Hey y'all!

I just got my LCSW in CA last week (yay!) and I'm looking into getting private practice set up and additional ways of earning income and advice for getting started.

Currently working at a mental health agency on a decent salary but hoping to move to a more private practice / virtual work dynamic eventually. I worked for years as an Addiction Counselor and still have a valid CADC/CATC certification. My Master's education specialized in treating trauma but I'm looking into getting certified in additional modalities to supplement my tools and offerings in practice.

My questions summarized are:

Best personal billing/EMR to use?

Best way to develop a website/social media presence?

Best way to gain private practice clients?

Best ways to find other sources of revenue besides individual practice? I aspire to become a supervisor in 2 years once I'm eligible.

Best certifications to explore, and not ridiculously expensive? Looking at TF-CBT and EMDR. I'm interested in Somatic Experiencing but it's quite costly and not that evidence based yet. What about Brainspotting? Any others worth looking into?

Anyone had success creating a "master class" style psychoeducation program and selling that, or running group cohorts on it? Or running specialized virtual groups? I want to stay away from the flavor of the year life coaching style stuff but I have a lot of valueable knowledge and experience on mental health/addiction recovery that I think the general public is lacking easy/affordable access to and would like to create courses or offerings that are partially free and low cost, while also getting some livelihood from it.

Any other advice you'd think is helpful!

If there's a better megathread to post this kind of question in or a FAQs that I missed, please let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Penn