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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.

Building a Business Bigger Than a Lemonade Stand: Websites for Therapists with Jeanetta

Jeanetta and Miranda talk about how to develop a high-converting website, what decisions saved Jeanetta money, and surprises when building a business in this exclusive interview!

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How to Know When Group Practice Is Right for You: A Conversation with Lauran

How do you know if group practice is right for you? What are those next steps? Lauran and Miranda talk about signs you’re ready to jump into group practice in this exclusive interview!

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Being the “Alternative” Therapist with Safrianna

Safrianna was trying to figure out how to sustain herself and be successful in her profession. Check out her story of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and not having enough to pay for her bills to thriving in private practice and transforming her life!

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Being Authentic and Creating a Following with Abbey

Abbey shares her path towards licensing and her growth on social media, specifically Instagram. She talks about logistics when posting and how she grew her social media presence within a year. Abbey and Miranda also discuss how to be successful in your practice when social media isn’t right for you.

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Struggling in Private Practice Discussion Panel

In this episode of Starting a Counseling Practice, we feature various Business School for Therapists alumni who had setbacks in their journeys into private practice. Guests share ways they weren't progressing in their businesses and where they are now.

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Publishing a Book: Managing and Expanding Your Practice with Kelsey

Kelsey shares about her latest endeavor: writing and publishing a book. She hopes to help clients and therapists while creating dialogue that’s currently lacking in the field. Kelsey gives insight on the process from book idea to publishing.

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Persevering After Setbacks and How To Tell When You’re Ready For Change With Rachel

Rachel and Miranda talk about creating structure within your private practice and how Bootcamp helped Rachel solidify her infrastructure. Rachel also advises how to create a structure with a tool she learned from Bootcamp, and how to tell when to move on from a position to improve your life.

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Pain and Burnout in Private Practice: Starting a Practice as an HSP & Introvert

Miranda and Maegan chat about Maegan's path into private practice along with the bumps from physical pain, medication, burnout, and relocation. She opens up about being introverted, which led her to a few instances of burnout and the changes that alleviated them. They discuss how the “normalized" amount of workload isn't sustainable in the long run and adjusting your business to function and sustain yourself “beyond the couch.”

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Making Businesses More Human with John

Most of the time, we think of businesses only motivated by money. John, LPCC and business coach in San Francisco, wants to change that. As he had therapy at a young age, he wanted to pursue it as a career. He continued his education up to a doctoral program where he wanted to teach therapists the business side of the work.

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Giving Yourself Permission: Should You Close Your Private Practice?

We’ve highlighted multiple success stories in our Starting A Podcast Series but, what if you aren’t satisfied with the work after all? Should you add new services to it and see if you feel content? Should you try starting a new company? Or should you close down your practice?

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Navigating Neurodivergent Entrepreneurship with Caroline

Dr. Caroline Buzanko, a registered psychologist in Canada, shares how she balances her private practice along with her workshop training on optimizing psychologists with new updated findings. She also gives tips on how to improve one’s practice and have it work in favor of her strengths as she has a neurodivergent way of thinking and managing her work.

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Navigating and Transitioning Into your Practice With Dr. Shemena

Dr. Shemena compares her transition into her private practice to a traffic jam. She felt she knew where she wanted to go but had difficulties getting there. As she started making progress, she wasn't getting the immediate results. By trial and error, and transitioning out of a firm position, she began improving her business. Shemena created workshops and podcast episodes to help others who find themselves suck in traffic trying to navigate their own practice.

“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.