Top 3 Ideas• Idea 1: Develop arrangements for private practice MFTs to meet interns to answer

questions regarding business development and management before graduation and shortly after. There is already an internship period shortly before graduating and immediately after that is mandated. Specific direction from the licensing board could include language that specify not only clinical supervision but also critical elements in developing a business in the mental health arena.

• Idea 2: Offering an virtual class covering the elements of private practice development. This can be developed with real-life MFT private practice instructors via online forum. It can also take the model pioneered by Coursera. Marketing, Database Security, Forecasting, Time management, among other topics will be covered.

• Idea 3: Develop free introductory workshops with an option to attend other, more specific topics which have to be paid for if chosen. MFT’s already have to attend a specific amount of workshops to complete the internship period before licensure. This would just specify a business practice element that can count as internship hours.