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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My LCSW friend raised her prices, deceased her clientele, and now works solely from home. She does make about 250K per year, and  no more paying for office space!  She works 4 days per week. She has 30+ years of experience.  She does not take insurance; her clients seek re-reimbursement on their own. I think she charges $250ish for 75 minutes. (She found all her clients preferred a session longer 50 minutes.)

She published articles regularly and never has a  shortage -- always a wait list.

I would do it. [/quote]

This amount roughly suggests she sees about 6 clients a day, 4 days a week which is actually a pretty demanding full time schedule, (long term or after age say 55) particularly if you then add admin time. It's also a very high hourly rate for an LCSW (it's on higher end for a psychologist too). She would really be an outlier but if accurate yea she's doing what some therapists do which is basically to work their asses off, not what op was getting at in wanting better lifestyle. She has to be pretty exceptional to charge that much and have that many people round the clock. If she an LCSW but also a psychoanalyst or major name in the field it seems more likely. [/quote]

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