STEP BY STEP TO SET UP

An all-the-things startup course for your online therapy practice will take you from overwhelmed and clueless to client ready and competent in just eight weeks.

I KNOW IT CAN FEEL TOTALLY OVERWHELMING TO BUILD YOUR ONLINE PRACTICE ALONE.

​I know, I’ve been there.

It can make you feel like giving up before you even start. With all that you’re currently juggling in your life and career, it’s hard to imagine where you could even begin to take on the task of learning all the things you need to know.

SO HERE YOU ARE...

Everytime you take a step forward, you get stumped by the twenty other things you need to figure out, forms you need to create, people you need to consult, equipment you need to review.  You think, “It’s too damn much and I don’t even know if it will work.” And you go back to doing what’s familiar.
 

It doesn’t have to be so hard.
 

It doesn’t have to feel so overwhelming. You can feel ease, security, and certainty that you’ve taken all the right steps.
 

You can build a strong and successful Online Therapy Practice, and in a spirit of ease and spaciousness.

STEP BY STEP TO SET UP

Join me in Step By Step To Set Up

So that you can...

“This course will get you up and running! Amber’s enthusiasm is motivating AF!  Compared to programs like Zur Institute, this is more personalized and the content is more practical. Amber actually gives you the steps to create your practice from the ground up.”

 

Laura Spinelli - Step by Step Graduate

CLUELESS TO CELEBRATING SUCCESS?

What if you didn't have to find a way on your own?

What if you had a guide?

 

Someone who's been here before and gotten where you want to be? You don’t have to do it all by yourself;

and things go so much faster when you’re not overwhelmed and searching in the dark.

 

Friend, 

 

I created this program because I am sick of the myth that therapists can’t serve well AND sacrifice LESS.  

 

I was working 40 - 50 hours a week, commuting another 10 hours, and barely had time to breathe - much less do the things I preached to my clients, like working out, meditating, taking long walks, spending quality time with friends and family, or just reading a good book.

 

It didn’t make sense to me that I was helping others to live their better lives while not doing the same myself.

 

Online therapy gave me a chance to do the work I LOVE to do, while living the life I longed to have.

 

I HAVE to share that with other therapists. I HAVE TO.

 

You can do amazing work AND live an amazing life.

YOU WANT TO FEEL TRULY READY FOR AN ONLINE THERAPY PRACTICE, BUT THE DETAILS CAN GET TOTALLY OVERWHELMING. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE SO HARD.…

In Step by Step to SET UP, I walk you through EVERY SINGLE DECISION POINT so that you can feel confident that you’ve covered all of

your bases ethically, legally and practically.  You will know what you are doing, why and how to do it well.

 

Here are some things that we cover:

  • Choosing the right products for your online practice

  • Deciding to piecemeal together your products or purchase them in a package

  • Using best practices in telemental health

  • Navigating business licensing, liability insurance choices, and incorporation

  • Practicing telemental health ethically

  • Building your practice and your procedures legally

  • Keeping your clients and your business safe (risk management)

  • Informed consent, privacy policies, billing consents, releases of information all specific to YOUR practice, your state law, and your ethics code

  • Maintaining security and confidentiality in an online practice

  • What to say and how to say it to convert in person clients to online clients

  • How to get clients

  • Learning the language that BUILDS instead of undermines your practice in your website copy, psychology today profile, paperwork, and consultations

  • Learning what to do to build your caseload, starting before you even open your waiting room doors so that you can start helping clients and living your dream life, quickly

  • What to say and how to say it to convert free consultations into paying online clients

  • What to say and how to say it in an intake, therapy session, and when referring out

  • Determining who to accept into your online practice, and how to refer out

  • Creating your scope of practice, policies, and procedures

  • Nailing down the details that matter (e.g. verifying your clients identity, location, access to emergency response plans, making deep connections via video)

Here’s how it will go down ->

  • Lifetime Access to Course & Community

    to the 127 + lessons about online therapy (BONUS Lifetime access to private community of SxS members and graduates)

  • The Trainings are Multi Media

    Some are video and some are text based. (BONUS Full Course Workbook to keep organized) 

  • Podcasts

    All trainings are converted into a private podcast just for students so that you can listen to all of the material, including the live Q&As on the go! 

  • All Trainings Are

    Pre-Recorded

    available to you when it's convenient for you & in the order that best suits your needs as you build your practice.

  • Scripts, Templates, Paperwork

    (including future updates to match ever-evolving changes in telehealth)

  • Updates

    Access to all future updates to the course (every round I tweak, modify, and add to keep up with current industry standards/changes)!

“Every single week we were provided another essential and useful step in building our own tele-mental health practice. If you follow Amber's instructions, utilize her knowledge, and stay focused there is no way you cannot gain the tools necessary to build your practice. Each week when self doubt would creep in, Amber would be there to lift you up and explain away your fears.”

 

Gabriele Cash - Step by Step Graduate

Feel

as FULFILLED in your LIFE outside of work, as you feel in your best sessions as we build a practice that SUPPORTS rather than impedes the life you want to live.

Get

that Money Mindset Right, with kindness, know how, and support. 

Rock

the business side of your practice, without the overwhelm (and many a shortcut).

Experience

the CONFIDENCE of knowing how to fill your practice with your ideal client, at your ideal rate.

Settle

into the sensation of clinical excellence in your telehealth sessions. You’ll learn the tips and tricks to bad ass online sessions.

Rest Easy

Embrace

the ALIGNMENT that comes from building a business that allows you to live the life you help your clients to achieve.

Enjoy

the RELIEF that comes from deeply understanding best practices, ethics, regulations, HIPAA and security issues - rather than guessing and hoping.

Experience

EASE in the set up, clean up, and growing up of your practice with made-for-success scripts, templates, and shortcuts.

Feel

Always

be IN THE KNOW even with the swiftly evolving telehealth practices.  

Private practice can be isolating, you don’t have to be in it alone!  Here you will bond with a new  business bestie and be rooted on by colleagues who are in your corner. 

 

 

Learn what to say and how to say it - whether it be in networking events, free consultations, with colleagues, or in your website copy.  

 

 

Experience the PEACE OF MIND of having every i dotted, and every t crossed.

 

 

SMOOTHLY manage the strange telehealth specific stuff...we’ll cover everything from eye contact, to make-up that lets you look like YOU on camera, to setting the frame of telehealth so clients don’t drink in session or take you to the bathroom with them.  Yes, that happens. But it doesn’t have to happen to you.

Are You Ready to Jump into

Step by Step?

w/ Amber Lyda &

your community of like-minded colleagues

Step by Step

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I can't wait to work with you!

Let's do this!

Hi there, I’m Amber Lyda!

Surely, you feel you know me by now. I’ve been yammering on now for a loonng webpage! Just in case you want to know some more…

 

I’m a clinical psychologist who worked for a decade in University Counseling Centers, and a previous decade in various community mental health agencies. I LOVE what I do for a living, and I love the way that I’m now able to LIVE more fully. And it’s because I took a leap towards that better life.

NOW I HELP OTHER PEOPLE ENJOY THE SAME FREEDOM AND FULFILLMENT THAT I DO.

 

LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO TO TURN YOUR DREAM INTO A REALITY.  

 

STEP BY STEP.

I'm going to get a little personal here.

I had a lot of fears about starting an online therapy practice.

Frequently Asked Questions

I AM BRAND NEW!  IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?

I HAVE A SUCCESSFUL IN PERSON PRACTICE, BUT I WANT TO MOVE ONLINE.  IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?

I MOVED ONLINE DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT NOW I KNOW I WANT TO STAY.  IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?

I WANT A PRIVATE PAY PRACTICE. CAN YOU HELP ME?

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO TAKE INSURANCE.  IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?

DO I HAVE TO ATTEND ANYTHING LIVE?

WHAT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS DURING THE COURSE?

IS THERE ARE PAYMENT PLAN?

WHAT IS YOUR REFUND POLICY?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY LIFETIME ACCESS?

WHAT IF I'M STILL NOT SURE?

It’s totally okay if you still have questions!  Email me!! dr.amberlyda@gmail.com Let’s see if this is right for you! ​

An online therapy practice is not a flash-in-the-pan trend.  It's the future.

It's your future.