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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.
Healing Religious Trauma and Building a Private Practice: Cassidy on Therapy, Faith, and Writing
In this episode, Cassidy opens up about her path from schoolteacher to trauma therapist and eventually to published author, describing how her experiences with religious trauma, support from a creative community, and carving out space in her group practice all came together, along with her personal journey of self-discovery, to inspire and fuel the writing of her book "Becoming Me," which focuses on unraveling and healing the sacred wounds of religious trauma in women, especially within the LDS faith.
Marketing for Therapists Who Hate Marketing: A Personality-Based Approach
Learn how to market your therapy practice authentically by leveraging your natural strengths, whether you’re a relationship builder, educator, creative, researcher, or analyst, so you attract ideal clients without hustling, faking it, or burning out.
The Hidden Dangers of Tech Therapy Contracts: Ethics, Labor, and the Fight for Fair Pay with Liath
In this episode, Miranda, Kelly, and Laith dig into how venture-backed tech companies are transforming the therapy landscape, revealing hidden risks in contracts, ethical dilemmas with AI and client data, and why therapists need to take back their power by making well-informed choices about where they work.
Therapists Are Paying $4K a Month for a Directory?
Therapists are handing over thousands each month to platforms that profit from their labor and client data - and many don’t even realize it.
Marketing for Therapists on a Budget: Free and Low-Cost Strategies That Actually Work
Learn how to market your private practice effectively, attract ideal clients, and grow a sustainable therapy business using practical, low-budget strategies, content marketing, and authentic networking.
Moving States as a Therapist? Amity Shares Her Private Practice Startup Blueprint
Amity shares how building a private practice shaped around her values—especially peace and balance—helped her overcome burnout, navigate big life transitions, and create a more fulfilling life and career.
The State of Therapy: Tips for Therapists on Handling Insurance Rate Hikes and Technology
In this episode, Kelly and Miranda dive into how changes in health insurance, AI, and policy decisions are reshaping the mental health landscape—and what therapists can do to protect their practices and clients.
Fertility Specialization and Professional Women: Dr. Wiyatta’s Guide to Counseling Niches
Dr. Wiyatta shares her journey from working in corrections to building a flexible, specialized private practice that empowers her to define her own schedule, focus on her niche, and create a business that truly reflects her passions and expertise.
Easy Bread and Butter Income for Therapists?
Let’s be real: when you’re tired, overworked, and juggling way too much, “easy” sounds like heaven. Insurance panels promise steady referrals. Platforms wave shiny signing bonuses in your face. Recruiters whisper, “Don’t worry, we’ll handle the hard stuff—just show up and see clients.”
And honestly? Who wouldn’t want that?
When you’ve been overworked for years in non-profits and agencies- the idea of hustling to get clients, fighting through the overwhelm of building a website or figuring out marketing, it feels like a relief to hand it all over to someone else. The story they’re selling is: we’ll make private practice easy for you.
You’ll just sign a contract here, panel there and your bread and butter income will be handled- and you can come up with the long-term plan that is sustainable over the next few months.
But here’s the catch: easy bread and butter offers today often turn out to be moldy crumbs tomorrow.
Sleep, Chronic Pain, and Overcontrol: How Jessica Found Her Niche in Private Practice
Jessica shares her journey from hospital work to a thriving solo private practice, highlighting the power of specializing, the importance of money mindset, and how everything in running a practice is a skill you can learn.
Art, Authenticity, and ADHD: Allison’s Playbook for Building a Private Practice That Fits YOU
Allison shares how building a counseling practice that honors her values, neurodivergence, and life stages—while embracing support and refining her approach—has led to a sustainable and fulfilling group 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
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