Business Essentials: Starting Up Your U.S. Solo Health Service Psychologist Private Practice

9 a.m.–12 p.m. Eastern time
1 p.m.–5 p.m. Eastern time
plus a morning and afternoon break

9 a.m.–12 p.m. Eastern time
1 p.m.–5 p.m. Eastern time
plus a morning and afternoon break

Build a practice foundation that reflects your clinical identity and growth goals
Clarify your mission, niche, and service mix so you can communicate who you are, what you offer, and why your practice stands out.

Create a pricing and financial structure that supports a stable, sustainable practice
Learn how to set rates, understand costs, and build a financial model that allows you to plan, scale, and operate with confidence.

Strengthen your operational systems with practical HIPAA/EHR guidance
Use the course frameworks to streamline documentation, reduce administrative burden, and select tools that support compliant, efficient care.

Market your practice ethically while improving onboarding and scheduling workflows
Understand what’s permissible, what’s effective, and how to create client pathways that build trust and reduce no-shows and bottlenecks.

—Early-career psychologist

Fleming is the founder of Apidae Consulting, LLC, where she helps leaders and organizations build resilient teams, reduce burnout, and create meaningful workplace cultures. Drawing on her clinical background and broad experience across healthcare, corporate, and academic settings, she understands the real challenges health service providers face—especially when launching or growing a private practice.

Fleming also teaches in the APA-accredited counseling psychology program at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. She is passionate about turning providers’ expertise into thriving, mission-driven practices.

With over two decades of experience driving business growth through learning innovation and leadership development, Bernadette Han has built and scaled enterprise initiatives across global Fortune 500 companies in retail and high technology, publicly traded mid-cap biotech organizations, private-equity-backed professional services firms, and leading academic and medical research universities.

As head of learning and development operations and continuing education at APA, Han leads the association’s enterprise learning business, advancing evidence-based, ethically grounded programs that apply psychological science to real-world challenges. Her work brings insights from multiple branches of psychology to the center of business and organizational performance, linking human well-being and workplace culture with financial results to strengthen leadership, help people flourish, build resilient organizations, and create positive societal impact.