Colorado Association of Psychotherapists

05/19/2021

Leland Hoover, MBA presents a town hall to discuss business and marketing for mental health professionals.

Is your marketing generating sufficient quality leads for your psychotherapy practice?
Did the pandemic disrupt your counseling business?
You are not alone! The pandemic disrupted how we market and deliver therapy services.

Adapting your marketing program can help your practice thrive. If you are wondering how to market your private psychotherapy practice during a pandemic, this online event is for you.

Marketing For Therapists And Counselors

Learn what marketing techniques are working for other therapists and what traps to avoid. Leland will introduce several marketing ideas that are working for other therapists that you can implement yourself. He will also discuss how therapists can run afoul of online platform policies and be banned from online advertising. Topics will include understanding your prospects and the marketing channels you can use to reach them, including websites, advertising, email, social media, professional directories, referrals, etc.

Discuss: Share your experiences and ask Leland your marketing/business questions.

Speaker Bio

Leland Hoover, MBA is a management consultant to therapists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. He has counseled hundreds of small businesses through the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), SCORE, and through his private consulting practice. Services include business planning, full-stack marketing, technology, finance, and writing.

Leland has worked in many corporate roles, including corporate executive, international business consultant, research & development director, software architect, and geoscientist for corporations including Visa International, First Data Corporation, United Telecommunications. Leland is a serial entrepreneur and holds leadership positions in various nonprofits.

Leland’s nonprofit work includes serving as Board Chair of cap-edu.org and on the advisory board of the Colorado Association of Psychotherapists.

Contact Leland at:

Lelandh@lelandhooverconsulting.com

lelandhooverconsulting.com

Leland Hoover Consulting is a management consulting firm specializing in freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Services include business planning, full-stack marketing, technology management, and finance.

05/21/2020

COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS

SHARE TRUE STORIES -- HELP MAINTAIN RP'S RIGHT TO PRACTICE

Dear CAP Members:

The legislature is considering this month an amendment to the Mental Health Sunset Act – HB1206. If passed, it will eliminate Registered Psychotherapists. We need your help to have the amendment removed so that RPs will not be put out of business. If you can, please contact legislators to inform them of how this amendments will deny access by Colorado residents to the mental health professional they choose. You might help let legislators know who they are putting out of business.

I recently talked with a couple of RPs with 15+ years of experience who donate time to those in need in addition to serving the public. One has donated 10,000 hours during his career to veterans. Even more exciting is the effectiveness of the treatments they offer. Sharing stories of real service will help dispel the misinformation and distortions of reality that have been promoted about RPs. Please write your legislator and share your story. If you know an RP who is effectively treating a specific population, you might share that as well.

Please forward a copy of your stories with names and those served to us. With our lobbyist, we will compile the stories to help dispel the gross misinformation being told about RPs. Also, please encourage RPs who are not members of CAP to join to support our legislative efforts to protect their right to practice.

Thank you for your help.

CAP Board of Directors - www.coloradopsychotherapists.org
President Carol O’Dowd; Vice-President Jen Hansen; Treasurer, Scott Olds’; Board Members – Catherine Hughes, Diane Doe, Dallas Shepard, Judith Miller, Karin Dremel, Dan Kendrick, Paula Fowke, Seth Geer: Advisory Board Members: Dr. Reo Leslie, Dr. Betty Cannon, Dr. Carol Ann Watson, Jim Carr, Esquire; and Leland Hoover, Business Consultant

CAP Calling Team to Inform RPs of Legislative Efforts to Eliminate all RPs
Kat Shea; Catherine Hughes; Shelly Shepard; Steven Blakely; Jason Tollen; Bonnie Brindle; Nancy Jones; David Hoefer; Sue Relihan; and Carol O’Dowd. We can use more callers, so please let us know if you are willing to help.

A special thank you to Jason and Nancy who have helped promote CAP as well as link CAP to some amazing associations in the alternative mental health field. Watch your email for news about these groups who, like CAP, are offering consumer choice in mental health servicesa and promote RPs.

Carol O'Dowd, President, Colorado Association of Psychotherapists
720-244-2299

CAP Board members or Legislative Team members
Carol O'Dowd, President carol@coloradopsychotherapists.org
Jen Hansen, Vice President jen@coloradopsychohterapists.org
Scott Olds, Treasurer, scott@coloradopsychotherapists.org
CAP Legislative Team contacts: Chair, Dr. Reo Leslie -- leslieinstitute@csft.net and Seth Geer seth@sethgeerpsychotherapy.com -- ( They will help link you with your legislators. )

The Colorado Association of Psychotherapists promotes professional growth and development among Registered Psychotherapists with a focus on legislative representation, education, networking opportunities, and promotional tools for individual practices.

06/09/2018

Please Join Us for Breakfast

05/25/2018

Colorado Association of Psychotherapists
2018 Conference
September 15-16
World Renown Speakers
(click on the link to see the extended program for all the details)(

04/21/2018

CHECK THIS OUT!!!
The CAP 2018 Conference is September 15 - 16 for all psychotherapists and other interested parties. YES!

Keynote speakers are Dr. Deborah Bowman on Saturday and Dr. Pat Ogden on Sunday.
Dr. Pat Ogden offers a Workshop following her Keynote!

Do Not Miss This!

There are many other speakers and workshops during the weekend of the 15th.

Click on the link below to see the detailed CAP 2018 Conference Program.

Sign-up soon to get the Early Bird Special admission prices !!!

Colorado Association of Psychotherapists (CAP) is a nonprofit organization supporting the professional development needs of psychotherapists in Colorado. With the Colorado Therapists Directory, CAP promotes access to a wide range of mental healthcare choices. CAP provides continuing education, netwo...

10/12/2017

For Colorado Registered Psychotherapists
OCTOBER 19, 2017 -- Chronic Pain Control: Altering Reality.

Vicki Ellis teaches others how to train their nervous system to control chronic pain. Although Vicki has suffered from chronic pain most of her life, she appreciates it because the pain pushed her until she discovered science-based Intrinsic Touch, plus mindfulness-based techniques to stop her pain. When she teaches her techniques to others, the vast majority are able to control their pain, too.

Learn Vicki's Intrinsic Touch October 19th.
Please visit http://www.coloradopsychotherapists.com/event-2669052 to register.

Vicki studied neurobiology to earn her Biomedical Science/Anatomy Master’s degree from Colorado State University (2001). After using her CB Intrinsic techniques for several years, she applied her training to review dozens of current, peer reviewed, neuroscience research articles regarding how the nervous system processes pain. Her techniques for stopping pain are in line with the research. Sharing that information helps others know these techniques are valid.

Vicki’s book Chronic Pain Control: Altering Reality describes bottom-up (from the source of pain to the brain) and top-down (from the brain to the source of pain) techniques for nearly everyone to control their own pain. It also provides reader-friendly, scientific explanations for how these techniques work, citing dozens of research articles. Through her book, readers learn how and why their nervous system is easily taught to control chronic pain to the point of stopping it for significant periods of time.

Registered Psychotherapists Earn Continuing Competency Units
CAP Boulder/Denver Network Meetup
October 19, 20178:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Boulder Egg & I, 2574 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80305

09/19/2017

NOVEMBER 16, 2016 Expressive Writing for Self-support and Reflective Practice: How classic journal-writing techniques can be harnessed for your professional development.
Expressive writing is increasingly shown to be a powerful therapeutic tool. Many therapists recommend journal writing to their clients but neglect to offer the same beneficial tools for themselves. We’ll look at how classic journal techniques can be applied to both clients and professionals to further goals of learning and self-awareness. Don’t forget to bring a something to write with!!!
Please visit http://katethompsontherapy.com and http://therapeuticjournal.wordpress.com/ for more information.

Earn Continuing Competency Units

CAP BOULDER NETWORK Meetup - Boulder Egg & I, 2574 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80305 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Kate Thompson, MA, CJT is a BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) senior accredited Supervisor & Counsellor who trained in London and at The Center for Journal Therapy, Denver, Colorado after a first degree in English Literature at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is an exi...