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Dr. Rachel Cohn OPTOMETRIST, WINK EYECARE BOUTIQUE
How do you employ new technology to help your patients? Several new technologies have made a great impact in my work and patient care. The Optomap and OCT allows me to look at the retina without using dilating drops. The other, i.Scription, maps the eye and that information helps me write a perfect prescription, correcting many secondary sight problems such as difficulty with night vision.
1095 Seven Locks Road Potomac, MD 20854 301-545-1111 www.wink.net
TAMZIN B. SMITH PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
What made you decide to get into your line of work? I’ve had poor eyesight since childhood. Optometry always interested me, so I followed that course of study. I'm also interested in fashion, and glasses have become super fun and stylish. So I combined my medical skills and fashion sense and opened Wink—my own optometry practice with a built in glasses boutique.
Emily Cook, PhD, LCMFT EMILY COOK THERAPY, LLC What changes or innovations are on the horizon in your industry? I’m eager to innovate ways for my group therapy practice to expand by creating opportunities for leadership and professional growth among my staff. I want the talented marriage and family therapists who work with me to be empowered in their roles and motivated to stay with my brand. The industry term is “retain,” but I prefer “partnership.” We’re a team! The new business model should reflect that sense of mutual benefit.
PUBLICATIONS Author, The Marriage Counseling Workbook: 8 Steps to a Strong and Lasting Partnership. Althea Press (2018).
6917 Arlington Road, Suite 226 | Bethesda, MD 20814 240-424-5328 | www.emilycooktherapy.com 74
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What advice would you offer for women just starting out in private practice? Clearly visualize what you want and then manifest those dreams into reality. Your actions follow your thoughts and your thoughts are connected to your feelings—so make sure your internal and external worlds are aligned. You already know that doing self-of-therapist work is essential to deepening your clinical skills. Self-of-business-owner work is just as essential!