Brainspotting Business Blocks in Private Practice
You’ve been dreaming for years about opening your private practice. You get excited thinking about the freedom of setting your own schedule, and something in your heart stirs when you imagine how you’ll be able to help the clients you serve.
But there’s something that holds you back.
Every time you set a goal for yourself to start your practice, something comes up, and you never get there. You don’t know why you can’t just start already!
Or maybe you’ve already started your private practice and find that it’s just not working for you the way you want it to. You don’t understand why you’re not bringing in the income you wanted, why you can’t seem to find clients, how to build your website, and whether you even need one. Others seem to be doing just fine, and you’re starting to wonder if you’re just not cut out for this.
If either of these scenarios sound familiar, you might be dealing with some business blocks.
What are business blocks?
Business blocks are the mental and emotional challenges that get in the way of moving forward with your private practice. Our personal blocks to business growth are often more about the meanings and stories we bring to the concept than the concept itself.
Here’s an example: Deciding the fee for your services is pretty simple math. We can look at how much money you need to take home, how many hours you’re available to work, and figure out what you need to charge per session pretty quickly.
But for most helpers and healers starting, this fee setting doesn't feel that straightforward.
We bring in comparisons to what others are charging, guilt for charging people we want to help, fears about being judged for having a high fee, worries about whether we’re even worthy of charging that fee, and a heap of other stories and meanings that complicate setting our fee.
Those are your business blocks!
Common business blocks
Imposter syndrome
Shame
Fear of being seen
Comparisons
Feelings of unworthiness
Money trauma
Replicating burnout systems from community mental health
How to know if you’re dealing with business blocks
You’re dealing with business blocks if you find that you’re either moving into panic or complete shutdown when you encounter an aspect of business growth: marketing, taxes, fees, holding boundaries with clients, etc.
Business blocks are the issue if you just can’t seem to implement something. It makes sense in your head, and you don’t know why you can’t just do the thing.
You’re dealing with business blocks if there’s one part of growing or starting your private practice business that you continually avoid.
When you’re confronted with business blocks, building your practice is harder than it actually needs to be. You spend SO much extra energy fighting the shutdown, managing your feelings of anxiety, and dealing with your avoidance. It doesn’t have to be that hard!
Break through your business blocks with Brainspotting
We can help you break through your business blocks! All the coaches at zynnyme are trained in Brainspotting, which is an effective brain-body modality for helping you move beyond the things that have you stuck.
Brainspotting is particularly effective for those things that don’t make sense to you — “I don’t know why I avoid this” — because it doesn’t require your prefrontal cortex. Brainspotting targets areas in the midbrain where those emotional blocks lie.
Our clients have had amazing results with Brainspotting business blocks. After just one session, we’ve had clients say:
“I’m not afraid to blog anymore.”
“I go about my work and that critical voice is just gone.”
“I can see how I’ve been the one holding me back.”
Get your Brainspotting session with a zynnyme coach today
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