Section I: Preparing for Private Practice Chapter 1: In Graduate School, I Learned What I Need to Know About Running a Successful Practice Chapter 2: Becoming Licensed Means That I am Now Competent Chapter 3: If I "Sell Out" to the Business of Practice, I Give Up my Core Value of Altruism." Chapter 4: Being Known as a Generalist Will Position my Practice Well in the Community Chapter 5: Managed Care is Evil and Should be Avoided like the Plague; Experienced and Competent Clinicians Don't Participate in Managed Care Chapter 6: Insurance Companies Just Care About Profits and I Care About My Patients, So It is Okay to Bend the Rules to Get Paid Chapter 8: If You Build It, They Will Never Come Chapter 9: A Fee for Service Practice Cannot Survive Chapter 10: Keeping Clients in Treatment as Long as Possible is an Effective Practice Building Strategy Chapter 11: Video Conferencing and Tele-Mental Health Technologies are Easy Ways to Build My Practice Section III: Managing Your Practice There Is No Need to Waste My Hard-Earned Money on Consultants, Attorneys, and CPAs Chapter 13: At this Stage of My Career Paying for Supervision or Consultation is Just Ridiculous There is No Need to Have a Budget or Business Plan Chapter 15: If I Treat My Staff Well, They Will Take Care of Me and Look Out for My Best Interests Chapter 16: I'm the Boss. Who Needs Policies and Procedures? Chapter 17: It is Best to Have a Policy About Cancelled and Missed Appointments, and to Enforce It Consistently Chapter 18: Continuing Education Requirements are Unnecessary and are not Relevant to My Professional Competence Chapter 19: All You Need to Do to Close Your Practice is to Stop Seeing Clients and Lock the Door Chapter 20: There is No Need to Save for Retirement - I Can Sell My Practice When I am Ready to Retire Section IV: Documentation and Record Keeping Chapter 21: Documentation and Record Keeping are Burdens to be Done with as Quickly as Possible: The Less Said, the Better Chapter 22: It is Best to Provide Minimal Information When a Referral Source Requests Information about a Client Chapter 23: If I Receive a Subpoena I Should Turn Over the Client's Records Immediately, or be Prepared for Serious Legal Consequences Chapter 24: Client Records Should be Destroyed Once the Client Leaves Treatment or Dies Section V: Toward Ethical Practice Chapter 25: Private Practice is a Solitary Pursuit - There is no Need to Work with Others Chapter 26: As a Professional, I Don't Need to Worry About Self-Care. This is Just Some Meaningless New Age Concept That is Being Hyped by the Media Chapter 27: When I Need Clinical or Risk Management Advice I Should Ask for it on a Listserv Chapter 28: Being a Good Caring Person is all I Need in Order to Practice Ethically and Reduce my Risk of a Malpractice Claim Chapter 29: You are Ethically Obligated to Take Insurance, Offer a Sliding Scale Fee, or See Some People Free of Charge.