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Tools and resources for building your practice

Building a private practice means navigating a lot of moving parts — legal structure, technology, credentialing, finances, and more. This page brings together the tools, platforms, and resources we find most useful, alongside original GWN resources designed to help you move through the process with more clarity and less guesswork. Everything here is curated with mental health clinicians in mind.

GWN Resources

EMR Selection Checklist

Not sure which electronic health record is right for your practice? This checklist walks you through the key questions to ask before committing to a platform — covering clinical documentation, billing integration, cost, and scalability. ✦ Download

Practice Startup Checklist

A comprehensive checklist of everything that needs to happen before your practice opens its doors — from business formation and credentialing to technology setup and marketing basics. Use it as a roadmap, a progress tracker, or a gut check on where you are in the process. ✦ Download

Private Practice Fee-Setting Worksheet

Going deeper than the pricing worksheet, this tool helps you model different fee scenarios, understand the relationship between your rate and your caseload, and make a confident, informed decision about your financial structure. ✦ Download

Monthly Practice Health Scorecard

A simple self-assessment covering revenue, capacity, operations, and growth that you can run through quarterly. It's designed to surface gaps before they become problems and give you a consistent way to measure how your practice is doing beyond just a full caseload. ✦ Download

These are tools we've built specifically for clinicians navigating private practice. Free to download and designed to be immediately useful. Whether you're just getting started or working through a specific challenge, there's a tool for you.