Welcome to the Beauty and Wellness Group!

[AdamB]

Welcome and hello! 👋 We're so excited to see you!

This group exists for those in the beauty and health industry to connect, share ideas, and help support each other with the unique knowledge and insight that each of you has.

First - say hi and introduce yourself! Share your business with us, tell us a cool customer story, or just talk about a product or service that is really rad! 💅

Second, feel free to use images and gifs, animated or otherwise. A picture is really worth a thousand words in this industry. 

Third, you might want to consider changing your notification settings so you get emails of new posts to the group. It makes it really easy to keep in touch with other members!

And finally, don’t be shy! We’re really happy to have you here and to hear from you!

[HC_Charlie]

Hello @MiamiBeachTouch and welcome to the Square Community. You'll find this is a great place to connect with like-minded business, ask questions related to technical Square issues, and just talk about business in general. We hope you'll like it here! Be sure to check out our Groups page where you can join up with specific locations, industries, or types of businesses just like yours:

https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Seller-Groups/ct-p/SellerGroups

[integratusmeta]

Hi, I’m Zari Gauri, a Professional Massage Therapist and Personal Trainer.
I offer personalized sessions that combine various massage techniques and sound healing, as well as strength & wellness training.

[Winkandwave]

Can you send a resume to [email protected]

[Bronze_Palms]

Welcome!! How has business been? Would love to hear more about how you got started.

[akss83]

Hello, my name is Alicia and I’ve been in private practice for going on 7 years now. I am a mental health therapist and specialize in working with kids/teens and their families. I also work with young to middle aged adults. I tend to treat anxiety, trauma, and depression most often and enjoy working with those who identify as being highly sensitive. 

My modality is EMDR and I incorporate mindfulness and behavioral modifications where necessary. 

I am also a mom of two kids, ages 4 months and almost 4 year old. 

Nice to meet you and thanks for welcoming me to this hub. 

Best, 

Alicia Schmitz 

dba Alicia Steckler Counseling

www.aliciastecklercounseling.com

[AdamB]

Welcome to the group, @akss83! Thank you for providing this kind of help - sometimes just talking to someone who really listens makes a huge difference.

[akss83]

Thank you, it really is an honor to be able to help others. It’s such a vulnerable process and one I don’t take lightly. 

[TOTSC]

Hi Alicia,

Thanks for all that you do.  There are many of us who suffer from mental health conditions so it is a blessing to have those like you that have a passion for helping people in that manner.  Would love to get to know more about you and the service you provide so I will head over to your website.  Take care and reach out anytime.  

Ernestine Brown

Founder at The Old Town Soap Company

[akss83]

Thank you, Ernestine. I sure appreciate it. Now more than ever, support is crucial. It’s been great to see more people reaching out and the stigma lessening. My best to you. 

[DRT1]

Hi Alicia!

I too am an EMDR practitioner.  A u of Minnesota Grad (PhD '76). I was lucky enough to have been trained by Francine and her early team of trainers in Seattle waaaay back when...  I recently obtained a patent for a device to allow us to provide for delivering EMDR on-line and looking for investors to get it out there asap... a challenge.  In any case, I am huge on EMDR and recently I been having interesting successes in helping couples, both of whom suffer complex PTSD from childhood trauma, and are able to integrate their EMDR experiences openly with their partner in our conjoint sessions.

I have a question or two  about using Square to process patient payments.  

How do you set up "Inventory"?

Have you any hints on how to enter the CPT codes appropriate to the length of time in session? I always use 90837 = 1.0 Hour,

90832 = 30 minutes and

90834 = 45 minutes.

I am looking to "un-prefer" myself from BCBS et al.: they are just too brutal and expensive to deal with. I've been in practice for 50 years and got along just fine until ten years ago when I somehow got suckered into being a "Preferred Provider" and now I am taking them out of the middle.  

As I used to tell my patients, "you have a contract with them"; to which I would add, "...but I don't. I have a contract with you to provide you the very best of personal therapy and I will provide you with everything your insurer requires to process your claims.  You submit the claim and they and they will reimburse you according to your policy".

But, I now have contracts and am in the process of executing their "escape" clauses. Hence SQUARE looms large as I will be collecting at time of service and ideally want to send them a professional and attractive receipt in the form of a payment - at time of payment -  that they can submit in lieu of a monthly bill and all that entails.

Any thoughts?   

[tatert0t]

My counseling practice does not take insurance and hasn't for many years. I have almost as much experience as you (40+ years, I stopped counting after that!)

I've learned to explain why I don't take insurance in a way that makes sense and urge them to check and see what out-of-network benefits they have before they start. I also remind them they can use FSA or HSA accounts and charge cards.

I use a "superbill" upon request that has everything they need to file for their out-of-network benefits. I don't promise them that I will write reports or other things beyond that. I simply give them the info they need like Dx, CPT, NPI, etc. Square works for us because we can charge them as they walk out the door since they gave us authorization to do so. If they prefer to pay at time of session, Square makes it easy to collect at time of service or to send an invoice. 

[peacekneads]

What do you send for your Superbill? I tried tons of tactics using square and invoices but making sure I had all the medical codes and necessary information. For a while, I just typed it all into an invoice and said Paid In Full in the comments. Then downloaded the pdf to send, but it was a bit tricky and I wanted my employed therapists to help send them, so I finally went another option. 

Would love to hear what you’ve figured out for them. 

Thanks!

Courtney

[Bronze_Palms]

Wow, this sounds like fulfilling work! What made you get started in this field?

[MistyDrew2025]

Good Morning everyone

I'm Drew Stiles a UK based photographer.  I occasionally talk on how photography can help with well-being especially when out for some fresh air.

I'd be interested in talking to folks more about how photography can help in your personal well-being. 

[DinaLRosenberg]

We just had a photoshoot for our entire team. We hooked up with a local photographer and the entire experience was a GIGANTIC self esteem boost!!! All of us were looking and feeling our best. We hired a makeup artist and our photographer was excellent at directing poses. 

Here are some photos from the day:

this is me

and here's an "outtake" of our team:

[isabelle]

GORGEOUS! Love these!