The Paper Office: Forms, Guidelines, and Resources to Make Your Practice Work Ethically, Legally, and Profitably [With CDROM]

There is not much to say other than this is all you need. There are forms that can be used, tweaked etc as well as the reasons why you need them. Why reinvent the wheel? It's all here and there is also a CD with all the forms included. Great resource for counselors!

After several years at a CMHC, I recently launched a private practice. This book was enormously helpful. It got me to think through a variety of issues re: starting a practice, and provided many practical resources (eg URL's, books, etc) as well as the forms that can be downloaded and modified. Of all the practice-launching materials I obtained (and I looked at a lot of them), this was the most helpful by far. At first I hesitated because it is more expensive than some others, but it has proven its worth repeatedly. (Oh, and it's a write-off, of course.) I highly recommend it. (BTW, when I was first starting out in the field, and even sometimes now, I found his book, "Clinician's Thesaurus," quite useful.)

I purchased this book while studying for my national and state licensing exams. As many other reviewers have noted, this is an excellent resource. Reading this book in between session provided me with a healthy break from the rigours of studying, while orienting me to thinking about the procedures and forms I needed to be developing for my practice once licensed. There is a wealth of information that could be a bit overwhelming as you are glowing over your new shiny license number and wondering what you need to do to get your clients into your practice. Using the strategy of tackling a form a day was also very helpful for me. This book will go a long way to helping you create a sound set of ethical and effective business practices that was probably not covered at all in your graduate training.

This is one of the most practical and valuable practice guides I have found in 30 years of practice. Any of the nearly hundred forms that you would use regularly by itself would be worth the price of the manual.

If you are just beginning an independent practice, I cannot express how valuable this book is! Honestly, I don't know what I would have done without it. Certainly a worthwhile investment!