Providing psychotherapy, testing, and assessments for patients as well as supervision for interns.
Ability to set your own schedule
Beautiful office space
Ability to earn much more than you would in another setting
Access to great benefits
A great team
You get to focus on what matters
Normally, in private practice, you have to spend an inordinate amount of time working (or waiting) to get people in the door . . . either that, or you have to spend half of your working hours on the phone arguing with insurance companies. Joining an established and respected private pay clinic means you get to spend much more time on professional development, reflecting on your time with clients, discussing your work with colleagues, and taking good care of yourself, than you would otherwise—and you get to spend less time getting burned out on the endless busywork and stress associated with building and running a business or dealing with insurance companies.
Freedom from expenses
A traditional worry that plagues those in private practice is “what if all (or most of) my clients leave and then I’m suddenly not only not making any money but I’m also on the hook for all these expenses!" These expenses include things like their commercial lease for which one must sign a personal guarantee. In the worst case environment, practice expenses can easily exceed $50,000 per year when you factor in the marketing/advertising expenses you could easily be incurring trying to turn things around.
You won’t ever make negative money at our practice. Even in the most catastrophic of circumstances, you’re never on the hook for any practice expenses. The practice will cover malpractice insurance, continuing education trainings, commercial lease payments, accounting, marketing, and everything else required to keep the lights on and help you do your job as effectively as possible. You get to focus on being a great clinician without the burden of worrying about the financial health of the practice.
Pay substantially lower taxes (tens of thousands of dollars lower)
In private practice, and in most group practice settings, you are forced to pay much higher taxes on your income because you’re treated as a sole proprietor or an independent contractor. In these arrangements, you’re forced to cover the employer portion of payroll taxes that are owed on your income. We treat you as a full fledged W2 employee, with all the benefits that entails, including covering the employer payroll taxes, so you don’t have to worry about a tax bill sneaking up on you at the end of the year. This means that you will save thousands of dollars each year that you would otherwise have to pay.
Earn substantially more than you would in a typical private practice
Although the compensation of our clinicians varies depending on a number of factors, our clinicians reliably earn more than their colleagues that work in other medical, group practice, or private practice settings. This has a lot to do with not having to spend their time doing anything other than seeing clients and focusing on their professional development. It’s also a function of the huge number of clients that reach out to us every week. When all other business related tasks are taken care of, it’s easier to see more clients; and with the large number of referrals we receive, it’s easier to stay consistently full. This means less stress and a bigger paycheck.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
Seattle Anxiety Specialists does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
This policy applies also to internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, terminations, outside vendors, organization members and customers, the clients we serve, our use of contractors and consultants, as well as dealings with the general public.
$100,000 - $250,000 per year