FAQ

We start with a Friday evening welcome, unwinding, and getting re-acquainted before we get down to business. Some people bring family members to the resorts and that too can feel like a fun social reunion among spouses and kids. A meeting agenda is provided ahead of time, and members prepare any last-minute materials they have brought to share over the next 2-3 days. We make dinner plans. The meeting is attended by 12-20 psychotherapist-owner-partner-members from non-competing markets around the U.S. Members have the option of bringing one additional participant inside the meetings if the additional person is a shareholder, full business partner, or business manager who has signed the NDA (see below). The meetings are on an alternating, predictable schedule each winter/spring and each summer/fall so that people can plan ahead but not have it fall on exactly the same weekend or holiday every year.

Members and invited guests sign a strict nondisclosure/confidentiality agreement protecting the privacy and trade secrets of our members. For the group to function effectively, each member must feel safe to disclose information that most of us typically would not disclose to anyone but our accountant, attorney, or partner. We must know that other members breach that trust only at the risk of severe civil penalties.

We have a lively and helpful Slack workspace where we can share information, materials, etc. We hold impromptu zoom calls and meetings as needed for support at other times during the year, as people wish. When COVID hit, we all were meeting by zoom at least monthly to share tips and help each other make the transitions needed. Sometimes, people visit each others' offices to get ideas about design, operations, and so forth. People often text, call, or otherwise trade information with each other throughout the year, or do side projects together as desired.