06/06/2024
I’ve been a Counselor working as a contractor in the addictions field since 2012 (CSAC, LCAS), a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and mental health therapist since 2016, and worked with thousands of clients and patients in hospitals, psychiatric units, Emergency Departments, and medical floors, as well as inpatient and outpatient substance use/mental health facilities since then.
I started my own therapy and counseling business as an individual practitioner in 2019 and have thoroughly enjoyed that aspect of my ability to reach people where they are , both in person and via Telehealth. The most challenging aspect besides always learning and growing as a clinician was navigating the administrative barriers to actually providing therapeutic solutions and then.. having time with my children who were born in 2018 and 2020 while co-parenting with my wife, as she works also.
It wasn’t until I was fortunate enough to be connected with Virtual Assistance by Jenny in February of 2023, that I really feel I began to gain traction with moving my business in the direction where I had wanted and had intended for it to go many years ago.
The progress that I’ve been able to make just “by leaving the details to Jenny” has been amazing, and has allowed me to spend more time attending trainings, honing my craft, and being fully present, both mentally and physically for my clients instead of exhausted from trying to, “hold the business end” of this agency together, while trying to simultaneously be the counsellor and therapist my clients needed me to be.
My client’s questions are answered, their paperwork is taken care of, and the insurance details are all “smoothed out” by the time the client comes to me for the initial intake.
Jennifer’s training on HIPPA compliance, regulations and her ethical approach to client/patient care relieves me of the worry I had with someone other than myself putting client/patient confidentiality first, but her training and her experience speaks for itself (and my clients LOVEn her).
Not only am I able to spend more time with my family, I’m able to be more consistently and fully present for my kids by being able to leave my phone off and my heart open, so that when I’m not seeing clients, my family “has me” and my focus can be on them.
I love have the peace and serenity of knowing that Jenny has the business end of caring for people under control and this ensures that I am able to prioritise family when I’m at the park or playground and that I can focus wholly on my clients and their mental health needs more-so, when I am sitting down with them.
Thanks to the Virtual Assistance by Jenny, this week I have been able to let go completely of worries about manageability, have easily let go of other tried-and-true ways of making extra money and I have been (completely) full-time with my private practice for months and working far less at my or any office than I have since grad school.
I have found “Jenny’s” services very reasonable as a sole proprietor just starting out, and that her company’s services pay for itself 10 times over.
I feel reborn, recharged, and energised anew, and I am able to be not only more compassionate but also more passionate than ever about private practice and the clinical world. More importantly, I hear the excited voices of my 4- and 6-year-old exclaim, “Dad!!” more than ever when I come to them to play with Legos with my son (or to design elegant doll clothes with my daughter).
From my family and from myself: “Thank you, Jenny!”
Highly recommend!
Jonathan F. Riffey MSW, LCSW, LCAS, CCS
Riffey Assessments and Counseling PLLC - Established 2019, Greensboro, N.C.
I’ve been a Counselor working as a contractor in the addictions field since 2012 (CSAC, LCAS), a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and mental health therapist since 2016, and worked with thousands of clients and patients in hospitals, psychiatric units, Emergency Departments, and medical floors, as well as inpatient and outpatient substance use/mental health facilities since then.
I started my own therapy and counseling business as an individual practitioner in 2019 and have thoroughly enjoyed that aspect of my ability to reach people where they are , both in person and via Telehealth. The most challenging aspect besides always learning and growing as a clinician was navigating the administrative barriers to actually providing therapeutic solutions and then.. having time with my children who were born in 2018 and 2020 while co-parenting with my wife, as she works also.
It wasn’t until I was fortunate enough to be connected with Virtual Assistance by Jenny in February of 2023, that I really feel I began to gain traction with moving my business in the direction where I had wanted and had intended for it to go many years ago.
The progress that I’ve been able to make just “by leaving the details to Jenny” has been amazing, and has allowed me to spend more time attending trainings, honing my craft, and being fully present, both mentally and physically for my clients instead of exhausted from trying to, “hold the business end” of this agency together, while trying to simultaneously be the counsellor and therapist my clients needed me to be.
My client’s questions are answered, their paperwork is taken care of, and the insurance details are all “smoothed out” by the time the client comes to me for the initial intake.
Jennifer’s training on HIPPA compliance, regulations and her ethical approach to client/patient care relieves me of the worry I had with someone other than myself putting client/patient confidentiality first, but her training and her experience speaks for itself (and my clients LOVEn her).
Not only am I able to spend more time with my family, I’m able to be more consistently and fully present for my kids by being able to leave my phone off and my heart open, so that when I’m not seeing clients, my family “has me” and my focus can be on them.
I love have the peace and serenity of knowing that Jenny has the business end of caring for people under control and this ensures that I am able to prioritise family when I’m at the park or playground and that I can focus wholly on my clients and their mental health needs more-so, when I am sitting down with them.
Thanks to the Virtual Assistance by Jenny, this week I have been able to let go completely of worries about manageability, have easily let go of other tried-and-true ways of making extra money and I have been (completely) full-time with my private practice for months and working far less at my or any office than I have since grad school.
I have found “Jenny’s” services very reasonable as a sole proprietor just starting out, and that her company’s services pay for itself 10 times over.
I feel reborn, recharged and energised anew and I am able to not only be more compassionate, but more passionate than ever about private practice and the clinical world than ever. More importantly, I hear the excited voices of my 4 and 6 year-old exclaim, “Dad!!” more than ever when I come to them to play legos with Ellis (or to design doll-clothes with Eliza).
From my family and from myself: “Thank you, Jenny!”
Highly recommend!
Jonathan F. Riffey MSW, LCSW, LCAS, CCS
Riffey Assessments and Counseling PLLC - Established 2019, Greensboro, N.C.
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