Enlightened Practice Podcast

The holiday season is nearing, the frenzy of gifts and preparations is growing and these variables can affect your practice. Our hosts share their strategies for this particular time of the year to ensure patients and clients get the care they need without, as clinicians, getting to the point of becoming resentful or burned out. We hope you enjoy this new episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast. If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

Planning your parental leave is essential to ensure you spend more time with your newborn while continuing to provide the best care to your patients/clients. This plan should include informing clients/patients and colleagues in advance and offering treatment alternatives while you're absent. Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan share their experiences on parental leave and answer your questions on setting up a realistic schedule for your return, identifying what type of patients/clients to take in when getting back to practice, how much time is enough, and more. Enjoy! If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, simply send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

Building a successful business involves many aspects of your practice, including your office space. A productive work environment that is efficiently designed and aesthetically pleasing creates a positive atmosphere for clinicians and patients/clients. In this episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast, Dr. Ken Braslow invites Carolyn Boldt, co-founder of design-build firm CrossFields, to discuss how to design an ideal office space and the benefits a great design may have for you and your patients/clients. If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

We received a question from one of our listeners requesting advice on how to negotiate with an insurance company. Our hosts, Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan share their experiences and provide some handy tips on credentialing, marketplace, and dealing with insurance companies and claims adjusters.   If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan answer a listener's question about the business side of practice when handling college students and their parents want to talk about their care. Things like knowing who made the decision to see the therapist, setting up the initial interview, scheduling, payment, and other great details are discussed by our hosts in this interesting episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast.

Dr. Ken Braslow invites Dr. Amy Berlin to discuss practice wills, a legal document that sets out the wishes of the private practice owner in relation to their property; a good idea for protecting patients and colleagues. Let's learn more about the ethics of planning this sooner than later in this valuable new episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast. If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.  

Dr. Ken Braslow and special guest Dr. Amy Berlin discuss how suitable information systems help organizations manage change while enabling individual clinicians to think creatively within their practices. Our hosts share their experiences to demonstrate how maximizing efficiency can help with clinical care. Sit back and enjoy this enlightening episode. If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

We have a special guest in this episode, Dr. Xenia Borue. She's a child and adolescent psychiatrist who runs and works in a private practice that specialized in developmental disorders. Together with our host, Dr. Ken Braslow, they talk about groups and clinics and the complexities, the rewards, and the challenges that underlie all of that.   If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

Our hosts welcome Daniela Tempesta, a social worker and group practice owner in the Bay Area. She shares with us her academic background and insight about the cooperative work social workers engage in with mental health professionals. We believe you'll find this episode beneficial and a learning experience. Enjoy!

Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan, answer a question from our audience: What is the best location for a practice? Our hosts discuss office considerations when starting a practice or when you're ready to emerge from your home office and open a public location. There's a lot to consider before signing a contract like public transportation, parking availability, downtown vs. the suburbs, and whether to sign a lease alone or sublet. We hope to help you make a well-informed decision, so tune in to this new episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast and enjoy!  If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

Our hosts, Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan, share some reasons why to switch from a current EMR/EHR to a new service, how much time it may take, the features to consider when making the switch, and the impact on patients and clients. Invite your colleagues to tune in and learn more about the most user-friendly, affordable EMR/EHR for mental health practitioners, Luminello. To submit your questions for discussion on the show, email: enlightenedpractice@luminello.com 

Our hosts answer two questions from our listeners. One is, “how do you pay yourself?” and the second question is, “how do you create a profit and loss statement?”. As a bonus, they added taxes to the mix and this is our new episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast. Enjoy!   If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

Vacation and holidays. A pleasant topic for students and employees, and while self-employed private practice owners may enjoy time off, they also may feel the effects of not working in their bank accounts. The benefits of taking care of ourselves and finding balance in life are discussed in this captivating episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast, which breaks through the boundaries of mental health and perfectly applies to other communities. If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

In today's episode as part of our quick questions series, our hosts wrestle with the question of should you keep a waitlist of interested clients and patients, and what are the pros and cons.  If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, simply send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

In this new episode, our hosts Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan read some questions from our listeners and give their thoughts.  If you want your question featured and discussed on the show, simply send it to enlightenedpractice@luminello.com. We'd love to hear from you.

Do you have a strategy to reduce your no-show rate? Is a second confirmation email sufficient to reduce no-shows, or does it become annoying for the majority of clients/patients who need to confirm only one time? In this new episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast, Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan share their experiences around the subject and provide some helpful tips. Enjoy!

In this new episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast, Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan provide some clarity on the various training paths most psychologists and psychiatrists follow. They discuss master's degrees, pre-doctoral internships, doctoral degrees, and answer a very common question: what is the difference between a PsyD and a PhD. Enjoy!

Is word of mouth the best kind of review? Should you consider promoting reviews on public websites? Have you heard of insurance companies soliciting reviews of their clinicians? Sit back and relax while our hosts Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan cover these questions and more in this new episode of the Enlightened Practice Podcast.

Are you weighing the options of subletting a colleague's office vs. signing your own lease? Either decision can mitigate some risks and burdens, but what is optimal for you and your patients? Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan revisit their own experiences and share helpful tips to help you make a well-informed decision.

In this episode, Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan talk about all things finance in running a practice. Getting the mechanics on the business side of your practice down is critical so you can take good care of your patients.

In-Network vs Out. Or Both? In this episode, Dr. Braslow and Dr. Kagan talk about the pros and cons of being an in-network clinician, as they explore the financial, marketing, and administrative challenges behind the decision. If you want to learn more about this important topic, don't miss this episode!

In this episode, Dr. Ken Braslow invites Jackline Ngalame, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC to share her experience as both an employed and independent APRN. They discuss the importance of mentoring and challenges in setting up a PMHNP practice.

Getting started in private practice is an exciting yet daunting venture. In this episode, Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan discuss the importance of establishing a network, integrating into the clinician community, and maintaining connections.

In today's episode, Dr. Ken Braslow and Dr. Kari Kagan discuss the myriad costs of starting a private practice. From office space and technology to furniture and financials, the tandem tackles some of the costs that you should consider as you wade into private practice.

In this episode, our hosts discuss the pros and cons of online booking. Dr. Braslow and Dr. Kagan share their experiences and compare running a practice with and without an online  calendar. Does it give you more control over your schedule? Is it harder to keep track of cancellations? Find out in this new engaging episode.

In this episode, Dr. Ken Braslow and Kari Kagan continue their conversation on scheduling. How has scheduling changed since they started their practice, and how to make the most of today's tools to save tons of time. Plus, they introduce online booking as an incredible time saver that also presents a new set of challenges.

In this episode of the Enlightened Practice podcast, Dr. Ken Braslow and Kari Kagan continue their conversation on scheduling. The duo discusses several scheduling scenarios, the administrative aspects, the psychology underneath the scheduling process, and finding balance through limitations. They also take time to look at scheduling from the perspective of new grads looking to start a private practice.

In this episode of the Enlightened Practice podcast, Dr. Ken Braslow and Kari Kagan discuss setting up a remote practice. Spurred on by Covid-19 and social distancing recommendations, virtual health is on the rise and looks to be sticking around post-pandemic. 

In the first episode of the Enlightened Practice podcast, Dr. Ken Braslow and Kari Kagan, talk about scheduling and the joys of putting together a jigsaw puzzle. They go over their routine and discuss topics like cancellations, being a “lumper” vs a “splitter”, daily scheduling, and the challenges they face in their practices.