Product Description

"A comprehensive primer for mental health professionals who want to expand or shift their practice into the business sector. Dr. Perrott provides a useful road map and practical action steps with instructive and useful case examples."--Skipton Leonard, president, Division of Consulting Psychology of the American Psychological Association, 1997-98Transform Your Practice and Thrive as a Business Psychologist

Reinventing Your Practice as a Business Psychologist is an invaluable resource, offering step-by-step guidance to an innovative process that can ultimately transform your indepAndent practice. Louis A. Perrott provides a blueprint for retooling clinical skills that will open a gateway into the thriving business psychology marketplace.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #913140 in Books
• Published on: 1999-02-26
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.02 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Review
"An important step-by-step guide to increase practice income by entering into the corporate world. A good read for both the new and seasoned indepAndent practitioner." (Robert J. Resnick, president, American Psychological Association, 1995-96)

"Successful therapists of the future will be those who can apply their methods in new directions, including business. Lou Perrott's book is a down-to-earth, highly practical guide for mental health professionals who wish to succeed in business consultation." (Rodney L. Lowman, professor, California School of Professional Psychology, and president, The Development Laboratories)

"A comprehensive primer for mental health professionals who want to expand or shift their practice into the business sector. Dr. Perrott provides a useful road map and practical action steps with instructive and useful case examples." (Skipton Leonard, president, Division of Consulting Psychology of the American Psychological Association, 1997-98)

Book Info
Offers a step-by-step blueprint for retooling clinical skills for success in the business psychology marketplace. For mental health professional who wish to become business consultants. Includes case examples and worksheets.

From the Inside Flap
To survive in the increasingly competitive behavioral health care marketplace, many mental health professionals have had to rethink their careers. Reluctant to work within the strict limits and lower fees of managed care, many clinicians have become entrepreneurs and discovered new applications for their psychological expertise.Reinventing Your Practice as a Business Psychologist provides a template for clinicians who want to transform their indepAndent practices and enter the field of business psychology. Drawing on the experience of Louis A. Perrott-a pioneer in the practice of business psychology-the book introduces an innovative eight-step program to show clinicians how they can retool their existing psychological skills and apply this knowledge in the business world.As Perrott explains, the goal of a business psychologist is to enhance people processes and work performance-of individuals, teams, managers at all levels, and ultimately, the entire business. He shows how business psychologists work to solve the same 'people problems' found in all interpersonal settings-including poor communications, personality clashes, unresolved conflicts, and the potential escalation of emotional differences into harassment or violence. The book reveals step-by-step how business psychologists target areas of concern, then create and implement effective solutions that will positively affect the bottom line.Reinventing Your Practice as a Business Psychologist also contains valuable self-help worksheets that, when completed, create a tangible business plan for reinventing a clinical practice. In addition, the book is filled with illustrative real-life case examples and useful inventories that psychologists can use to bridge the gap between the clinical office and the boardroom.A practical manual for transforming clinical practice, the book also offers concrete advice for developing an effective marketing plan, designing consultative services, and ultimately sel