From the Agora MHN staff

Dynamic Pricing and the Business of Psychotherapy

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 of that of most of my medical colleagues.  But being committView More..

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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 Steve 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 social worker new to the View More..

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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, the experience often has upView More..

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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 grissled veteran recounted for us wet-behind-the-ears, budding psychotherapists how he had successfully treated a very troubled young man over a period of a few years.  When tView More..

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