{"id":117,"date":"2017-06-21T06:35:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T06:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cp2.therasoftclients.com\/TSBLOGTT\/?p=117"},"modified":"2021-11-25T06:50:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T06:50:34","slug":"how-to-set-office-hours-when-starting-a-private-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/how-to-set-office-hours-when-starting-a-private-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>How To Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting a private practice has the big advantage of being your own boss. You can decide where to work, <a href=\"\/how-to-determine-the-niche-of-your-private-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what your specialisation is<\/a>, and when you want to work. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, not quite. Deciding on office hours can be tricky, as you need to find a balance between your own availability, and clients availability.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Available Office Hours<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clients, as well as, insurance companies will want to know when they can come and see you. So when you start out, you need to decide what times your will advertise for your office to be open. There are a few things to consider:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What times is the office building open?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When is it safe to have office hours, i.e. when will other people be in the building?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When is it convenient for you to accept appointments?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It might be a good idea to first <a href=\"\/office-equipment-and-furnishing-check-list-for-private-practices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set your office hours<\/a> for the longest range you can possibly be available for. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This doesn\u2019t mean you have to be in your office the entire time. It means you are promoting the hours you are available to make appointments.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn1.hubspot.com\/StockImages\/Expressions\/IMG_3308.jpg\" alt=\"How To Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice \" width=\"320\" style=\"width: 320px;\" title=\"How To Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice \" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">How To Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Actual Office Hours<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have practiced for awhile, you will get a better understanding of appropriate office hours. You will see when most of your clients are scheduling appointments, and you can adjust your office hours accordingly. For example, you can use half a day for appointments, and half a day for office work such as marketing, advertising and report writing.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn1.hubspot.com\/StockImages\/People%20Together\/7K0A0426.jpg\" alt=\"How To Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice \" width=\"320\" style=\"width: 320px;\" title=\"How To Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice \" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Therapists: Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Walk-In vs By Appointment<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another decision you\u2019ll have to make is whether to accept walk-ins or not. If you accept spontaneous appointments, you will have to be in your office and ready to go at all times. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This might make your practice more attractive for clients. If you are accepting \u2018by appointment\u2019 only, you are better able to manage your day, as you can schedule clients as is convenient to you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages, so do your research and you&#8217;ll more confident about your decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, if you want your documentation to be easy to keep in order let Therasoft help you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">{{cta(&#8216;ab69bf49-4103-4e19-8244-357161f848f9&#8217;)}}<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Set Office Hours When Starting a Private Practice&nbsp; Starting a private practice has the big advantage of being your own boss. You can decide where to work, what your specialisation is, and when you want to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}