{"id":128,"date":"2017-06-16T06:35:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T06:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cp2.therasoftclients.com\/TSBLOGTT\/?p=128"},"modified":"2021-11-25T06:44:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T06:44:04","slug":"how-to-find-the-right-name-for-your-private-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/how-to-find-the-right-name-for-your-private-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find the Right Name for Your Private Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>How to Find the Right Name for Your Private Practice<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve heard many passionate therapists referring to their practice in terms of: \u201cIt is my baby!\u201d That is how much you\u2019ll become to care about it!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Similar to children, you want to take some time to decide on the name of your practice. The implications are serious: it can affect your marketing, the growth of the practice, and possibly have legal implications if you aren\u2019t careful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Questions to Consider&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>The answers to following questions can be helpful in deciding on the right name for your Private Practice:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Can the name grow in line with your ambitions for your therapy practice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You might start off as one type of counsellor &#8211; so the specification should definitely show up in the name, as niche practices perform well. However, think about where you see yourself in five years\u2019 time, and whether you\u2019d like to expand your services in the future. Make sure the name reflects these ambitions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn1.hubspot.com\/StockImages\/Working%20Hard\/7K0A0246.jpg\" alt=\"How to Find the Right Name for Your Private Practice \" width=\"320\" style=\"width: 320px;\" title=\"How to Find the Right Name for Your Private Practice \" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>How to Find the Right Name for Your Private Practice&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Are you taking the path of a specific legal entity? <\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you have decided to become a PLC or LCC, your name should include these abbreviations. Your lawyer should be able to explain the necessary guidelines to you in detail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Does the name cause any confusion or issues?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you consider using your surname, think about how marriage might affect that, and research whether there are already existing practices that adopted the same name. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, do your homework and check if the name you have in mind is registered as a trademark. The United States Patent and Trademark Office database can help you with that. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you need to find out whether or not you need to liaison with the local government according to a DBA &#8211; \u201cDoing Business as\u201d name rule or law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{{cta(&#8216;ab69bf49-4103-4e19-8244-357161f848f9&#8217;)}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Find the Right Name for Your Private Practice&nbsp; We\u2019ve heard many passionate therapists referring to their practice in terms of: \u201cIt is my baby!\u201d That is how much you\u2019ll become to care about it!<\/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\/128"}],"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=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}