scheduling/referrals/practice management

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Laura: I can email you about this offline. I have gone through this

questioning myself and can offer you where I am with it now.

 

Anne

 

heylaurag wrote:

 

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> Hi, I was reading a string of posts that did not have a subject line,

> so I thought I'd put a heading on it.

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> Anne, you said:

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> Anne: This is true in general. Some people don't refer because they

> want it to be " their " escape and secret or " their " practitioner.

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> I find this to be especially true for the patients who get a little

> counseling from me when they come in (I used to be a counselor).

> Therefore not only do they take more time to treat, but they then

> feel less inclined to refer people to me. ARGH! These are often my

> most successfully treated clients though...I think getting to know

> them on this level makes the treatments all the more effective for

> many reasons. I probably need to start reducing the amount of people

> I give this much to though, or I'll never make a decent living. Too

> bad, though--the combination of TCM with a little counseling is

> really very powerful.

>

> Laura