by Rhett Smith | Mar 23, 2020 | Anxiety, Therapy Practice, Videos
COVID-19 is having a lot of us re-evaluate how we practice mental health. I am continuing to work with clients in person, following the recommendations of the CDC and my local county. As well as increasing the number of phone and video sessions that I am doing. Check...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 19, 2017 | Intentional Living, Podcast
I read a lot of books, but I don’t consider myself the best book reviewer. Even though I read with pen in hand and underline and take notes throughout my books, I’m not great at writing about the details. But what sticks out to me are those big ideas in a...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 6, 2014 | Therapy Practice
Starting Monday, November 10, I will be practicing in both Plano and Frisco. Over the last several years my practice has experienced incredible growth, especially from people coming down to Plano from Frisco, Prosper, McKinney and Allen. In order to better accommodate...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 4, 2014 | Therapy Practice
Do you take insurance? This is one of the questions I get most often. And I hear it from both potential clients and therapists in the field. The simple answer is that I do not take insurance. I have never taken insurance…and at this point in my practice I have...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 1, 2014 | Faith
When I work with people in therapy we often talk about the importance of being physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually healthy. And one of the primary ways that many people who foster their spiritual growth is through their participation in the Bible. That...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 19, 2014 | Therapy Practice
When I was fresh out of graduate school I was so eager to get my hours, gain experience, and actually make some money for a change that I was willing to work with anyone. Many of you can probably relate to that. And in those first few years of working on my hours I...
by Rhett Smith | May 27, 2014 | Therapy Practice
[This is my fourth post in a series about building a thriving therapy practice. Check out the earlier posts here, here and here]. I have always loved helping people. It is something that I feel passionate about. I heard early on that it was a “calling” of...
by Rhett Smith | May 22, 2014 | Therapy Practice
One of the things that my colleagues and I are constantly joking…and sometimes lamenting about — is that most graduate programs in therapy and counseling don’t teach you anything about the actual business application of what you have just spent the...
by Rhett Smith | May 20, 2014 | Therapy Practice
Last week I started a new blog series on Building a Thriving Therapy Practice. I will be completely honest with you. I don’t consider myself the expert on this topic. No surprise there. I haven’t written any books on it. If that’s what you want, Lynn...
by Rhett Smith | May 16, 2014 | Therapy Practice
It is not unusual for me to get about 5-6 messages a month from people who want to meet up either in person, or on the phone, to talk about building a therapy practice. For whatever reason these people have found what I’m doing as a therapist in private practice...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 13, 2013 | Marriage
What books on marriage do you recommend? I get asked that question a lot. Since I’ve spent the last 18 years working with couples in the context of church, community mental healthy and private practice, I’ve had the opportunity to read a lot of books on...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 9, 2013 | Parenting
I’ve taken a couple of weeks off from the blog, but that ended up being a good thing in terms of this blog series on the strategies in The Whole Brain Child. Why? Well, because we were gone on vacation which meant lots of long car drives, exhausting days, tired...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 1, 2013 | Intentional Living
In my work as a therapist I talk a lot about self-care. But self-care tends to be a confusing term for many people. We can define it in many ways, but a couple of definitions that I have referred to recently are the following: “The process of managing responses...
