The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy Delegating Virtually Anything
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. We are human beings who can now present ourselves as whole people, with authenticity, purpose, and connection. Especially now, when therapists must develop a personal brand to market their practices.
To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
Interview with Uriah Guilford, MFT
Uriah Guilford is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, the owner of Guilford Family Counseling and the mastermind behind The Productive Therapist, a business that provides virtual assistants to therapy practice owners. He is a technology enthusiast, productivity nerd and a pretty rad drummer. Uriah is always searching for creative ways to provide counseling to youth and families as well as help therapists to get more done, while working less.
You can learn more about Uriah’s businesses here: www.productivetherapist.com and www.guilfordfamilycounseling.com
In this episode we talk about:
- Improving efficiency through automation, delegation, and elimination
- Differences between an in-person versus a virtual assistant
- Managing Virtual Assistants (VAs) using technology
- What therapists should delegate first
- What to look for in a VA (qualities of successful VAs)
- What skills to require and what you can train on
- How to make the transition into delegating to a VA
- The productivity dip that can happen when you hire someone
- The issues and the best practices in adding a team member
- Becoming efficient with templates and processes
- Getting really good at delegating
- What we should be doing – working on the business, CEO strategic thinking, client care
Resources mentioned:
We’ve pulled together any resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links.
Uriah’s new Virtual Assistant company: The Productive Therapist – mention the podcast to get 2 hours of free VA services
Our events:
The Brand Called “You”: Legal and Ethical Issues in Developing Your Personal Brand
The Therapy Reimagined Conference in Los Angeles in October 2018!!
Credits:
Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/
Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/