Navigating Business as a Mental Health Professional
$40 | 1.5 CEUs | Virtual
$40 | 1.5 CEUs | Virtual
Understand the intersection between clinical work and supporting your organization's bottom line.
Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
Time: 9 - 10:30 a.m.
Program Cost: $40
Delivery: Synchronous Virtual Classroom via Zoom
Business courses are not required in most mental health professional programs, yet understanding the role of business is something that every mental health professional needs in order to work effectively in today’s world. It is an especially unique relationship in that mental health professionals are supposed to be helpers first, but must also understand the intersection between clinical work and supporting the bottom line, which can feel challenging for many folks to navigate. Participants will understand the role business plays alongside clinical work, in order to more effectively support clients, while also helping themselves in the process.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand how being a mental health professional also means being a business person.
- Explore the intersection between your clinical work and business decisions and learn to use your clinical skills as a strength.
- Understand the nuts and bolts of business in both agency work and private practice.
Instructor:
Monica S. Gocial, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. She has been providing clinical services in the greater Philadelphia region since 1998. Monica earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Boston University and her Master of Social Work from the Catholic University of America’s National Catholic School of Social Service in Washington, D.C.
Monica spent 15 years working in a variety of behavioral health settings, serving children, adolescents, families, and administrative teams. Her most recent agency position was at the Belmont Center in Philadelphia, where she served as Assistant Director of Social Services. In this role, she supervised social workers across four inpatient psychiatric units, managed the graduate intern program, and concurrently provided clinical services on the adolescent inpatient unit.
In 2010, Monica established her private practice, where she offers goal-oriented therapy for adults, clinical supervision, professional consultation, and workshops. She has provided individual clinical supervision for 25 years, 15 of those within her independent practice, working with mental health professionals who serve children, teens, families, adults, older adults, as well as those practicing in home care and hospice settings.
Since 2023, Monica has also served as a Practicum Instructor and Practicum Liaison for 51°µÍø’s Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.
Cost | CEUs
Program Cost: $40
CEUs: 1.5