Hello, and welcome to Counselor Weekly! Thanks again for being part of the community!

Wishing You and Your Family a Happy New Year! I can’t believe the next newsletter will be in 2024! 🎉

Here's the short and skinny of today's newsletter:

• Meme of the Day

• Weekly Resource (made by yours truly)

• Interesting Articles

• Last Chance to Donate to Make A Wish in 2023

• Cat Photo

Until I have an official sponsor, looks like I'm the sponsor!

Are you an LPC Supervisor in Texas wanting to market your services and connect with potential Associates? Are you recently graduated from your Master’s program and beginning the search for an LPC Supervisor? If so, Find Your Supervisor is a directory for LPC Supervisors to list their information in a searchable index so that potential Supervisees can connect with them and hopefully find a perfect match! There’s even a FREE version! Though you will not get all the robust search capabilities and members only resources you receive with the paid version, the FREE option still allows you to market basic information about your practice.

What do I get in the paid version? The short answer: A LOT! CLICK HERE to access the pricing page to learn more. Just think, if you contract with one new Associate from the site, the PREMIUM plan has paid for itself for the whole year within one month. PLUS, I’m giving you a discount code to take one of my Supervisor Refresher Courses (6 hours of CEs) for FREE as part of the Premium membership. It’s almost paying for itself just with that discount.

If you have any questions, click REPLY to this email and I can answer any questions you have. Thanks again for allowing me this personal promotion! 🙏

Meme of the Day

I created a 2024 Goals Mapping Board with Canva to help you develop and visualize what you would like to accomplish in the upcoming year. It has five separate sheets, one for each of the following: physical health, mental health, financial health, social health, and spiritual health. On each one, you can:

• Write your specific goals related to that category

• Add a picture related to your goals in that category

  CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT

It’s the end of year, so here are some tax based articles from Heard (I don’t use Heard for my accounting, but I hear it’s becoming popular with small private practice owners)

Home Office Deduction Calculator for Therapists

Here’s a helpful tool when deciding if you qualify for a home office deduction.

The Complete List of Tax Deductions for Therapists

Trying to squeeze out a few more deductions to reduce your tax load? Check out this list.

Tax Deductions for Therapists

Some more info on tax deductions!

Got a gift card for Christmas and not sure what to do with it?

A Special Holiday Request!- Round 3

One final chance to donate before the end of the year! I’ve set up a donation link to the Make-A-Wish Foundation with the goal of raising at least $2000 for children that could absolutely benefit from a holiday surprise. If you don’t know the impact Make-A-Wish makes in the community, here are some recent stats:

• 8 out of 10 wish kids reported that their wish experience helped them overcome hopelessness, depression, and loneliness.

• 9 out of 10 wish parents saw their child’s emotional well-being improve with a wish.

• 9 out of 10 wish kids reported that the wish experience relieved them from traumatic stress.

We are blessed every day to help others improve, and as we head into 2024, let’s try to impact the lives of children and their families by making a small donation. Any amount you’re comfortable donating is much appreciated!

Here’s the link to the donation page if you would like to give:

Donate Here!

Happy 2024!

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