Our Team

Onboarding process: employees, independent contractors (fee-for-service), private practitioners, interns, and volunteers

Definitions of these categories

Policies specific to each category

How do stipends (payments) work?

Setting stipend rates

What do I get paid for?

Frequency of payments

Where does Droste’s portion of the client fee go?

Office Policies

Building Access: hours, building holidays, Droste holidays

Security: entry system, threats to safety

Emergencies: fire drills, natural disasters

Opening the Space/Closing the Space

Health and Safety: Cleaning Schedule, masks, COVID considerations

Room Reservation

Absences/vacations

COVID

Building Security

Office Cleaning

Building Fire Drills

Health & Safety

Room Reservations

Sound Machines

Vacations

Client Emergencies

Setting Fees

Entrance to 171 Madison

Opening The Space

Closing The Space

Building Holidays

How clients come to us?

Referral process

Intakes

Matching clients

Working with clients

Types of Sessions

What needs to be in Therapy Notes

Confidentiality

Limits to confidentiality: Mandated reporting

Considerations for remote work: location of client, privacy

Considerations for in-person work: sound machines

Collateral sessions: release of information

Terminating with clients

How does billing work

Setting client rates

Grant vs self-pay clients

Initial documents

What to Cover

Documenting in Therapy Notes

Confidentiality

Must Reviews

Assessments

Modalities (Sound Machines / Privacy)

Supervisory responsibilities:

Who can be a supervisor?

Emergency Availability

Frequency of Supervision

Review of case documentation and treatment progress

How does payment work?

Direct payment

Private practitioners taking incentives

Onboarding Interns

Programmatic Interns (Generalist)

Clinical Interns

School Agreements & Requirements