
If you have had an agency job, you rarely get to pick the clients you see and there is typically a huge range of presenting problems and clients that you work with. This is great training and allows you to work with a huge range of clients, building your skills and confidence. It seems like having this diversity of skills and experience will be a significant advantage when starting a private practice -- you could see almost anybody. Do you really need to have a niche? Isn’t it an advantage to be able to take on anyone in your practice? While it is helpful to have confidence in what you do and your abilities to work with a diverse population, there are some disadvantages to opening a practice that sees everybody.