Hello. I’ve lived in Japan for 15 years. I’m an American, married to a Japanese man. We met in college, both went to graduate school, and then after receiving my license to practice mental therapy, I retired my license to raise our children. They’re all teenagers now and through I’ve found some fun part time teaching jobs along the way, I’m ready to get back to what I was trained for. I find that between three part time jobs, plus a couple private pay clients, I’m working nearly full time…with no benefits.
I recently completed the continuing education hours to get my license reinstated and I’m super excited to get started. I assumed I would get hired by a company in America and do telehealth. Unfortunately, there are issues with billing and insurance with regard to practicing internationally. So, I could technically take private pay clients in America, but I imagine that would be difficult to start.
So, I looked into getting hired by TELL and a few other big names and because I’m in the Kansai region, that only leaves online therapy as an option. I was surprised to find that there isn’t much in this area for English speaking therapists who are trained in a western country.
I wouldn’t consider myself an entrepreneur at all and have been doing therapy with a few private pay clients here for about 1/3 of the market rate.
I guess my question is does anyone have any ideas for getting started? Maybe a therapy group who is looking to hire? I’d hate to try to strike out on my own because I’m famous for giving English lessons and therapy at ridiculously cheap prices. Also, I’m not confident in my ability to market myself effectively. Any ideas?
by Indication_Fickle