Revised February 2023!
Purpose: Leasing and Subleasing office space to therapists can be a lucrative and rewarding process if you set boundaries and put processes in place on the front in. This Leasing Package provides tried and true leases that not only encompass the legal parameters around leasing property; it also addresses common boundary and therapeutic issues that Dr. Beaton-York has had to address during the 23 years she has been a landlord.
Authors: These leases were originally written by an attorney, and Dr. Beaton-York has added ethical, therapeutic, and boundary requirements she has experienced as a landlord.
Therapy Paperwork Forms Included in this Package:
- Lessee Information Form
- Sublessee Information Form
- Lease (Furnished)
- Lease (Furnished)_Shared Space
- Lease (Unfurnished)
- Lease (Unfurnished)_Shared Space
- Sublease (Furnished)
- Sublease (Furnished)_Shared Space
- Sublease (Unfurnished)
- Sublease (Unfurnished)_Shared Space
This package contains ten (10) documents. Five of the documents pertain to subleasing, which entails having an existing lease, and you have been granted permission to sublease by your landlord. The other five documents pertain to leasing, where you own the property that you have decided to lease. There are four types of leases and subleases: 1) furnished & not shared; 2) furnished & shared; 3) unfurnished and not shared; 4) and unfurnished and shared. The fifth document for each type of lease is an information form to gather all pertinent info from your lessee/sublessee as well as what additional documents the lessee/sublessee needs to provide to you (e.g., copy of his/her malpractice insurance, license to practice, etc).
Making the Forms Your Own: The Leasing Package contains several custom forms, as described above. Each form 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 these forms, you understand and accept that the forms are intended to be used as examples or samples of ways in which the forms and information can be used. You understand and accept that you are ultimately responsible for your own version of the forms and for adapting the forms 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 form needs to be updated or an additional form is critical to a package. If this is the case, those forms will be updated, and a revision date posted. 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. :-)
Your Instructor
Dr. Becky Beaton-York is the author of Practice Smart Forms, and they have all been vetted by more than one attorney. She is passionate about psychological ethics and helping therapists grow their practices grounded in ethics and integrity while also creating a personally and professionally fulfilling career. Dr. Beaton-York began creating these forms when she founded The Anxiety & Stress Management Institute, a very large outpatient facility in Atlanta, Georgia, which she clinically directed for 15 years. She realized quickly that managing therapists required creating documentation that was ethically and legally sound while also being as efficient as possible to ensure compliance. Her staff grew to love these forms, as well as thousands of other clinicians who rave about them in Georgia and around the country. Several hospitals and university counseling centers have also adopted them.
Dr. Beaton-York is a Licensed Psychologist and a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has been on the Georgia Psychological Association's (GPA) Ethics Committee since 2010 and Ethics Chair for eight of those years. Additionally, she was the Ethics Chair for the Licensed Professional Counselor's Association of Georgia (LPCA-GA) for two years and has taught numerous ethics workshops since 1999.
Related to her interest in ethics and documentation, Dr. Beaton-York has served as an ethics expert in malpractice lawsuits. Part of her role in these cases is to examine the clinician's documentation to determine if the therapist was practicing below the standard of care and/or committing any ethical violations. This experience has made Dr. Beaton-York extremely aware and diligent about designing these forms to help the therapist write them in such a way that they will hold up in court. Of course, there are no guarantees in court; however, this is a great place to start! We hope you find them to be helpful.
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