and building a community.
REGISTRATION
COST - SCALED PAY WHAT YOU CAN MODEL
We want our workshop to be accessible and this guided our decision to use a Scaled Pay What You Can model. Please consider your current financial situation and select a payment amount that best matches. Payments are being accepted via paypal. To arrange another way of paying please contact drsengkhammee@gmail.com. If you need assistance please let us know.
PAYMENT CATEGORIES:
PLEASE REVIEW AND SELECT A CATEGORY TO BEGIN THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
Category A : Seasoned professional or established financially (i.e. licensed professional, more than 10 practice years) Cost $450
Category B: Early-career professional or reasonably sourced (i.e. less than 10 years in practice, establishing career, associate pursuing license) Cost $350
Category C: Student or trainee (i.e., individual reliant on student aid/scholarship support, individual with limited financial means) Cost $175
