How to Start and Manage a Counseling Business: A Guide for Churches Ministers and Professionals

By Kathie Erwin

This book attempts to demystify business development concepts for Christian counselors and pastors who are starting or managing counseling centers. Emphasis is placed on how to apply effective planning and budgeting and how to maximize marketing at low cost. A perfect mini-course in administration and marketing for counselors with business anxieties.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849910854
• ISBN13: 9780849910852
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: W Publishing Group
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great book

A very detailed, and informed nuts and bolts manual that is a must read for anyone starting a counseling business.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Three Rs of a Counseling Practice. Chapter 2: Developing Your Business Plan. Chapter 3: Structuring Your Counseling Practice. Chapter 4: The Church-Linked Counseling Practice. Chapter 5: The People Behind Your Business. Chapter 6: How to Maximize Marketing Impact with Minimal Cost. Chapter 7: Budgeting Your Finances and Your Time. Chapter 8: Identifying Sources of Income. Chapter 9: Business Tax Issues. Chapter 10: Business Ethics for Counseling. Chapter 11: Finding Referral Sources. Appendix A: Free Tax Services for Your Business. Appendix B: Recommended Resources for the New Counseling Office. Appendix C: Business Information Sources. Appendix D: Computer Software for Counselors. Appendix E: Sample Press Release. Appendix F: Planning Marketing Contacts. Appendix G: Balance Sheet. Appendix H: Income Statement. Appendix I: Guidelines for Selecting an Office Location. Appendix J: Counseling Fee Analysis. Appendix K: Practice Utilization Review. Appendix L: Workshop or Seminar Planning Guide. Appendix M: Crisis Prevention Tips for Your Workshop. Appendix N: New-Client Forms.