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Hundreds of articles on building, growing, and sustaining your private practice — written by therapists, for therapists. Not recycled generic business advice.

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Starting a Practice Costs for Starting a Counseling Practice The real breakdown of what it costs to launch — no fluff, no scare tactics, just numbers.

Burnout & Sustainability Free CEUs for Therapists and Counselors Our constantly updated list of free continuing education opportunities — because learning shouldn't break the bank.

Group Practice Group Practice Guide to Profitability Why your group practice might not be profitable — and the business model shifts that fix it.

Fees & Insurance The Awkward Money Conversations Every Therapist Dreads Let's talk about the thing nobody wants to talk about — what you make, what you should make, and why it matters.

Healing Through Private Practice and Self-Pacing with Ariana

Ariana shares her story of becoming a business owner in the midst of a divorce, the value of supportive relationships, and building private practices with anti-oppressive structures.

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Overcoming Burnout in Private Practice with Haley

Check out Haley’s story of recovering from private practice burnout, learning how to set healthy boundaries, and creating a happier, more balanced life as a business owner.

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Overcoming Limiting Beliefs in Private Practice with Desiree

Desiree shares how she moved from part-time agency worker and part-time practice owner to full-time business owner with no more limiting beliefs around insurance, slowing down, and prioritizing life over business.

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Stepping into Your Power as a Private Practice Owner with Megan

Megan shares how she moved from being unemployed and healing from an abusive work environment and personal loss to deprogramming decades’ worth of limiting beliefs and starting a sustainable private practice.

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Finding Healing in Your Private Practice Journey with Haley

Haley shares her journey from burnt-out social worker healing from a personal loss to successful private practice owner on the path toward recovery from grief.

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Navigating through Chronic Illness, Grief, and Finding Balance Despite a Pandemic

Jacqueline, MA, LMFT provides couples therapy in Milford, CT. She shared with us her Private Practice Success Story of finding balance and success while managing her chronic illness, processing through grief and loss, and adapting her practice during a pandemic.

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Finding Relief and Hope in Private Practice

Tami, LMFT, ATR provides counseling to anxious children and adults in North County, San Diego, CA.

Tami got vulnerable and shared her story of overcoming grief and loss, burnout, self-doubt, and finding Bootcamp when she needed it most. Tami has remained steady in her business, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, finding security in the systems and processes she has in place.

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Finding Security in Telehealth and Business Processes with Dr. Gretchen

Gretchen provides video therapy for grief, loss, chronic illness, and medical trauma in California. She wrote "Moving Through Grief" in 2019, which is written through the proactive lens of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy).

Gretchen sat down with us to give her insight as a clinician with over 10 years experience using telehealth. She provides wonderful advice about getting your processes in order, tips and tricks for work-from-home life, and working within your comfort zones.

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Personal Accountability in Private Practice with Nikki

Nikki Sewell provides counseling, therapy, and psychotherapy for grief and loss within Coastal Connecticut, through her EMBRACE Grief model. She also offers CEUs on “Getting Comfortable with Grief” and mental health evaluations for immigration.

Nikki knew that private practice was right for her, and had a list of areas she wanted to work on. By keeping herself accountable, recognizing her worth, and being compassionate with herself, she can now pass along the message that you, too can do this!

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When Life Happens - Loss of Spouse

It's something none of us want to happen. Losing the love of our life, our life partner, our co-parent can be one of the most devastating losses. Donna, LCSW is an analyst in Manhatten who lost her husband in January of 2017. This was a poignant conversation that we hope will touch your heart like it touched ours.

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When Life Happens - Grieving

Jill LCSW is the epitome of how our stories become part of our practices. Jill, widowed twice, shares her experiences of grief and how out of her own process and helping others grieve she developed yourpaththroughgrief.com.

“BST was the best investment I have made in myself. I went from working 45-50 hours per week to working 25 hrs, doubling my income,” Cyndi

**What if this really could change everything?**

You don’t have to decide today.

Just get on the interest list and we’ll walk you through what Business School for Therapists is, what it includes, and how it’s helped thousands of therapists get their life (and income) back.