Starting a Christian Counseling Practice

In this episode, Tres shares the story of how Arizona Christian Counseling came to be. He also shares resources for counselors who also want to launch their own Christian counseling private practice. For more resources, check out the Association of Christian Counselors in Private Practice.

Listen to this Episode

0:27 - It’s our 5th anniversary!
1:40 - The Biblical Counseling Course
2:42 - The future of the podcast
5:15 - Why I’m recording from home again
5:36 - The story of Arizona Christian Counseling
10:11 - Two kinds of Christian counselors
11:07 - Disclaimer
11:45 - Pray for wisdom
12:57 - What’s your specialty?
14:46 - Liability insurance
15:42 - Setting up an LLC
16:50 - Find office space
18:16 - Setup your phone
​18:48 - Get an EHR (Electronic Health Record)
19:53 - Ways to advertise
26:17 - More resources
26:26 - Majerle the cat is being noisy
27:03 - Thank you
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Resources mentioned:

• The Biblical Counseling Master Course
• How to be a Christian counselor (podcast)
• Liability Insurance: HPSO and American Professional
• Setting up an LLC: Legal Zoom
• Phone: Google Voice and Grasshopper
• EHR: SimplePractice and TherapyNotes
• Website builders: Weebly and Wordpress
• Business Cards: Vistaprint

Also check out the Association of Christian Counselors in Private Practice