Two Problems, One Solution - AgoraMHN
At one time, I was in a mental health professionals' networking group. You know, the kind that therapists and psychiatrists join, hoping to cultivate referral sources and maybe solve some problems with people who understand the business.
As usual, when someone brought up insurance companies, the floodgates of complaintView More..
Posted by: Admin February 25th, 2026 Share
Differential Pricing and the Business of Psychotherapy
An Ethical Path to Greater Income
It is said that no one becomes a psychotherapist for the money. And indeed, psychotherapists as a group earn far less than many others with similar levels of professional training and experience. As a psychiatrist who worked as a psychotherapist for over thirty years, I was keenly aware of how my income was a fraction View More..
Posted by: Admin October 10th, 2017 Share
The origins of AgoraMHN
Who in their right minds would start a business while occupied full-time in successful private practices? Who indeed? I blame Dr. Field.
We both had joined a networking group in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Mostly made up of independent practitioners, the group (North Shore Alliance of Psychotherapists) was organized by Nora Ishibashi, a clinical sociaView More..
Posted by: Admin April 20th, 2016 Share
How do you know you\'ve found the right therapist?
Being in psychotherapy can be a challenging and sometimes perplexing experience. If one is going to share their most intimate thoughts and feelings, and if they are going to place their welfare in someone else’s hands; they want to be certain that they found just the right person to help them.
But as anyone who has been in psychotherapy knows, View More..
Posted by: Admin March 1st, 2015 Share
The intimate bond and therapy success
As a psychiatrist and psychotherapist for over thirty years, I am often asked why psychotherapy succeeds or fails. I am reminded of a story told by one of my supervisors during my training.
This very experienced veteran recounted for us wet-behind-the-ears, budding psychotherapists how he had successfully treated a very troubled young man over a period of View More..
Posted by: Admin March 1st, 2015 Share