morning musings

I'm having a hard time today. Since opening up my clinic its been quiet. I knew it was going to be quiet, I've pretty much dropped off the planet for a year and a lot of my clients have either moved on to other therapists or are seeking other forms of treatment. Yesterday I had to turn down a client because of the type of insurance they were coming in with. That frustrated me because this was the only new client call I had all week, and here I had to turn them away.

I have done some work with this type of insurance and it ended up with me doing thousands of dollars of work and not being paid for it. I would rather not go down that road again, as not only did it end with me not being paid, but with the client in an uncomfortable situation. I don't want to go down that road again.

Where is this going? I'm scared it won't work. I don't have a backup to speak of other than a part time job that really doesn't cut it. I love my career, and the clinic has huge room for growth, but with the economy as it is I'm not sure that it will work. People don't have the extra $$ to spend on what most consider frivilous things. And while I don't believe preventative care to be frivilous its hard to convince the majority of people.

My family is very supportive this way. My parents want to see me succeed, and really see this as something that can work. My clinic is in a great location, there are lots and lots of people that have great coverage in this city. I have an add out in the next couple of weeks, hoping to catch the crowd before the new year using up the last of thier coverage. I'm also sending Christmas cards to the clients I was seeing last year before the fire, letting them know that the clinic is open now and I am taking clients.

So all in all I'm whining and crying at 5am, tired of trying to sleep and needing to vent all over the internet. I know this will work; it has to. I will have a great career in this.