Essential private practice startup tips infographic from Tamara G. Suttle, M.Ed., LPC – mental health counselor with 20+ years experience and private practice coach. This visual summary distills the most critical strategies for successfully launching your private practice: start networking NOW even if practice is years away, create your self-care plan before scheduling your first client, join or create a consultation group to combat isolation, be strategic in networking by declaring both strengths and weaknesses, build reciprocal referring relationships, get paperwork in order before seeing clients, establish systems for everything early, invest in a quality WordPress website, blog to get known online efficiently, and remember private practice is a marathon not a sprint. Includes bonus Q&A on establishing a practice in foreign countries. Based on comprehensive interview featured in “Complete Guide to Starting Your Private Practice” where Tamara shares decades of wisdom alongside social worker Michael Langlois.