Therapy Paperwork Forms Included in this Package:

This is a 50-page practice manual to simplify what you'll need to communicate to your associates and/or employees as a group practice owner. It contains important legal policies (sexual harassment, no-weapons in the workplace, firing process, etc.). It also includes critical ethical and clinical policies such as assessing for harm of self or others, reporting abuse, what to do if a client shows up intoxicated, intake and timely documentation requirements, etc. In sum, it has just about everything you need to communicate when hiring a therapist to join your practice.

Authors: Every form on our website was written by ethics expert Dr. Becky Beaton-York, who is a Licensed Psychologist and a Licensed Professional Counselor and has been practicing since 1991. She is well-versed in all the ethics codes for all licensed mental health therapists. Additionally, every form has been approved by multiple attorneys, including her husband, Chris York, Attorney at Law.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Section One: Professionalism & Pursuit of Excellence

Section Two: General Information

Section Three: Where is Everything?

Section Four: Means of Communication: Computer, Internet, Mail, Email, Phone, & Voicemail

Section Five: HIPAA Requirements, Office Security & Confidentiality

Section Six: High-Risk Clients

Section Seven: Emergency Situations

Section Eight: What You Need to Know About Seeing [Practice Name’s] Clients

Section Nine: Reserving Office Space

Section Ten: Client Files & Documentation

Section Eleven: Taking Payments from Clients & Getting Paid

Section Twelve: Additional Policies

Section Thirteen: Client Satisfaction & Preventing Client Dropout

Section Fourteen (W2 Employees Only): Federal Holidays

Appendices

Modification: This handbook is designed in a compatible version of Microsoft Word format (.doc) so that you may edit them as you see appropriate, whether you are using a Mac or a PC. Every place in a document where you need to enter information particular to your practice (e.g., your name, location, fees, etc.) will be in a bright blue font to prompt you for this information.

Disclaimer & Copyright Agreement: By purchasing and downloading this handbook, you understand and accept that it is intended to be used as an example or sample of ways in which a handbook may be utilized. You understand and accept that you are ultimately responsible for your own version of the handbook and for adapting the handbook for your own use. Neither Dr. Becky Beaton, LLC nor The Knowledge Tree assumes any liability or responsibility for the use or misuse of the forms you download. All of Dr. Beaton-York's and The Knowledge Tree's forms are copyrighted. You understand and accept that unauthorized duplication or sharing of the forms you download or any information contained therein is strictly prohibited and illegal. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Updates: On occasion, Dr. Beaton-York or Chris York, Esq. may decide that a template needs to be updated or that an additional form or section of the handbook is critical to practice therapy ethically and/or legally. If this is the case, those forms will be updated, and a date will be added behind the name of the form or new forms will simply be added automatically to your package). Please return occasionally to check for updates. Unless there is something extremely labor-intensive that needs to be done, updates and new forms will be taken care of for you free of charge. We hope you find this service helpful. :-)