Private Practice Blog for Therapists
Hundreds of articles on building, growing, and sustaining your private practice — written by therapists, for therapists. Not recycled generic business advice.
Starting a Private Practice: The Complete Guide for Aspiring Business Owners
You deserve a private practice that’s aligned with your values and provides you with the financial means to live the life of your dreams. But what if you don’t know how to get started?
Being a business owner has the potential to be extremely fulfilling and impactful — both for you and the people you serve — and at the same time, reaching that potential requires a complete understanding of how to start a private practice.
Marketing for Therapists Starting a Therapy Practice
Learn how to use your first year of private practice to refine your marketing strategy, attract ideal clients, build referral relationships, track results, and create sustainable systems that grow your practice ethically and effectively.
Therapist Marketing: Starting a Private Practice
Starting a private practice is exciting, but marketing can feel overwhelming. This article offers essential tips to help you identify your ideal client, create a simple website, leverage existing relationships, and use online directories while maintaining authenticity and integrity.
Following Your Inner Compass in Private Practice with Jerry
Columbia, Missouri grief counseling therapist Jerry shares how he transitioned into a private practice therapist, the value of collaborative relationships, and how you can decide your path when you have the time and space for quiet reflection.
Embracing the Private Practice Journey with Kadeisha
Kadeisha talks about her journey from independent contractor to private practice owner, why freedom and autonomy to make decisions in business are important to her, the personal challenges around setting a sustainable fee, and more.
The Art of Starting a Private Practice with Melissa
Discover how Melissa transformed the process of building a private practice into a work of art!
From Private Practice Vision to Reality (Q&As)
Discover how to bring your private practice vision to life as Kelly and Miranda answer related questions from the community!
What to Know Before Starting a Private Practice with Dawn
From graduating with a biology degree to becoming an LMHC and having a successful solo practice, Dawn shares her struggles with burnout as a community mental health worker as well as some aha moments while in the Business School for Therapists program.
Private Practice Success Stories Live Panel (Fall 2022)
Discover how Business School for Therapists impacted members’ practices and lives and how this lifetime program can make a difference for you and the business you’re creating.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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